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School Children in the UK are Agents of Change! The CCLEF has seen this time and again; young people are not only leaders of tomorrow but also leaders of today!
In 1988, the students of Burntwood School in Wandsworth, South West London were touched by the plight of Beatrice from Kenya and I, a girl from a large polygamous family. My father had died leaving three wives and many children with no means of livelihood. I was selling bean cake and child-minding and walked 20km to and from school in a bid to get an education. In an unbelievable spirit of generosity, children from Burntwood School, some of whom were from economically disadvantaged backgrounds themselves, offered to support Beatrice and I through secondary school. They raised money through a variety of ingenious and fun activities to ensure that their peers in these faraway countries had a chance at a better life. I now have a Masters in Management and work to support girls to achieve their full potential. In 2010, I visited Burntwood School to thank them personally for ensuring that Beatrice and I had a life and a future. In their characteristic spirit of generosity, the students of this school then again offered to support two girls from Rwanda through secondary schooling!
What if we could find a thousand schools to each support one girl? What a splendid revolution we would start! You do not need a lot of money to make a difference, get your school involved, do fun stuff and raise money to help change the course of history. You are capable of starting a massive wheel of change, you cannot leave it to someone else; you can cause change to happen! Sponsor a girl today and see the difference you would make to lives, communities and nations.
From Pakistan to Papua New Guinea, Guyana to The Gambia, Bangladesh to Botswana, The Solomon Islands to St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago to Tanzania, Ghana to Grenada and beyond, the girl child needs your help and support! Join us in being part of the
Thousand Schools for a Thousand Girls Initiative!
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