All our regular followers will know the race is on to raise the money to finish, furnish and
resource our secondary school ready for the start of the 2016 academic year in
January.
In three weeks we have already topped the first £3,000 of
our £25,000 Building a Bright Future Appeal target, but there is still a long
way to go.
But we are absolutely determined to do it, and know that
you, our amazing friends, will help us in every way you can.
The secondary school is already half built and is on the
same site, a short walk from Happy House, as our kindergarten and primary
school which relocated there at the start of 2015.
The land was bought with money raised by a dinner at the
Harrodian School, London, organised by Charlotte Poulter and Saskia Flower, who
were then students there.
This week I am seeing the schools for the first time,
writes Elizabeth Gomm.
They are much bigger and better than any pictures or video I
have seen, and the kids absolutely love being there as my group of tour guides
told me!
They are fair bursting with pride as they escort me first to
the kindergarten and then to the primary school.
The classrooms are roomy, a gentle breeze blows through.
The breeze and the makuti roof, make it so much easier for the children to stay alert
and to concentrate in lessons.
The primary school on two floors, is impressive. The dining banda, which can also be used for
assemblies, special events and assemblies, is central.
The first phase of the secondary school is complete. It
comprises of an office, library and computer room which are also in use by the
lower schools. The laboratory, which is a requirement for every secondary
school, remains a shell. It was built with money donated by Blackpool
Soroptimist International’s Christine Walker Memorial Fund, but we do not yet
have the funds to furnish and equip it. That is part of our current Building a Bright
Future Appeal.
If we could just get in another £5,000 we would resume
building work straight away.
Anyone seeing the Happy House knows that Mama Sue is a woman
who has a vision and works tirelessly to make it a reality.
The schools, like her Happy House, are her vision – the pictures in her head that come together so beautifully in bricks and mortar. Sue is resourceful in every sense of the word, and she and Papa, who negotiates the best price on all the materials, are a team to be reckoned with.
Along with Uncle Billy and all their team they are making a better world for children in need.
The schools, like her Happy House, are her vision – the pictures in her head that come together so beautifully in bricks and mortar. Sue is resourceful in every sense of the word, and she and Papa, who negotiates the best price on all the materials, are a team to be reckoned with.
Along with Uncle Billy and all their team they are making a better world for children in need.
Our school gives our kids, who have come to us with nothing
but sadness in their hearts, a chance to have an education of the highest
standard. They grasp the opportunity
with an enthusiasm you rarely see in countries where education is taken for
granted.
What we are building here, is not just for children now but
for many, many, more over many years to come.
If you donate, say £5, today, you can look back in 10, 20 or even 50 years
time, knowing that a new generation of children will be benefiting from your
gift.
If you can help in anyway – a church collection, a coffee
morning, girls’ night in, tea party, or by going without a treat and donating
the money instead – please do.
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