Equipping Bulgarian orphans with the skills to improve their lives
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Summer School Project
After some prayer and reflection we have decided to go ahead with the Summer School Project.
Faced with the increasing need to improve the Children’s education (see EDUCATION page), the Summer School provided an ideal solution to this ongoing problem.
We are currently putting together a team with a view to starting the work in May 2012.
The facility will be a simple one - some log cabins to provide shelter and a place to eat, a toilet block, storage shed and outdoor play equipment. The area will be fenced and landscaped to provide pleasant environment. See our SCHOOL page for more information.
Faced with the increasing need to improve the Children’s education (see EDUCATION page), the Summer School provided an ideal solution to this ongoing problem.
We are currently putting together a team with a view to starting the work in May 2012.
The facility will be a simple one -
Cost to Coast Bike Ride
At 7:00am on Saturday 12 Nov the intrepid team of Roger ‘the navigator’ Thorne, Tony ‘two bikes’ Hemingway, John ‘saddle bag’ Stepto and Andrew ‘wish I had a road bike’ Morgan left Okehampton bound for Ilfracombe (thanks to our drivers, we appreciated the lift)...........
Read the rest of the report by clicking here.
Read the rest of the report by clicking here.
Team Visit
Our latest team have now returned from Bulgaria after a 4355 mile trek across Europe (and back!).
- We delivered aid to the RETA project in Sofia (children who’s lives have been ravaged either directly or I
indirectly by the demons of drugs and alcohol) which included clothes, toys & games.
- We delivered 15 handmade quilts (made by ladies from Okehampton) to the Hope & Future Foundation for
the children’s beds in Kichevo (one night temperatures fell to -11 so they were very welcome)
- We delivered sports equipment to the Orphanage in Krivnia
- We delivered a program of art, craft & sports activities to the Children in Barzitsa Orphanage
- We carried out a site inspection of the land set aside for the Summer School and established a schedule of
works.
- We sponsored two young people to attend the Winter Camp
- We delivered 80 pencil cases (one for each child) prepared by the Children of Exbourne Primary School
For a full report on the trip please click here. A booklet with pictures is available here You will need ‘Publisher’ to download this file which will require 2 sided copying. If this is not possible for you please contact us and we will post a hard copy to you
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For a full report on the trip please click here. A booklet with pictures is available here You will need ‘Publisher’ to download this file which will require 2 sided copying. If this is not possible for you please contact us and we will post a hard copy to you