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During the last few years, Jakob & Jakob – together with my dad,
Jozef – have raised more than 70 000 SEK for charity. Reece’s Rainbow,
UNICEF, the Children’s Ward at St Francis’ Hospital and Hope For
Children are the organisations that we have supported through our
running. This year, we have chosen to raise money for another kind of
organisation. Hand in Hand International was
founded in 2003 by Dr Kalpana Sankar and Percy Barnevik, and their
initial goal was to get local children out of factories and
into schools. With time however, it became clear that in order to deal
effectively with child labor they needed to get to the root of the
problem: combating poverty. And what better way to deal with this
problem than creating jobs? Which is why Hand in Hand started to focus
on fighting poverty through creating jobs with grassroots
entrepreneurship.
Jakob & Jakob and Jozef have decided to support Hand in Hand International and will raise money for the charity in connection with their big adventure this year; the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc. We hope that you, our readers, supporters, friends, families and co-workers will once again take up the challenge and donate money to this honourable cause.