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| Kim from DHL and Sally Keeble MP loading boxes |
LOADING UP SCHOOLS FOR AFRICA BOXES
Jan 4th 2010
Over 1,100 boxes were loaded up before Christmas to send off to Africa!
Half will be
going to Tanzania, to Pasada in Dar es Salaam, and half to Zimbabwe to children in residential and community care.
Many thanks to everyone who filled the
boxes, and who helped load up and transport them.
In the pictures are the collections from Hallfield and Brunswick
Park Schools in Paddington and Southwark in London, and from Standens Barn in Northampton.
Also pictured is Kim from
DHL who collected up the boxes from Buckingham. Thanks to her for this special help that she gave.
All the paperwork
is now being processed to get the charity clearances so the boxes can be flown out to Africa.
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| Children at Standens Barn School, Northampton with their boxes |
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| Children at Hallfield School, London, loading boxes |
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| Loading up boxes at St Francis School, Peckham |
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| Children from Brunswick Park School, London, loading boxes |
London
Launch for Schools4Africa!
October 12th 2009
Schools for Africa's big Parliamentary reception saw 190 children from schools across the UK meet in Parliament
to hear about Africa from International Development Secretary and England goalkeeper David James.
Sally Keeble MP also introduced Brian Dow from the School Food Trust and Caroline Hurford from the UN World Food Programme
who introduced the Really Good School Dinner Campaign to provide more money for school dinners for children in Africa. The
children also heard from Schools for Africa sponsors DHL and from the High Commissions of Malawi and Kenya.
Children from Northampton Schools had a tour round Parliament with Luke and Danny from Sally's office.
Thanks ot the School Food Trust for sponsoring the lunches for the children!
Below are some of the pictures of the
event. If you want one of your school, then email Luke on murphyl@parliament.uk
SCHOOLS FOR AFRICA LAUNCHES 2009 CAMPAIGN
Sept
1st 2009
Schools for Africa launches its 2009 campaign with new leaflets, resource pack and lesson plans.
The campaign this year is to raise money to feed children in Zimbabwe through our School Meal Deal. You can donate through
www.justgiving.com/schoolsforafrica.
This year we are working
with the UN World Food Programme and the School Food Trust so that together we can raise more money to feed hungry children
round the world.
There are lots of activities for your school using the resource pack and
lesson plans. The Parliamentary reception will be on October 12th - there'll be more news on that on the website.
We will also be providing giftboxes with educational materials, toys and clothes for children orphaned
and made vulnerable by HIV and Aids.
THANKS FROM ZIMBABWE'S
CHILDREN
Children
at the Matthew Rusike Home in Harare say thanks for the gifts sent by Schools for Africa. The children are suffering from
real hunger because of food shortages. This year Schools for Africa will send money raised by the School Meal Deal to Zimbabwe
to help feed these children.
THANKS TO UK CHILDREN! Thanks to all the children, headteachers and their staff teams and parents for making Schools for Africa 2008
a success! In addition to sending the boxes, a £3,000 cheque went to
the Kenyan Network of Women with Aids to buy food for the children they support! This
was a great commitment to support some of the most needy children in the world. If
you're one of the schools that took part and want to send in any of your own news or pictures or want more information
please email keebles@parliament.uk
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| Children at Fairfields Special School in Northampton had a great time filling their boxes! |
SCHOOLS FOR
AFRICA BOXES ARRIVE IN TANZANIA
The first Schools for Africa boxes have arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! Mary Ash, from Pasada, has received some of the boxes that will
be delivered to children on December 13th. Meanwhile
the final collection of boxes is being made on December 2nd. Many thanks to everyone who has helped with this huge task to bring gifts to 1,600 children in Africa.
LEVI ROOTS OF REGGAE REGGAE SAUCE FAME TO BE SPECIAL GUEST
AT OUR PARLIAMENTARY RECEPTION October 13th 2008 Levi Roots, creator of Reggae Reggae Sauce, was our fantastic, exciting special guest at
the Schools for Africa parliamentary reception. 140 children from schools
across the country involved with Schools for Africa heard Levi talk about his early days in music, and the experiences in
Kenya that turned his life around. He visited Kibera, the massive slum in Nairobi where many of our Schools for Africa boxes
go to orphans and vulnerable children. And we also heard from the World
Food Programme - how one child dies every five seconds as a result of poverty and hunger. The event was kindly sponsored
by SAB Miller, and all the children received gifts from our sponsors, DHL. In
the picture above: Reggae Reggae star Levi Roots with Sally Keeble MP and children from Stimpson Avenue Primary School, Northampton.
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