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Ashby Willesley School – Harvest Festival

I recently attended the school’s Harvest Festival service which, once again, saw St Helens church packed to capacity. The school have been supporting me since May 2017. It was a lovely service, with all the children taking part, and I gave the children and parents an update from their “link” […]

It’s only a polo shirt, but…….
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It’s only a polo shirt, but…….

I would like to express my sincere thanks to The Workwear Company (formerly Sew Sublime) for a large donation of assorted polo shirts. These were recently air freighted, courtesy of The Westminster Group PLC, to Sierra Leone and distributed by members of Westminster Aviation Security Services on behalf of The […]

Sunny Girl project extended
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Sunny Girl project extended

I recently had a request from Banbury International School in Waterloo to support the girls in the Junior Secondary School which started earlier this year. The cost of sanitary pads is very expensive and a lot of girls, who cannot afford to buy them, miss classes during their menstrual cycle. […]

Mahera Wharf Oxford United
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Mahera Wharf Oxford United

The under 12 team were beaten 1 – 0 in the final of the Cup competition last Friday but it was a great achievement for them to qualify for the final, so CONGRATULATIONS to all the squad. The photo shows the boys wearing their runners up medals. They had one […]

Banbury International Community School
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Banbury International Community School

When I first visited the school in 2013 it was called the Good News Pentecostal Junior School and 80+ children were being taught in a very cramped church hall with many of them sitting on the floor as they didn’t have enough benches and no desks. I promised Thomas, the […]

What a load of blocks !!
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What a load of blocks !!

Having had the first tranche of money a few days ago the community at Kunduma School are really keen to get on with the building of their first ever toilets at the school. They have started to dig the pit and another group of guys have just started to make […]

Mahera Wharf FC under 12’s reach cup final
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Mahera Wharf FC under 12’s reach cup final

The under 12 team of Mahera Wharf Oxford United yesterday won through to the final of a cup competition. The final will be played this Thursday and the boys are hoping to win the trophy. They will be playing in the team strip that was recently donated to them by […]

Kunduma School toilets
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Kunduma School toilets

Kunduma is a school for about 150 children situated 175 kilometres east of Freetown. It is a very poor community and currently there are NO toilets at the school. The first tranche of money has been sent so that work can begin to dig the latrine pit and then build […]

Back to school courtesy of Oxford United supporters
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Back to school courtesy of Oxford United supporters

This young man has just been able to return to school thanks to the support of a number of Oxford United supporters. He has been unable to afford to pay his school fees or buy a uniform and equipment but that all changed as a result of a crowdfunding appeal […]