{"id":175,"date":"2015-07-21T12:50:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T12:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wakefield\/?p=175"},"modified":"2015-07-21T12:50:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T12:50:52","slug":"packing-a-punch-for-illiteracy-and-poverty-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wakefield\/2015\/packing-a-punch-for-illiteracy-and-poverty-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Packing a punch for illiteracy and poverty in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"\/wakefield\/files\/BackpackphotoSG15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-176\" src=\"\/wakefield\/files\/BackpackphotoSG15-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"BackpackphotoSG15\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wakefield\/files\/BackpackphotoSG15-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wakefield\/files\/BackpackphotoSG15.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Pupils of Stanley Grove school hand over backpacks to\u00a0Wakefield Soroptimist Jane Walton.\u00a0The backpacks have been collected and filled with essential items to be distributed\u00a0to children in Africa by charity Mary&#8217;s Meals <a title=\"Marys Meals\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marysmeals.org.uk\/?pl=GB\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.marysmeals.org.uk\/?pl=GB<\/a> \u00a0enabling them to attend school and improve their life chances.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pupils of Stanley Grove school hand over backpacks to\u00a0Wakefield Soroptimist Jane Walton.\u00a0The backpacks have been&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":520,"featured_media":176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Packing a punch for illiteracy and poverty in Africa | News | Blog | Events | Wakefield and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wakefield and District : Blog &amp; News : Packing a punch for illiteracy and poverty in Africa : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of Wakefield and District . 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