The pastor of Congleton's Cross Street Church is running a half marathon alongside his daughter to raise funds to pay for a Kenyan man's education.

In 2010, Andrew Calvert from Congleton's Pentecostal Church, on Cross Street, ran a marathon to raise funds towards building Gathehu Mixed Day Secondary School in Gathehu, a remote village in Kenya.

Those who sponsored him then will be pleased to know that the school is thriving and now has 130 students.

Eleven years and a knee operation later Andrew aims to run a half marathon alongside his daughter Sarah Baylay, to raise funds in support of a young man called Solomon Mwangi Maina.

Solomon is the youngest of nine siblings. His mother died in 2017 and this year his father died also.

Solomon has done well at school and would now like to go to college to study Cargo and Freight but as an orphan he has no way of raising the £3,800 needed to pay for the college fees.

The Gathehu villagers are doing "harambe" for him, which means everyone pulling together and each giving a little so that together they can achieve the target.

Congleton Pentecostal Church is partnering in this harambe with Gathehu village.

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If you wish to donate, visit Mr Calvert's Just Giving page.