A volunteer social change activist,
Kwame Anane-Crane is attempting to run a distance of 200km from the Aflao
border in the Volta Region to Accra in support of the Burns Unit of Korle-Bu
Teaching Hospital.
Kwame Anane-Crane, 35, is running for 14
consecutive days to engage and educate local communities on simple ways to
prevent fatal burns, and to raise money for the treatment of vulnerable
children stuck at the ward.
The event dubbed “THE NATIONAL BURNS
SUPPORT RUN” will begin on Sunday, April 24th from Aflao and end in Accra on
Monday, May 9th, 2016.
Undertaking this ultra-running
challenge, will pose huge physical and mental difficulties for Kwame, who only
started running again after a horrific leg break in a sports accident. He and a
team of runners, who have also volunteered to partake in the event, will face
temperatures of up to 30C some days. But according to him, each day of the run
symbolizes how individuals can contribute to a serious national safety issue.
After a few days of running they
expected to suffer a lot of muscle soreness and be prone to injury, but slower
running can help reduce this. Individuals who are interested, can also take
part in the “national burns support run” by joining the team to complete at
least a leg of the entire run.
When asked why he is specifically
running instead of any other activity, Kwame revealed that he chose the
challenge of long distance running because 2016 is an Olympic year and this
could be a way to start the build up to the global sporting show piece.
He is also running from the Volta Region
to Accra to mark the 60th anniversary of the Trans Volta Togoland voting in a
plebiscite to join the soon to be independent Ghana (9th May, 1956).
The patron for the 2016 “national burns
support run” is Dr Opoku Ware Ampomah of the reconstructive surgery unit of the
Korle-bu hospital, Accra.
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