Fir Vale School Orphanage Appeal

Story: Janet Lawson

A team of 15 Sheffield students are answering an emergency appeal to provide a 600 place orphanage in Ghana.

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