By Hugo Mason | HANDS AROUND THE WORLD Project Co-ordinator
Having focussed on the young people of the vocational training centre in Siriba for previous updates, I thought this time that I would tell you a little of what goes on here in the UK.
I am lucky to have six grandchildren ranging from two years to seven years old. They all live close to our home within their own settled family environments. Mya, aged six, took part in a project on Africa at her school last term. Since this she has shown a keen interest in my photographs of the people of Siriba. I have taken over 2000 during my visits - good, bad and ugly!
Mya has noticed that most of the children of her age are very poorly dressed and has decided to do her bit to help. During one of the few sunny days we had during the school summer holidays, I showed Mya some of the photographs again. She is noticing much more now than she did before the school project.
We went to a nearby sunflower field last week as she has decided that she wants to help many of the young children to have some better clothes.She has decorated her clothes collection box and is determined to fill it before I go to Siriba again. She is promising shoes, shorts, dresses and really anything else decent that she can find!
You may wonder what this has to do with a vocational training centre? Well these people need all the help we can give them and something decent to wear makes the little ones feel ten feet tall!
So watch out British Airways, it looks as though you will have to be generous again and give us another double baggage allowance!
By Hugo Mason | HANDS AROUND THE WORLD Project Co-ordinator
By Hugo Mason | HANDS AROUND THE WORLD Project Co-ordinator
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