The new toilet block is literally “taking shape” at Banbury International Community School in Waterloo, Freetown. Work started last Wednesday with the digging of the pit to form a septic tank. The pit measures 12 feet x 8 feet and is 12 feet deep !! It is being dug by […]
I have spent a bit of time whilst in Freetown with an organisation called Enable The Children. ETC is a team of local and expatriate staff who have provided Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, care, and support services to over 1,000 children living with disabilities in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In the […]
Back in 2015 the Good News Pentecostal School renamed itself the Banbury International Community School in recognition of all the support it had received from supporters in Banbury. This included Brethertons solicitors who sponsored the building of a 2 classroom extension at the school. At Christmas Brethertons decided not to […]
I began working directly with my first school in January 2007 and since then have developed links with several other community groups. I am now supporting 6 schools, a community football club, 4 ladies with my Sierra LeOANS micro credit scheme and 3 young orphans. I am delighted to report […]
St Mary the Virgin, Broughton & North Newington Since 2009 the Parochial Church Council have supported my work by making a donation as a result of the collections over the Christmas period and they have just presented me with a cheque for £1,100 taking the total donated since 2009 to […]
Momoh had a new wheelchair just before Christmas and we also paid for him to have a new “outfit”. He chose the design and the colour of the fabric himself and I think he looks REALLY great.
In May I set up a small micro credit scheme for 2 ladies in the Waterloo Community, lending each of the ladies £50 on the basis that they each paid back £5 per month and my scheme, unlike other larger schemes, does not charge any interest. I have also given […]
The work to build a 3 cubicle toilet block at Kunduma School is progressing and we now have adequate funds in place to include rainwater harvesting and a handwash station. The facilities may look very basic but to all the 100+ children at the School they will “Make A Real […]
The pit has been completed, all dug by hand (pick & shovel) and all the spoil removed by a bucket & rope system ! The guys are now busy making concrete blocks and building the underground tank and things are progressing well. When completed these toilets will be a massive […]
