It all culminates with the Yorkshire Tea Cup
This was in no small part due to Christopher Shale, a British businessman and cricket lover who regularly volunteered in Rwanda. Mr Shale wanted to help the Rwandan cricketers he met and worked towards building the first grass wicket in the country.Sadly, he died in 2011, aged 56, before he had a chance to realise his vision but his family and friends set up the charity in his memory. Over six years, CBH raised more than £1.25 million to fund the building of Gahanga’s facility.
Teams from Sorwathe, Givosu, Nyabihu and Pfunda in Gahanga Cricket Stadium for the Yorkshire Tea Cup. Picture: Don Mugisha. “It’s before my time, but I think also with the reconciliation needed in Rwanda to rebuild communities after the genocide, that kind of thing is really important and one of our things is about community cohesion, and I think cricket’s really well set up for that.”Yorkshire Tea’s initial donation and subsequent funding has enabled CBH to not only invest in the stadium and equipment but, since February 2019, in coaching programmes.
But the programme is also working to raise the ambitions of the children, many of whom come from poor backgrounds.“When my grandma was about to die, she told me that if I’m not able to save her, I must save others.”And through cricket, she agrees, she is developing self-confidence to pursue her passions.
Fredy started playing cricket when he was 17 and went on to represent the national team but believes he missed out on the sort of guidance he gives to the children under his wing.He speaks about how, during the pandemic, he rented a bigger home where he could more safely teach the children and convinced a local pastor to let them play if it conflicted with choir sessions.
“These are my young brothers, if I don’t take care of them, no one will. So that’s why I do it and whenever I ask their mothers, now they are seeing the change in the kids,” he says.Ben Newbury, marketing lead for Yorkshire Tea, has worked for Taylors of Harrogate for more than 12 years. After all the work with CBH, he was overwhelmed with emotion at the end of the tournament and during the concluding awards ceremony told the youngsters that it was one of the best days of his life.
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