Dorothy Rundle Following a visit to the Virunga region of Rwandain 1977, Dorothy Rundle ( known as Deri), horrified by the poverty and deprivation mainly due to genocide and following war, returned to the UK and established the David Rundle Trust in memory of her husband. The aims were to supply clean water, education, housing, health and family planning. Water projects initially included building a basic water tank to collect rainwater from a school roof, and the construction of a 3 km pipe line connecting a spring to two villages, with Deri a hands on overseer assisting volunteers using basic materials and tools. Children received government primary school education, provided families could afford uniforms, shoes, books and pens. Secondary school required fees, so children orphaned, or from deprived families were unable to attend. By 2015 the Trust paid the statutory requirements for 145 children. Orphans

Congratulations to Irene who came joint fifth in the SIGBI Big Story competition to raise money for Empowering girls in Nepal. She wrote about her early life for the Big Story project raising money for the Nepal project. Here is her story. My life might have turned out much differently, had my Mother married her first love, a young man named Stan, who she had met in London to where her family had moved from her birthplace in Wales during the war. It was many years before Mother learned, from her younger sister, that her letters to Stan, sent to serve as a soldier, had, in fact, been replied to, but had been intercepted by her Mother, my Grandmother, who considered Stan not to be her preferred suitor for Mum. It was whilst feeling rejected by Stan that my Mum met my Dad, in London