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EDUCATION SI BURNLEY
In September, members of SI of Burnley will send out a large quantity of Braille books and educational equipment to a school for disabled children in Olorunda, Nigeria as part of their Programme Action marking International Literacy Day.
Club member, Marlies Oloyede and her Nigerian husband became aware of the childrens’ needs on one of their visits. Two other members who had worked in a sensory disability team used their contacts to gather books in Braille format and technical equipment to enable the children to improve their skills. Club President, Kathleen Howarth said, “We take so much for granted when we can see and hear. Children in this school
SI MORPETH & DISTRICT Since 1990 SI Morpeth & District has
supported local young people in local educational ventures. Following a £200 bequest of a member, Ada Mark, a charity fund was set up. Ada had been a Morpeth Soroptimist since the early days in 1949. The Ada Mark Memorial Fund supports young people who wish to expand their experience through travel and provide service to others. It has helped Guides to attend international events, students to carry out overseas research, a participant in the Tall Ships Race and a student to help to build a school in Kenya. Morpeth student Rosie Swan, who will be undertaking a volunteering project in a school
in Uganda received £150. Rosie said: ‘‘I am exceedingly grateful to the Soroptimists for their generous gift. As a young woman on the brink of a great adventure it is good to know that I have the support of this international women’s group.”
Denise Byrom IPP, said: ‘‘Rosie is a remarkable young person who has set herself an ambitious goal visiting a different continent and experiencing a very different way of life. Volunteering will be challenging and a privilege. We were very impressed with Rosie’s plans and were keen to support her. We look forward to meeting her when she returns and hearing about her activities. Photo: IPP Denise Byrom with Rosie Swan.
SI VIRTUAL ONE
Following SI Virtual One’s first terrestrial meeting, an idea for a project materialised. Honeybee decline was in the news and BeePlus was born. Media attention had focused on research, but the Club decided to tackle the problem through the education of future beekeepers – children. Chris Deaves, BBKA’s Education Officer, said that 7-9 was the right age for enthusiasm and curiosity. Using BBKA’s existing materials the Club created a flexible teacher resource pack for one week’s work with five topics. The pilot was sponsored by Rowse Honey, the UK’s largest supplier of honey. Four
SI ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES (SVG)
On 28 June the Glebe Pre-School, Barrouallie held its Annual Graduation Ceremony at the Evangelical Church, Barrouallie under the theme “Raising a Generation starting with Early Childhood Education”. 27 children were presented to the parents/guardians, friends and well-wishers and other invited guests. After the ceremony a Graduation Party was held, at which the children were sashed and given presents donated by Soroptimist International SVG. The Graduates entertained the audience in choral speech and song while Maurice Whyte gave the Valedictorian speech. Karon Hepburn, Supervisor/Teacher in Charge gave the review of the school year and of the development of
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the school over the years. Addresses were also heard from Gwenette Cambridge, Coordinator of Pre-Schools Ministry of Education, Zone 5 President, Michaela Ollivierre and parent, Kenroy Duncan. Judith Hull-Ballah, Coordinator Roving Care-givers, delivered the feature address. Also present was Annelle Thomas, from SI SVG, under whose Presidency in 1988/89, the association with the school was formed.
The Glebe Hill Pre-School started by a young lady over twenty years ago with about ten children. Since then, the school has developed and is under the supervision of a management committee. The school works in partnership with Soroptimist International SVG, the first sponsor of the school, the Ministry of Education and the Christian Children Fund.
schools participated, 14 teachers were given a manual and a CD. 330 children were given a badge: “Where have all the bees gone”. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. The materials were ‘amazing’ and the children we spoke to were bubbling over with excitement about the activities. Three of the schools plan to work with their local BBKA and establish hives. One school has already adopted a hive. 2011’s target is 10,000 children through our network of Regions and Clubs simply involves Clubs identifying a school. SI Virtual One would then supply the resource packs. Read more:
http://soroptimist-gbi.org/virtual-one.
have various levels of sight and hearing loss and greatly benefit from this equipment.” These are not state of the art items, magnifiers allow partially sighted children to see the written word and writing frames keep their school work neat and level. Many schools have had VSO workers and some blind children have knowledge of Braille but no opportunity to practice it because Braille books are so difficult to obtain. They are also bulky, The Little Oxford Dictionary of Current English in Braille comes in 16 volumes! The Club also sent hearing aids, matched to the individual loss of each child. The surplus was distributed to six other schools. Photo: President, SI Burnley, Kathleen Howarth with some of the books and frames.
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