Author: Lesley Curtis
Progress so far
It never gets easier to accept, but from the bottom of our hearts we want to thank you for all of your continued support throughout these years. 💙 We have achieved so much with R World in his memory, and we know he’d be so grateful to everyone who has played a part in this journey. From runs, cycles, and moustache growing, to funding first aid for mental health training for over 50 lecturers and teachers. Not only this, but we have now built a community library in Chitimba, Malawi. Our next goal is to raise £3500 to fill the […]
Claire’s Brighton Marathon
Thanks to Claire Rumsey for raising £400 for R World in the Brighton Marathon.
Fifth newsletter now out
Newsletter number 5 – the first of 2024! See the link for our fifth newsletter!
Rovember 2023 – £270 raised
In November James.hurman grew a ‘tache in honour #Rovember. He managed to raise an incredible £270 for R World in memory of Robbie✨ Thank you so much to James for taking the initiative to take part in this challenge, and as always we are so grateful to anyone who donated!
Two Worlds Meet
Last month Robbie’s mum Lesley, the founder of R World, embarked on an incredible adventure to Malawi to see the incredible work that the Brown Munthali Foundation have been doing in the village of Chitimba. Lesley was given a warm welcome from Brown and the community; greeted with a ceremony to celebrate her arrival. She was lucky enough to spend time with the lovely community, visit the site of the library that we have been raising funds for and see the progress of the development first hand. Lesley also went to the tree that has been planted in Robbie’s memory […]
Robbie Curtis human geography prize
See detailed information in the Awards tab.
Library Construction
I (Lesley Curtis with Caroline Freeland) am raising money to build a library in a remote region of Malawi where Brown Munthali, certainly the most driven but poorest man I have ever known, has set up an orphanage and is responsible for housing, feeding and educating over 70 orphans and vulnerable children. Faced with poverty and escalating prices as well as natural disasters, the most recent being Cyclone Freddy which killed 4 orphans and destroyed his crops, he bounces back every time to achieve his vision for the future. Without a decent education, he knows the future is bleak for […]
London marathon fundraiser
At the end of April we had Laurence run the London Marathon in an incredible 4 hours 2 minutes, all in memory of Robbie. We are always so grateful to everyone who continues to support and raise awareness and money for R World in Robbie’s honour.
Poetry competition at Simon Langton School
We are honoured that The Simon Langton School, Canterbury have run a poetry competition to celebrate Robbie’s life. It was judged by Patricia Novillo-Corvalan, (Reader in Comparative Literature at the University of Kent) and the winners will be announced shortly. There were many entries, mainly from year 8, but also 9 and year 12 and the standard was incredibly high! Go to the following link for more information: https://www.rworld.org.uk/about/poetry/