Charity for Korle-Bu: Man to run from Aflao to Accra

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.