Torquay & District Soroptimist International were pleased to donate £150 towards the sponsorship after receiving a letter from Matilda Smith.
Matilda has recently been selected to work this summer for Education Partnerships Africa, a charity that sends 40 Oxford, Cambridge and UCL students out to schools in Kenya and Uganda each year as Project Workers. In her role as a Project Worker she will work to strengthen these schools, improve the quality of education their students receive, and build a focus on education in local communities.
In taking part in this project, Matilda has committed herself to a fundraising effort, and has to raise £2300 for EPAfrica to cover some costs of her trip and the amount to be invested in the school.
She will leave for Kenya on 1 July and will spend over two months, assisted by another Project Worker, working closely with a school in the Kakamega region to oversee the efficient running of the investment program and also run local projects. She believes wholeheartedly in the charity and believes that the project will have a great impact on education and attitudes to education in the local community. It will also be an incredible opportunity for her to integrate herself into a community in a different culture. She is looking forward to now adapting to a different way of life, and to experiencing a reality of daily life and living conditions which are so far from what we know in Britain.
Matilda is largely relying on charitable trusts for support in fundraising such a large amount, and is extremely grateful that we have made a donation. She has promised a full report upon return, and we look forward to listening to a talk on her experiences
If anyone would like to help her cause she has an online donation page https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/matildasmith1