Mark and Amanda and their daughters Phoebe and Olivia were honoured guests at school assembly where they heard, in the words of three scholarship students, Sakina, Teddy and Nasri, just how much they had gained since being offered free places in our school.
They also thanked Mark and Amanda for their contribution to the school by providing a fully equipped computer suite, together with internet access.
Amanda thanked charity founder and director, Mama Sue and her husband Papa Dave and the school family for welcoming them as part of it.
Amanda said they believed all children had a right to education and that education in the developing world should be equal to that her own children were receiving in the UK.
She told the students that education opened the door to good careers both nationally and internationally.
*The Barron family pictured with Mama Sue and Papa Dave in the computer suite.
*Teddy, Nasri and Sakina's tributes will be featured on tomorrow's blog.
BUS APPEAL
We have launched an appeal to raise £25,000 to buy a newer bus to replace our 20 year-old bus which is used to transport pupils, mostly on free place scholarships, into Happy House School. Without our help, these youngsters from impoverished backgrounds would not have the education or opportunity to go on to careers that will lift them out of the poverty and give them a chance to make a real impact on their community and their country.
Our bus, whilst safe, is becoming more unreliable and often in for repair and becoming a drain on resources.
To donate https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/buyabus
