To raise money for the Mellon Educate Building Blitz project in November, we're hosting a 3-course menu feast night at the amazing Bebas Modern Greek in Leamington Spa. ❤️ (Thank you SO much to the wonderful owner and Head Chef, Maria Skinner).

When: 6pm - 10pm Thursday 11th May

Tickets are £49 and include 3 courses, tea or coffee & Greek biscuits at the end, Zorba dancing and a raffle!! It's BYOB too 😊

PLEASE POST YOUR NAME AND NUMBER OF TICKETS WITH YOUR £49pp AS WELL AS YOUR TABLE SIZE

Tables remaining:

6x tables of 4

3x tables of 2

The menu:

(Veggie options available below, but no Vegan options sorry ❤️)

To start:

Olives, bread, spanakopita, hummus topped with lamb and pomegranate 🫒🥖

or Olives, bread, spanakopita, hummus topped with harissa (v)

To follow:

Beef stifado with rice and charred greens 🍲🥩

or Mushroom stifado with rice and charred greens (v) 🍲🍄

To finish:

Baklava with honey and vanilla ice cream 🍯

Tea or coffee ☕️

There will also be a bit of Zorba dancing too! 💃

Why we're doing this:

We’re heading to Cape Town in November again to change the lives of another 2,500 of disadvantaged children by building them a school within 7 days and the educational infrastructure to help them rise out of poverty.

These children have absolutely nothing. Often they have very little food, parents with no income or no parents at all, alone in the world to fend for themselves. When I visited last year to help build Yomelela primary school, I was blown away by how incredibly strong and full joy the children were. Singing, dancing, rushing to you for hugs and comfort, as they feel little of that. My heart breaks for them and their faces will be engrained in my memory forever.

This amazing charity and educational programme gives the children and their community hope and opportunity to break out of the poverty cycle. Hope in a world where there is very little.

These children deserve every bit of our support, love and kindness. I ask that you help by donating to our cause. Every penny goes towards the tools & equipment for the build, as well as all the teacher training that happens before & after to ensure the children get the education they need and should have.

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Background on the charity:

Mellon Educate is an Irish-based African development charity founded by developer & philanthropist Niall Mellon in 2002 and established as a charitable company in 2004. Nelson Mandela once described the work of Mellon Educate as “inspirational”.

Thanks to the enormous collective effort of some 25,000 volunteers, in conjunction with the South African government, has built houses for 300,000 homeless people in South Africa’s poorest townships.