Yes, I want to support Karoline!
Help me to raise entrepeneurs and empower women in Congo. Do you help me to reach my goal of € 2.109: €100 for every kilometer!
€ 683,21 of € 2.109,00*
Karoline runs4congo
During the next edition of the Weir Venloop, I will run a Half-marathon taking place on Sunday 26 March 2023. For every Kilometer I run, I would like to raise 100 Euro. Totalling 2109 Euros for 21,09KM.
For this purpose, I chose to collaborate with Stichting Barnabas, a smaller Dutch Christian foundation, who runs a beautiful project in DR Congo. I want to help them help themselves by providing microfinance and providing tools and seeds so they can grow their own food.
Thank you for every Euro you donate. Every Euro will bring us a Kilometer further to the goal.
About the project
In war-torn DR Congo Stichting Barnabas is giving hope by empowering women with seeds and tools to grow their own food so they can take care of their families. We also support entrepeneurs by providing micro-finances, for example for Joseph who want to grow his small pharmacy shop to enable more people with medication!
Stichting Barnabas is a small dutch christian NGO who helps, comforts and encourages vunerable people in places like DR Congo, Lebanon and Ukraine.
About Karoline
My name is Karoline Kowalik. I am an engineer, PhD researcher, dancer, baker and runner. Since middleschool, I have participated in running events and voluntary work for Unicef, Muettergenesungswerk (Foundation for Mothers), catholic church and the British Heart Foundation by selling Christmas cards, collecting donations, and taking care of the church’s youth and working in a charity shop. Next to work and my studies, I am running long-distance races (10K, Half-Marathon, and Marathon) for which I train 3 to 4 times a week with the Funqtio running academy in Venlo.
*The donation thermometer is last updated on 28-2-2023 14.38
