I have been extremly fortunate to be chosen to be part of a small team accompanying pupils from the school I work in on an 'Inspirations Expedition' to Kenya that has been running since 2003.
Not only will we be working alongside young people in a school in Kenya to explore their culture and share ours, we will be helping to build a wall around their school and taking lots of supplies.
I am so grateful to be a part of this journey and would really love to raise some money to buy items of real educational value to take to these young people or at least contribute to their education in some way.
As a teacher I spend almost everyday finding ways to help young people in my lessons learn and feel a great sense of independence and value in the education they are fortunate to recieve.
The thought that so many other young people in this world are not as fortunate to have even a book to look through, let alone someone to teach them their ABC breaks me. For many this is also the least of their worries.
This is an opportunity for me to make a tiny impact to a world completely outside of my norm.
I really hope to raise even half of my target!