Feeding Jar Project

We are pleased to announce that St Iltyd's High School in Cardiff is the latest school to join the Feeding Jar Project.We are very grateful to the school for getting involved and hope that many pupils will collect their loose change to help feed the children in the Ethembeni School in Chiziro,Zambia.

Carols by Candlelight 2011

What a great time we had again this year.The Radyr High School chamber choir was wonderful and Kate Morgan on piano made the evening go with a swing. We raised plenty of money due to very generous donations from over 100 guests.Everyone went away in festive mood and we were thrilled to be able to send the money to Zambia to help with the costs of building the new school in Chiziro.
The next fundraising event is on Saturday 14th January at Lisvane Memorial Hall. It is a four course Gourmet Supper with light entertainment by members of the WNO. Details are on our website.

Maggie's trip to Chiziro

Maggie has gone over to Chiziro to witness first hand the building of The Ethembeni School. She has sent back some great photos. Thought you might like to see them!

Quiz night 2011

We had a great time at the quiz last night with 15 teams battling against each other. At times the concentration in the rooms was amazing. Our thanks go to all those who made it such a success in particular the Wilson family who set the questions, marked the answers and ran the bar along with our daughter Jodie.

Carols by Candlelight 2011

It might seem rather early to let you know about this year's Carols by Candlelight but we know that diaries fill up quickly in December! It will be held on Sunday 4th December and will be raising funds for the completion of the 3 classroom block that is being built in Chiziro. Already the Feeding Station is up and running on the site and it provides a hot meal for 200 children a day. The Feeding Jar Project that we launched last year has been very successful with several Cardiff and Pontypridd based schools coming on board. The children in Zambia are so grateful for all the support they receive from the pupils in Wales.

Quiz night and Supper

We are looking forward to our next fundraising event which will be a quiz night and ploughman's supper on Saturday 17th September. I am sure it will be a lot of fun and pretty taxing as Rob and Ceri Wilson are setting the questions!
It is not too late to book your team in for the night. Hopefully we will be able to post new photos on here very soon.
The money raised will be used to repair the borehole at The Good Samaritan School. It will also pay for a consignment of books ( donated by local schools) and 200 scholar pack that will be given to the pupils at the Ethembeni School in Chiziro which we are building from scratch.

Yomp 2011

Gower yomp 2011 on PhotoPeach

South Gower Yomp 2011

It is time to get your walking boots out again and join us for a 15 mile yomp on Saturday 4th June. This year we will start at Caswell Bay and end with a Ploughman's Supper at our cottage in Slade. So far the numbers are looking really good with over 50 people hoping to join us. The more the merrier! Please let us know if you want to come along.

Teacher Aid Video

Video on youtube

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have posted a video on youtube about the Feeding Jar project. The link is http://youtube.com/user/thevornz

If you haven't seen it yet please take a look.

Kings Monkton School join the project

I am pleased to tell you that Kings Monkton School have now decided to join the Feeding Jar Project. So far the senior school and the sixth form have had an assembly about it and next week the primary school children will also get to see the photos of how it is progressing in Chiziro.

We received a cheque from the school council at Eglwys Wen School for the Feeding Jar project. They were the first school to join in this initiative. Many thanks to Mrs Griffin for allowing us to launch the project with her pupils.

New Year Choral Soiree

On January 17th a musical soiree was held at the home of Gwyneth and Hywel Jeffries.The event was organised by Maggie Beecher and was a resounding success.Maggie and Tina did an excellent job of selling raffle tickets which added greatly to the amount raised overall. These funds will be sent across to Zambia next week to be used for the next stage in the building the new school in Chiziro.

Well done and thank you to all our supporters.