As part of the Government’s initiative “Global Dimensions” the Club has partnered with St. Nicolas Church of England School, Nuneaton in providing educational items for the children at the Homelands School and Orphanage. The School which is located 60 miles west of Kampala houses 99 children, of which 43 are AIDS orphans.
We have been supporting this project by sending out books, crayons, toys and, quite recently, three laptop computers now that the school has had solar panels fitted. Canon Charles who runs the school and orphanage was delighted that he would be able to show the children how computers can help them.
Various fundraising events at St. Nicolas School have raised money to build new school rooms. When teachers from St. Nicolas went out to Uganda at Easter 2009, they were delighted to see that the classrooms were built and just needed to be finished off. All of our gifts of educational items particularly the coloured crayons and chalks, toys etc are loved by the children and very gratefully received. The three laptops we sent have been installed in the “Operations Room ready for use.
Two teachers from Homelands are travelling to the UK in July and we are holding a film night with “Made in Dagenham” and a retro 70′s supper to help with their travel costs.