I Am Someone
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Shipping a container of hope to Uganda
For the past four months, I Am Someone founder Steve Argent has worked alongside a group of local volunteers to fill every inch of a 40-foot shipping container with essential items to send to Uganda. On Friday, the container, full of clothes, shoes, a ute and a mini-bus, pencils (that were packed into water bottles…
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A container of hope
Community members are rallying to fill a 40ft shipping container to send from Castlemaine to Uganda, supplying essential items to children in need, and they need your help. Campbells Creek local Steve Argent is the founder of I Am Someone, a community-led organisation supporting at-risk children and families in Uganda, Kenya and Sierra Leone. For…
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Devastated volunteers return home
Local volunteers travelling to Uganda to support the charity I Am Someone were devastated to learn they had to cut their trip short due to a sudden outbreak of Monkey Pox. Fourteen dedicated volunteers, 10 of whom live in and around Castlemaine, made the trek to Uganda for a month-long trip to try to improve…
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We can eradicate poverty
Through his charity, I Am Someone, Steve Argent has worked tirelessly for 18 years to raise more than $4M and help thousands of impoverished children living in Uganda, Kenya and Sierra Leone. The charity has given more than 11,000 impoverished children a helping hand by setting up 12 schools and eight children’s villages. It has…
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Contenders to shine
Lisa DennisCastlemaine Idyll returns to Castlemaine’s Lot 19 art precinct on Saturday March 18 to again give aspiring local stars their moment to shine. The man behind the event, Lot 19’s Mark Anstey, said 2023 marked the 14th instalment of the uplifting community event. “When I started Idyll, I was begging people to perform,” Mark…