‘Holiday of a Lifetime’ provide holidays for underprivileged, deserving children that they would not, in normal circumstances, ever dream of having. The children may be disabled, have special needs or be orphans, from low income families, special schools or children’s homes. Normally they are aged between 10 and 13. They are chosen because it is believed that they will get some special measure of benefit from the holiday.

Each year a different area of the UK is selected to receive this gift, the Local ‘Royal Antediluvian Order Of Buffaloes’(RAOB) make the arrangements to get them as far as the airport and we Cyprus ‘Buffs’ take over from there. We provide an all expenses paid holiday for the 10 children and their adult accompaniment until their return to the UK. .

The money to do this comes entirely from donations and every penny that is donated goes to providing for the children. The organizing ‘Buffs’ here in Cyprus and those in the UK, give all of their time, their energy and their expertise free of charge, there are absolutely NO administration costs. No one gets paid .The Holiday of a Lifetime scheme was started in Malta in1962 by members of the RAF regiment who were also members of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, when posted to Cyprus in 1964 they continued the scheme from Cyprus. . It has evolved since it’s very early beginnings and is now totally different and is run by the Cyprus Provincial Grand Lodge of the R.A.O.B. in conjunction with the local social services of the province where the kids come from.

Each year we bring ten kids from disadvantaged backgrounds from United Kingdom with either five carers or parents and through donations, events and discounts from local businesses we give them a holiday they will remember for the rest of their lives.Thanks to all for making this the success story that is HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME. >Oswestry & District Province RAOB Brother Tom Jones. PGP appeal 2017