A massive thank you to Julian, the staff at Tula Publishing & Julian’s boys James (9) & Lewis (7) who have donated £300 to sponsor 30 desk and bench sets. Julian says “having been involved in Africa education for over 25 years, I have seen “BIG” projects come and go, […]
Yesterday I met up with sisters Debbie & Alison, two Oxford United supporters, and Debbie’s two boys, Mason & Noah. They have been following me on Twitter since my last visit and enjoy reading about all the good work that Oxford United do to support my projects. They have sponsored […]
For the past ten years I have had tremendous support from the Doris Field Charitable Trust, based in Oxford. I have just received a Grant of £1,000 from the Trust which will enable the final work to be completed at the Banbury International Community School. On behalf of the pupils, […]
Football kit supplied by Oxford United has enabled 3 teams in the Mahera Wharf community to register for the local league and play fixtures against other local teams. They are only allowed to register for the league if they have a full team kit, so previously these guys were only […]
It hardly seems possible BUT I have just received the photo below from “my man on the ground” Fayah. ALL this has been achieved in 38 days which is remarkable when you consider that EVERYTHING is done manually, including making all the concrete blocks. All that remains now is to […]
We are only 5 weeks into the build programme at the school but the progress still continues to amaze me. The concreting of all the floors has been completed and they have just put the base coat of paint on the building. I have just received a fantastic £250 donation […]
Some of the girls at Banbury International Community School, Waterloo, Freetown celebrating International Womens Day and proudly wearing their Oxford United shirts. Hopefully with their education these girls will Make A Real Difference to their community in the future
For over 10 years Peter Rhoades-Brown at Oxford United has been supporting my work in Sierra Leone by donating items of kit to the communities. Peter says “it’s a pleasure to help the great work Alan does and to see the smile on those faces makes it really worthwhile, especially […]
Exactly a month ago work began to build 2 new classrooms at Banbury International Community School and the progress is far beyond what I could ever have expected, especially as EVERYTHING is done manually!! The building is up, the roof is on, the ceilings and windows have all been installed, […]
