The Annual President’s Lunch on 9th April coincided with the hottest day of the year so was a good opportunity for getting into summer dresses and enjoying a glass of bubbly overlooking the rowing lake in the beautiful surroundings of Dorney Lake. President Jacky and fifty guests enjoyed a delightful lunch and then had the pleasure of listening to Sue Fortescue describing her work as a translator for the charity Translators without Borders https://translatorswithoutborders.org/ This is an amazing group of professional translators who undertake tasks free of charge to help groups such as immigrants in war zones where there are often barriers to understanding. Many of the refugees arriving on remote Greek islands do not know where they are let alone what they should do so signs in their own language can be amazingly helpful. The charity helps in many countries with the actual translators generally operating from their own homes. Sue has lived in some unusual places such as Natal but generally translates from French or Italian. It was fascinating to hear about such special work.
The raffle raised over £200 for a school for girls in Afghanistan.
