Why we need your help!
Our donate button is now working - so please click on it (if you would like to help our project).
As experienced female athletes and coaches we are both hopeful that our enthusiasm can be shared with the young people of the Maldives and are lucky that the communities of the Maldives are fully supporting the project; providing the volunteer coaches with food and accommodation for the duration of their stay.
However the project will incur other significant costs including;
This is a truly great opportunity to develop the sport we love in a country where its potential benefits are enormous. We appreciate that times are a bit tough but the possibility to commit coaches to the Maldives for long enough time to leave a robust rowing structure is invaluable.
However the project will incur other significant costs including;
- boats, equipment and boat maintenance,
- travel to and between the islands,
- pre departure volunteer safety training.
This is a truly great opportunity to develop the sport we love in a country where its potential benefits are enormous. We appreciate that times are a bit tough but the possibility to commit coaches to the Maldives for long enough time to leave a robust rowing structure is invaluable.
Where your money goes.....
Of the money we raise, half will be used for equipment and maintenance costs at the rowing clubs that Rowing Association of The Maldives (RAM) is establishing, and the remainder will be used to fund volunteer coaches to set up and develop these clubs. A tiny percentage of the online donations will go to paypal but this is less than other donation sites take and an easier way for us to collect donations.