- May 13th, 2011
African connections
- nickmorgan
- Comments: noneTags: Fairtrade
Hundreds of Scottish schools are involved each year in fundraising with charities that are active in Africa, and many have a partner school which is the focus for this activity. The money raised enables development in the southern partners, and exposes Scottish students to some of the realities and inequalities of life in other countries. Our young people get engaged with issues of global citizenship and become active contributors to a better world.
This week’s Times Educational Supplement Scotland has two news pieces about Scottish schools’ achievements with enterprise, fundraising and African engagement.
- Stonelaw High School in South Lanarkshire won the ‘Young Persons’ category in the annual UK-wide ‘Social Enterprise Awards 2011′. Enterprising work in areas such as Fairtrade generated large amounts which the school used to support the education of AIDS orphans in a deprived area of South Africa.
- Kemnay Academy in Aberdeenshire has been raising funds with the Scottish charity ’500 Miles’, which provides artificial prosthetic limbs for disabled people in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Students took part in a charitable challenge initiative developed by a local company, which provided additional support and business expertise.
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