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London Marathon

posted 6 Jul 2009 01:25 by Phil Wickins

Thanks to all the Legends who sponsored Matt Harrison in the London marathon. He finished in 3:59:27, and raised nearly nearly £5000 (including gift aid) for Edith's Home. If you'd still like to sponsor him visit www.justgiving.com/mattyharrison thanks!

Thank you!

posted 4 Feb 2009 11:44 by Phil Wickins [ updated 4 Feb 2009 11:46 ]

Edith's Home would like to say a big thank you to Primer Design for their generous donation towards the running of the vocational school in 2008.

Swing Night

posted 2 Feb 2009 04:51 by Phil Wickins [ updated 4 Feb 2009 11:43 ]

We raised £730 for Edith's Home at our Big Band Swing Night!

The fundraising night was a great success, thanks to those of you who came, the dancing was incredible!

Special thanks to the Hi-Life Big Band, Premier Inns, and Phil Munson the photographer

We'll let you know when the next one is...!

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Support from Charitable Trusts

posted 2 Feb 2009 04:50 by Phil Wickins [ updated 2 Feb 2009 08:57 ]

We are grateful for financial support from:

The Kitchen Table Charitable Trust towards sewing machines for the tailoring school and funding to further the building of the second vocational school.
The Onaway Trust for their gift towards the shallow well and the second vocational school.
The Patterson Logan Charitable Trust for the development of the project.
City Life Church who funded the completion of the second vocational school building work.

New Vocational School

posted 2 Feb 2009 04:48 by Phil Wickins [ updated 2 Feb 2009 09:01 ]

The second vocational school was opened in January 2008. Teachers were interviewed and selected for the new semester and attendance levels are expected to be high. The skills taught will include carpentry and construction.

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Well! Well! Well!

posted 2 Feb 2009 04:46 by Phil Wickins [ updated 3 Feb 2009 01:04 ]

The supply of clean fresh water was a priority for the area and after a survey of the land we were able to access water at a shallow level. Therefore a shallow well was dug and is currently supplying the second vocational school. The supply of water is also helpful for the development and irrigation of the land, and with construction work.

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Tailoring school a community success - 20 children attending every week

posted 2 Feb 2009 04:43 by Phil Wickins [ updated 3 Feb 2009 01:06 ]

We have become aware of a need for vocational training amongst children who are unable to go to secondary school. This is a great way to provide children with skills which they can use for their future. Edith’s Home has started a small tailoring class from our office in Kobwin.

So far we have 10 sewing machines in place and a local tailor teaches around 20 children in this class five days a week. The class is open to all children, however, those who are orphans attend and receive teaching free whilst others are charged a small fee. This is a very new initiative but seems to have been a big success in the community.

The demand for this sort of teaching is high in the area and it is one which we would love to expand in the future. There is huge scope for different classes including agriculture, carpentry, masonry and plumbing which would give children a chance to find employment locally. Our aim is to begin to build a small vocational school on the land that we have been given and fundraising will begin for this soon.

Ugandan staff provided with motorbikes for fieldwork

posted 2 Feb 2009 04:40 by Phil Wickins [ updated 2 Feb 2009 08:57 ]

John and Rose, our Ugandan staff, have been struggling to do their field work with one push bike and a run down motorbike! Now that we have 60 children spread all over Kumi District to visit on a fairly regular basis they really need reliable transport. So after discussion with John and Rose we have decided to buy two motorbikes to make their work a lot easier. This should make a real difference to the day to day running of Edith’s Home in Kobwin.

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