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The charity ‘Help an African Schoolchild Trust’ is non denominational and was officially formed in 1994 and presently works in Tanzania and Zambia.
The Aim of the charity is:
To improve the living conditions, the educational standards
and facilities in a number of Zambian and Tanzanian communities
Objectives:
To carry out small community projects e.g. to provide wells for fresh drinking water or feeding programs for malnourished children.
To raise funds for individual schools to buy essential equipment and materials, with particular emphasis on assisting special needs schools.
To assist financially and practically in minor and major building projects.
To assist women’s groups in their development.
How do we achieve this aim and these objectives?
Through the generosity of Overseas Aid, local companies, schools, Trusts and individuals.
The charity obtains money through fund raising both locally and nationally. Local fund raising has been extremely successful. We have raised over £74,000 from our Abseil for Africa event and over £36,000 from our Mount Kilimanjaro Charity Challenge, plus numerous amounts from other small fund raising events.
We have had much financial support from both the States of Jersey and the States of Guernsey Overseas Aid committees.
The support from local schools and companies has been amazing and it shows that schoolchildren and the local community really do have a concern for others.
Through child sponsorship, we presently have over 150 children in Zambia and 50 in Tanzania who are at both primary and secondary school who are being sponsored by the generosity of Channel Islanders.
Patron
His Excellency
Dr Abdulkader Shareef
High Commissioner of Tanzania
A Jersey registered charity Help an African Schoolchild Trust
Association of Jersey Charities reg no 205 P.O.Box 716,St Helier
Jersey C.I. JE4 8ZZ
Trustees
Senator Nigel Queree
Vanessa Nash
Kevin Daly
Jersey Representatives
E-mail Vanessa Nash
Tel: 01534 498650
E-mail Kevin Daly
Tel/Fax: 01534 / 852944
Guernsey Representative
Mr. John Samuels PO Box 230, St Peter Port Guernsey
African Representatives
Annette Chisanga P.O Box 410383, Kasama, Zambia
Mr. John Ntandu PO Box 1237,Dodoma,Tanzania |
