Microfinance Monitor, May 23, 2010 – Over 300 of all ages participated in Glasgow’s first ever WildHearts WeeWalk event, organised by Scottish charity WildHearts, in Kelvingrove Park on Sunday. The event was aimed to promote healthy living among Scottish families while raising funds and awareness for WildHearts’ microfinance projects in Ghana.
WildHearts founder Mick Jackson said: “This is the first time we’ve held a WeeWalk in Glasgow and the response was just phenomenal, with families, nurseries, schools, Beavers and Brownies participating en masse. It was fantastic to see so many kids take part and they all had an absolute ball meeting the WeeWalks Characters and tucking into their healthy goodies! WeeWalks aim to promote healthy lifestyles in a fun way that kids of all ages can really relate to and it’s simply wonderful that so many Glaswegian families share our determination to make Scotland a healthier place.”
WildHearts provides micro-loans and business training to women in countries such as Ghana, enabling them to work their way out of poverty, support their families and send their children to school. WildHearts encourages youngsters to become global citizens, and participating Glaswegian children embraced this idea by working hard to raise funds for WildHearts’ micro-finance projects in the developing world.
