Margaret Emsley, SIGBI President is photographed giving the Best Practice Award for Education to Sian Kent SI Bangor, at the SIGBI Conference in Malta November 2016.
![Sian presented with Best Practice Award by Margaret Emsley with Barbara Dixon](/bangor-and-district/files/2017/01/Sian-presented-with-Best-Practice-Award-for-Itala-300x200.jpg)
The award is for the work carried out at the Itala Community School, Mkushi, Zambia. The school provides a free education for the poor and disadvantaged children and orphans of the community.
![Sian Kent at our Regional meeting with Best Practice certificate](/bangor-and-district/files/2017/01/2016-11-19-13.56.57-300x224.jpg)
Members of SI Bangor have supported Itala School for the past ten years which has made a huge impact on the community in Mkushi.