BRUNEL "2"

For a number of years the children have been busy raising funds to help towards the cost of building and supporting a new school (or 'BRUNEL 2' as it's come to be known). Our aim is to enter into a long term relationship with an organisation that is committed to improving education in a less developed part of the world, such as Africa.

There are still around 115 million children throughout the world who have no access to even the most basic schooling. In addition, many of these children are also forced to work from as young as four years old, often in quite shocking conditions - so solving the problem is not just a case of providing schooling, but of breaking the cycle of poverty that is the root cause of child labour in the first place.

Although the cost of providing schools in economically developing countries can be surprisingly low, this is still a tremendous challenge for us to take on. However, the way in which our children have responded has been fantastic. So far we've raised well over £7000 through a range of events including cake, toy and sandwich sales, table-top games, quizzes, raffles, an ongoing small change collection, and even a very public sponsored head-shave! What's more, with the exception of the head-shave, virtually all of the events have been planned and organised by the children themselves -proving once and for all how much they are capable of, given encouragement.

For information on fundraising for our own Brunel please see the Brunel Friend's Association page.