I have recently returned from my 15th trip to Sierra Leone, during which we started to build a Hostel for some of the teachers. Currently many of them are travelling long distances, by public transport, to get to the school and it is accounting for nearly 20% of their monthly […]
This is the latest photo from Westminster Community Secondary School, Kono Town, Sierra Leone. They are just about to “raise the roof” but everything is dependant on the weather as it is the rainy season in Freetown. Hopefully the classroom will be ready for the start of the new term […]
Just over a week ago I sent some funds so that the builders could start to mould the concrete blocks for the 4th classroom at the school, in the hope that we can complete the project in time for the start of the new term in September. As it is […]
I recently collected a large consignment of second-hand football kit from the Club and I have already despatched a complete set of shirts to Sierra Leone. With the help of Daniel, a 13-year-old Duke of Edinburgh volunteer, and David a fellow Rotarian we spent three hours last Sunday sorting through […]
To us washing our hands is so easy but in Sierra Leone when there is no mains water this everyday task is not so easy. At the recently built toilet block at Westminster Community Secondary School we have just completed the installation of a water harvesting system complete with a […]
Banbury International Community School When I visited the school in November last year, I took 6 Yorkits kits with me. These are re-useable feminine sanitary kits. Each kit is made up of 8 pads, 2 pad pockets, a waterproof bag for carrying soiled items, 2 pairs of knickers, a flannel, […]
On the land where we have created the Westminster Community Secondary School there was a water well which had been derelict for a long time and children were having to walk about half a mile to the nearest available clean water supply. We decided that to refurbish the well would […]
The building work at the school is going really well – here is an update. We initially built 2 classrooms, for year 7 & 8 pupils and these were completed for the start of the new academic year last September. In November I visited, along with Barry (a good friend, […]
After a few delays caused by severe weather during the rainy season and a few issues with the contractor, we have opened the Westminster Community Secondary School in Kono Town. We have built two classrooms and a toilet block as the first phase of the school and we started the […]
