Story: Janet Lawson
A team of 15 Sheffield students are answering an emergency appeal to provide a 600 place orphanage in Ghana.
Fir Vale School Orphanage Appeal
The Fir Vale School students, aged 13 and 14, accompanied by three teachers, will be helping to build accommodation, schooling and a sports centre in the remote Volta region of Ghana next April.
The students are fundraising to pay their own expenses but the project needs an additional £20,000 towards the building costs. The school is appealing for donations from the local community and sponsorship from businesses to ensure the much needed orphanage is completed.
A community dinner with auctions and raffles will be held at Fir Vale School on 4 December 2013 followed by a business lunch on 11 December 2013. To support these events, make a donation or provide sponsorship, email jlawson@firvale.com or contact the school on: 0114 234 9391.
A donation of £50 will pay for two beds in the boys’ or girls’ accommodation. Sponsorship of £250 will provide a laptop in the school for children who have no access to computers. Major sponsors will be acknowledged and have their company name painted on the wall of the orphanage
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