Fundraising

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It is now one year since we started fundraising for the Schools for Africa campaign, through AidCamps International – and we have had a wonderfully successful year. We saw our first school built in 2007 and filled with enthusiastic pupils who are eager to learn, and two more schools were completed and opened in June this year. Another two are in the pipeline and will hopefully be opened before the end of 2008.

 

Heartfelt thanks go to all our supporters over the past year.

Fundraising events during the past twelve months

Illustrated talks

The Isle of Wight Beekeepers Association

Cowes Rotary Club

Ryde Chorus members

Sponsored Bike Ride – Isle of Wight Randonee

Bingo Night

‘African School’ Dinner Parties

Turn up and Sing – Messiah in St. Thomas’ Church, Isle of Wight

Carol Concert (Carols for Cameroon) at Northcourt, Isle of Wight

London Marathon – Thanks for your wonderful effort, Clive

Heriot Watt University Students Association RAG week

 

On-going Fundraising events

Children at Lambeth Academy, South London, started fundraising for us in September. They have organised lots of imaginative events and have already raised over £3000! They are aiming to raise £10,000 by September 2008. This is a particularly wonderful and impressive effort on the part of these schoolchildren and we would like to send special thanks to them. Good Luck … keep going!!!

Justin Addleton and Rob Hough have started organising a charity Boxing event in aid of Schools for Africa. They are hoping to make a film of the whole process and are currently looking for a venue for the event – can you help? Contact us if you think you might know somewhere appropriate.

Percol – an award-winning company which champions Fairtrade Coffee – have recently launched their new range of ground and instant coffees, tea and hot chocolate all sourced from Africa - and they have offered Schools for Africa a donation from the funds raised on every pack sold during their first year. We are really thrilled with this offer and we hope that it will generate sufficient funds for at least one school in 2009.

 

Corporate Donations

Significant donations have been made to Schools for Africa from the following companies. We are hugely grateful for these, which have allowed us to increase the number of schools we shall build this year from one … to five!! And more schools will be built next year too.

Clymac Ltd., Loughborough

Liz Earle Beauty Company, Isle of Wight

Carisbrooke Shipping, Isle of Wight

And a large London-based company which prefers to remain anonymous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated ( Friday, 18 July 2008 )