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 KASENGA SCHOOL PROJECT & TETEKELA DAY CARE CENTRE
 December 2009
We have just returned from Kasama, Zambia and are very pleased to report the successful completion of another classroom to the school we built a few years ago.
The project was free of any hassle and the quality of work is great. We were able to purchase desks for the new classroom and one desk was donated by 2 young girls from England who had fund raised to pay for it along with meals for children at the centre.
Issy and Lottie Hughes ....well done on your fund raising!
 
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We paid an emotional visit to Tetekela Day Care Centre - there is never a shortage of children who want to attend. Footballs and netballs were very well received by the children! The Sisters have managed to develop the centre by building accommodation and a wall fence for security. When we handed over the centre to the Sisters of Child Jesus we commited to continue to send over kwa 4,000,000 (approx £580) per month for the monthly food budget for the children at the centre and we will continue to fund raise for this. The sisters also asked us to consider funding any smaller projects i.e. a goat herd project on the airport road and a new water pump for the centre. We will decide which project to support when funds allow.
We continue to pay the school fees for a number of children from Tetekela Centre.
Thanks to donations from local businesses' dress down days, such as Jersey Trust and Beaumont Home Centre, we are able to do extra little projects around the area and at the centre.
Thanks to everyone for their support during the past year and Seasons Greetings to all!
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Mount Kilimanjaro April 2nd -14th 2010 |
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WE NOW HAVE 19 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR THIS CHALLENGE -
FANTASTIC!!! CLOSED
 2nd - 14th APRIL 2010 Mount Kilimanjaro Challenge + 3 day safari Total Cost: £2,650 (cost £2,350 + £300 sponsorship)Would you like to discover Tanzania and Africa and at the same time raise funds for African children in Tanzania and Zambia who are amongst some of the poorest in the world. If the answer is yes, then Help an African Schoolchild are looking to recruit you along with approximately 10 other people to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
Get an application form here NB as of December '09 deposit is £700
We are cheaper than tour companies for the Kili climb + a 3 day safari. Our price includes all flights, all park fees, training and regular contact / advise.
See below just 3 of the people who have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for the charity
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Great North Coast Charity Challenge 2009 |
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Great North Coast Charity Challenge 13 September '09
Thanks to all you walkers who took part this year - despite the credit crunch we raised almost £18,000 with more money coming in so a great result. We are grateful as usual to all the 'behind the scenes' helpers - the great volunteers and our sponsors for this year, Standard Bank
Look out for our other off island challenges during 2010
Inquiries: Kevin Tel 07797 721279 Email Kevin
Inquiries: Vanessa Tel 07797 749768 Email Vanessa
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Tetekela Centre handed over to the Sisters of the Child Jesus
The Trustees of the charity met at the end of March in 2008 and decided that Tetekela Centre was ready to be handed over to a local organisation. The centre was costing us approximately £15,000 per annum to run – the majority going on staff wages and approx £10,000 on running costs. We continue to support the centre by providing the money for the monthly food budget. We will also encourage and finance some money generating projects before we withdraw totally in the future.
We are very proud that we have been able to fund the centre for the last eight years. The decision of the Trustees was that we would offer the centre to the Sister of the Child Jesus with an agreement that we would provide help with the running costs.
We had a meeting with the sisters and it was fortuitous that they where looking for a new project to get involved with and the centre was an ideal project for them to undertake.
Since last April the sisters have been working with our staff and seeing how the centre is run and how the ethos of the centre is maintained. Vanessa, who was fundamental to the development of the centre, has had much consultation with the nuns and they seem to want to do their best for the centre’s children.
There were a number of problems initially with the title deeds but these have now been resolved and the centre has been handed over to the Sisters. We are still liaising with them on many issues but things seem to be going well.
The Sisters of the Child Jesus have identified 20 children from the centre who they think can be integrated into normal school and we will fund these children.
So as of September 2008 the centre will be run by the sisters and they have kept on a few staff members whose wages they will be responsible for.
The money saved by handing over the centre to the Sisters of the Child Jesus will now be used to fund other projects.
The handing over of the centre to the Sisters was a difficult decision emotionally for the Trustees but we feel that in the long run that it is important for local organisations to be responsible for projects.
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Please support us with a gift of £6 a month
Dowload your Direct Debit Form here or to make an online donation click the 'Donate any amount you wish ' link at the side of the page.
Just think what £6 a month from you could do for these children
• A donation every month will help us free children from Poverty
• Every penny you give to Help an African Schoolchild makes a difference
• Help us give the children the skills and resources they need to build better lives
HIV/AIDS £6 a month can help us protect HIV/AIDS orphans and children who are HIV positive. It can also support health education and prevent young people from becoming infected.
Please help us to help them
FEED £6 a month can help us feed the street and vulnerable children at Tetekela Day Care Centre in Kasama, northern Zambia |
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