Working with touraid who gives opportunities to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds through rugby

In 2006, Tullow sponsored a group of 20 boys from the Kyadondo Rugby Football Club in Uganda, through a new charity called touraid, which aims to give opportunities to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance to come to the UK to play rugby. touraid hopes to establish sustainable links, through rugby, between schools and clubs in the UK and the disadvantaged areas of developing nations to provide educational, cultural, economic and social benefits. Tullow’s sponsorship helped the young rugby players spend six days in the UK enjoying a variety of activities, including training with leading teams, playing a number of fixtures and forming the Guard of Honour to the South African team when they played England at Twickenham. The UK schools that hosted these young Ugandans also raised money to support their ongoing education when they returned home.