Giel Malual and John Kuei trekked from Dungeness to John o’Groats to raise funds for new schools in Sudan
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hen Giel Malual set out to walk the length of the UK to raise money to open a school for displaced children from his home country of Sudan, he did not expect the welcome he would receive from the British public.
“All the houses that we slept in, all the welcome that we were given, all the warmth and the support, the cheers and the encouragement that we have received, it has been overwhelming,” said Malual, who completed the 900-mile walk over a month with his friend John Kuei, who is also from Sudan.
As they trekked from Dungeness in Kent up to John o’Groats in Scotland over 33 days, battling some of the coldest weather of the year, he says they were inundated with messages from people across the country offering them a hot meal and a free room for the night.
