Olympic gold medalist, Joshua Cheptegei has launched a UGx. 1.7billon fundraising drive to help complete his own world class athletics training centre in Kapchorwa he has been building since 2018.
The Construction of the training centre started in 2018 following Cheptegei’s success in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and now speaking in a press conference held at Serena Hotel Kampala on Thursday, Cheptegei said that the facility will double as a museum for Ugandan athletics history.
Ugandan star runner Joshua Cheptegei on Thursday launched a 100-day fundraising drive to collect 500,000 U.S. dollars to complete his training facility in Kapchorwa district, eastern Uganda.
Cheptegei, who made Uganda proud by winning a gold medal in the 5,000m final and a silver medal in the 10,000m final at the just concluded Tokyo Olympics made the call here at a news conference.
"I started the training facility in 2018 and so far I have managed to develop it to 60 percent. Now I need support to a tune of 500,000 dollars to be able to complete it so that it will help Uganda produce many more medals," he told reporters.
"Over the past years, I have dedicated my winnings from the race track towards the construction of a training center that is built to international standards and can act as a vehicle for young athletics talent in Uganda and beyond to achieve their dreams, like mine, of winning gold," he said.
The money fundraised will go towards the construction of a world-class hostel facility with fitness and other related equipment, according to Cheptegei.
