Gower Yomp 2015

Yet another very successful sponsored walk took place in June. There were 44 walkers and it took in some amazing scenery. The weather was kind to us again. Thanks to all the people who took part and the many people who sponsored them.

50 mile bike ride

In May several of our supporters went on a 50 mile sponsored bike ride to Llantwit Major and back.
Despite fairly windy conditions the riders had a great time and raised money to help with the refurbishment of the Good Samaritan School in Lusaka. Many thanks go to Huw Rogers, ex deputy head of Llanishen High School for organising the event.

Gower Yomp 2014

Yet another very successful 12 mile sponsored walk took place a few weeks ago.All 43 walkers had a great time and the weather was kind to us. The walk crossed various types of terrain which made it interesting as well as challenging. All money raised this year will be helping to refurbish The Good Samaritan School in Lusaka.

Winners at the Good Samaritan School in Lusaka

We are pleased to announce that the soccer and netball teams at The Good Samaritan School in Lusaka won the inter schools championships for their region. Many congrats to the pupils and the staff who worked hard to prepare them for the games.

Ole! Spanish Night.

What a great night we had last Saturday. The lounge of our house became a restaurant for the night and people tucked into a wide variety of Spanish food.Everyone seemed to have a good time and we raised lots of money towards our feeding project in Chiziro.
Thanks to all those who supported us and our band of helpers who worked tirelessly all evening.

Latest photos from Good Samaritan School

Thanks to Rev Alick Malama we have some more up to date photos of the refurbishment of the school. We are pleased that it is all happening so quickly.

Refurbishment of Good Samaritan School

On our recent visit to the Good Samaritan School we noticed that several of the classrooms really needed refurbishment so we told Rev Alick Malama that we would do our best to help with funds for this and now we are pleased to say the work has been started.

Feeding Project at Good Samaritan School, Lusaka

We are thrilled to announce that we have enough people signed up on a standing order basis to start the well needed feeding project at The Good Samaritan School.This will mean that children will now receive one hot meal a day and we are sure that this will lead to far more pupils attending school on a regular basis.As you know we already feed hundreds of children in Chiziro and we were able to see this first hand during our visit in October. Thanks to all our supporters.

One of the classrooms at the Good Samaritan School

Please note the holes on the floor and the state of the desks.We want to bring the standard of the school up to scratch as soon as possible.

Carols by Candlelight 2013

Yet another very enjoyable start to the festive season which was attended by over 75 people.
The singing seems to get better each year and our sincere thanks must go to Rachel, Phil and the newly formed Llysfaen Singers.

Hopefully much of the money raised will go towards some much needed refurbishing work at the Good Samaritan School in Lusaka.
This is Maggie,Sharon and Rev.Alick Malama during our visit to the school October 2013.

Back from Zambia

Wow! We are back from an amazing trip to Lusaka and Chiziro.It was great to see the new school we have built and it was a privilege to be present at the opening ceremony. The heat was incredible and so were the smiling faces of the children and the teachers. The builders have done an amazing job and it was wonderful to see the cooks preparing food for the children over their open fire.
We also made two visits to The Good Samaritan School in Lusaka but were disappointed to find out that the American Charity who had been providing food for the children had pulled out due to the recession. This now means that fewer pupils attend the school as parents/carers keep them home from school to work to earn money for food.
We are determined to reinstate the feeding programme at the school and have set up a Feeding Support account to pay for the maize which is used to make Nshima for the children.We also gave money to Rev Alick Malama to grow crops which can be used to feed the children in the future.
We desperately need people to donate a few pounds a month via a standing order so that we can ensure that the programme is successful.Please help us if you can!

Inauguration of The Ethembeni School

We are pleased to announce that following the completion of the new build school in Chiziro four of the trustees are travelling to Zambia in two weeks time for the official inauguration ceremony . The school now has a three classroom block, a feeding station, latrines and a safe storage room all made possible by the kind donations that our supporters have made over the last few years.
On our return I hope to post lots of new photos!

Quiz and Ploughman's Supper 2013

We held another very successful quiz night with about 15 different teams all battling it out.
Thanks must go to Rob Wilson for compiling the questions. Also to our little team of helpers who made the evening run so smoothly. We are now looking forward to Carols by Candlelight which will take place at Sharon and Gareth's house in Cyncoed on Sunday 15th December at 7p.m.
Everyone is welcome to come along and drink mulled wine, eat mince pies and join in singing Christmas favourites as usual.

Gower Yomp 2013

Yet again we were pretty lucky with the weather for our annual Yomp. No rain but plenty of wind!
It was rather disappointing that many people who had pledged to come along dropped out for a wide variety of reasons but those 40 walkers who came along had a great time.
We are very grateful to people for their donations via Just Giving and others who collected from friends, family and work colleagues.
As usual all money raised will be sent to Zambia and used to complete the new school in Chiziro which now has about 300 pupils on its register.
Photos will be added shortly.

Barn Dance and Supper

Saturday 7th July is our next fundraising event which will be held at Sharon and Gareth's house.It is a Barn Dance and Supper with live music from Dragon's Breath a local band who have agreed to provide their services free of charge for which we thank them. I am sure it will be a great event and the more the merrier so do come along.Photos will follow on here!

Quiz and Supper

Many thanks to Tina and Fiona for organising a great quiz night and supper on June 1st.Maggie provided us with lovely food and Tina made our brains ache.It was lovely to see so many people supporting us in our final push towards the completion of the Ethembeni School in Chiziro.

Gower Yomp 2012

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!