The Great Generation has had the privilege of working with a group of thirteen highly-motivated and enthusiastic International Baccalaureate students at the Luton Vith form college, and their teachers for the last nine months.
It was hard work fundraising! The students got their fellow pupils, family and friends involved: from music concerts to car washing, from cake sales to talent shows and bucket collections; not to mention approaching sponsors such as Luton Airport and the Parry Woodcock fund.
It was touch-and-go but the students reached their target in the end and have flown out to Uganda on Saturday for two weeks along with two members of staff and a Great Generation project leader. They will be working with St Francis Healthcare Initiative which runs a holistic HIV/AIDS outreach programme, as well as supporting many rural grandmothers living with HIV/AIDS and who look after their orphan grandchildren.
The volunteers' project will involve planting a garden for a newly established orphans respite home as well as painting the rooms in the home to make it a more bright and cheerful place for the children to stay. Volunteers will also look at ways to support local people into livelihood opportunities through microfinance.
The work doesn't stop there! When the students return, they will be making presentations to schools and organisations about their work, and continuing to support the community by promoting a the supply chain which wil advertise items that can be purchased by donors, sourced in Uganda and that will go directly to the community.
It was hard work fundraising! The students got their fellow pupils, family and friends involved: from music concerts to car washing, from cake sales to talent shows and bucket collections; not to mention approaching sponsors such as Luton Airport and the Parry Woodcock fund.
It was touch-and-go but the students reached their target in the end and have flown out to Uganda on Saturday for two weeks along with two members of staff and a Great Generation project leader. They will be working with St Francis Healthcare Initiative which runs a holistic HIV/AIDS outreach programme, as well as supporting many rural grandmothers living with HIV/AIDS and who look after their orphan grandchildren.
The volunteers' project will involve planting a garden for a newly established orphans respite home as well as painting the rooms in the home to make it a more bright and cheerful place for the children to stay. Volunteers will also look at ways to support local people into livelihood opportunities through microfinance.
The work doesn't stop there! When the students return, they will be making presentations to schools and organisations about their work, and continuing to support the community by promoting a the supply chain which wil advertise items that can be purchased by donors, sourced in Uganda and that will go directly to the community.
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