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The charity ‘Help an African Schoolchild Trust’ is non denominational and was officially founded in 1994 by Kevin Daly and Vanessa Nash and presently works in Tanzania and Zambia. The Aim of the charity is: To improve the living conditions, the educational standards and facilities in a number of Zambian and Tanzanian communities Objectives: To carry out small community projects e.g. to provide wells for fresh drinking water or feeding programs for malnourished children. To raise funds for individual schools to buy essential equipment and materials, with particular emphasis on assisting special needs schools. To assist financially and practically in minor and major building projects. To assist women’s groups in their development. How do we achieve this aim and these objectives? Through the generosity of CI Overseas Aid, local companies, schools, trusts and individuals. The charity obtains money through fund raising both locally and nationally. Local fund raising has been extremely successful. We have raised over £74,000 from our Abseil for Africa event and over £86,000 from our Mount Kilimanjaro Charity Challenge, plus numerous amounts from other small fund raising events. We have had much financial support from both the States of Jersey and the States of Guernsey Overseas Aid committees. The support from local schools and companies has been amazing and it shows that schoolchildren and the local community really do have a concern for others. Through child sponsorship, we presently have over 100 children in Zambia and 50 in Tanzania at both primary and secondary school who are being sponsored by the generosity of Channel Islanders. |
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Patron Rt Rev Fr Justin Mulenga St Francis Xavier Cathedral Mbala Zambia A Jersey registered charity Help an African Schoolchild Trust Association of Jersey Charities reg no 205 P.O.Box 716,St Helier Jersey C.I. JE4 8ZZ Trustees Vanessa Nash Kevin Daly David Boddie (Zambia) Jersey Representatives email vanessa.nash@hast.org.uk Tel: 01534 498650 email kevin.daly@hastorg.uk Tel/Fax: 01534 / 852944 Guernsey Representative Mr. John Samuels, St Peter Port, Guernsey African Representatives Mutale Rasford, P.O Box 410383, Kasama, Zambia Mr. John Ntandu, PO Box 1237,Dodoma,Tanzania |
