{"id":5356,"date":"2026-02-17T17:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/thames-valley\/?p=5356"},"modified":"2026-02-17T18:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:27:49","slug":"bourne-end-fun-night-5-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/thames-valley\/2026\/02\/17\/bourne-end-fun-night-5-december-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bourne End Fun Night 5 December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/thames-valley\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2553.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5340\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/thames-valley\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2553.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/thames-valley\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2553.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/thames-valley\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_2553-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Soroptimist International Thames Valley stall brought lots of festive cheer to the Bourne End Fun Night on 5th December 2025, featuring many handmade crafts by Soroptimist Rosie Hutchinson, including fabrics dye-tied by some of the girls we are helping as part of our Kori Development Project in Sierra Leone. All proceeds raised were donated to the project; \u00a3130 in total. Some of the exciting aspects of our project are listed below and you can donate by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/koridp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Kori website<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Building, stocking and maintaining a\u00a0<strong>community library<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Funding women to\u00a0<strong>till the fields<\/strong>\u00a0and generate food and cash.<\/li>\n<li>Building and\u00a0<strong>stocking a piggery<\/strong>\u00a0for food and cash.<\/li>\n<li>Transforming a\u00a0<strong>donation of soap\u00a0<\/strong>into products to sell for cash.<\/li>\n<li>Making <strong>reusable\u00a0sanitary towels<\/strong>\u00a0so that girls no longer need to miss school.<\/li>\n<li>Raising <strong>awareness of\u00a0Female Genital Mutilation<\/strong>\u00a0and the hazards it represents for women and girls.<\/li>\n<li>Building, furnishing and equipping the <strong>Ann Hay Vocational Centre, Taiama<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Building, furnishing and providing educational supplies for the <strong>Gill Curry School, Gbunhehun<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Building, furnishing and providing educational supplies for the <strong>Bob Simson Technical Secondary School, Bai Largo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Building the <strong>Midland Arden Women\u2019s room<\/strong> to provide a separate space for meetings and activities such as <strong>weaving and dyeing of cloth<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Clearing land and planting the <strong>Johanna Raffan Memorial Orchard, Taiama<\/strong>, funded by members of Soroptimist International<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Soroptimist International Thames Valley stall brought lots of festive cheer to the Bourne End&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":567,"featured_media":5340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bourne End Fun Night 5 December 2025 | News | Blog | Events | SI Thames Valley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Thames Valley : Blog &amp; News : Bourne End Fun Night 5 December 2025 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Thames Valley . 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