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Banbury International Community School I am really pleased to report that the installation of the water well at the school was completed this week and all that remains is for a gate to be fitted on the entrance. I must extend my sincere thanks to Nicola Wilkinson who co-ordinated the […]
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On Friday 6th October I had the pleasure of speaking at the school’s Harvest Festival in St Helens Church in front of 400 children and about 250 parents. I had previously visited the school in May, speaking at their Africa Awareness Day and as a result of their efforts we […]
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Reading Abbey Rotary Club In July I gave a presentation to the Club and explained that there are 14 children at Calvary School who cannot afford to pay their school fees. At the end of the evening 3 Rotarians each gave me £30 to sponsor a child for a years […]
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Now that the “rainy season” has ended, we have just started to build an additional second classroom at a school that we worked with in 2023. This is the 47th classroom we have funded. We originally funded the building of 4 classrooms, an office, staffroom and store plus a 6 […]
Some photos from the various projects associated with Alan’s work. Click to enlarge.
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Alan Wolstencroft, Banbury Rotarian In 2005 I attended a Rotary presentation about a Charity in Sierra Leone but little did I know then that a 10 minute presentation would change my life!! Rotarians were given the opportunity to volunteer as part of “Rotary Mission Challenge” to Freetown and “spend 11 days […]
Now that the “rainy season” has ended, we have just started to build an additional second classroom at a school that we worked with in 2023. This is the 47th classroom we have funded. We originally funded the building of 4 classrooms, an office, staffroom and store plus a 6 […]
I have just received some photos from Sierra Leone after my “man on the ground”, Mohamed collected a shipment of 350 items of Oxford United kit which left the UK in late July. There were 6 complete team strips, which will be distributed to local youth teams and the remainder […]
Banbury Rugby Club donated a number of team strips back in May and some of these have recently arrived in Sierra Leone. Although rugby is not played by many in the country, the kit is a valuable commodity to football teams who otherwise would struggle to buy a kit. These […]
When I was first introduced to this school in February 2022 they had 4 classrooms, which had been built from mud blocks, which aren’t sustainable given the intense rainy season in the country. All 4 classrooms were in a terrible state of repair, including one wall in each classroom, which […]
Banbury Rugby Club have once again supported my projects in Sierra Leone by donating several team strips of shirts. Although rugby is not played in Sierra Leone the kit will be used by schools and community groups for their PE lessons as well as team strips for their football matches.
The staff hostel at the school is nearing completion, with just an outdoor cooking shelter to be built. We have recently installed a solar powered electrical system giving both light and power and the two washrooms have just been completed. Although there is no running water connected, the staff can fetch water […]
In mid-November we started to build a 7 bedroomed hostel for the teaching staff at the school. Everything on site is done manually, including making all our own concrete blocks. This is the latest photo of the progress, which is outstanding, in under 4 months. All that remains to be […]
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 […]
