Editor's Letter ~ July 2010

 

 Hello again everyone,

 

Well, we are past Midsummer’s Day and the nights will be getting longer again. Where has this year gone to? In addition to our regular donors, to whom we offer our grateful thanks, we do from time to time receive gifts and donations from other well-wishers, Churches and groups. In June we received nearly £400 given and promised in this way, and this has shown that even in times of financial difficulty, we can give to those less fortunate than ourselves. I can tell you all that since we started Educating Others in late December 2009, we have already sent nearly £1000* to Africa.

 

We are now looking forward to our first social event which will be held in the Old Grammar School, behind Saint Mary’s Church in Rolleston. Phithi will be with us on this occasion and I am sure many of you will want to meet him. 

Many of you have been asking when our fellow trustee Kuda will be able to visit us. We are unable to give an answer to this vexed question, but we hope that when he applies again for a Visa to ‘holiday’ with us in the UK, he will be successful. I include this month in our Newsletter, Kuda’s ‘autobiography’, which shows how much the thirst for knowledge is embedded in the African soul. Kuda, and thousands like him on that continent, is a shining example of what can be achieved, and this is what Educating Others is all about -  helping to give young people a basic education to put them on the road to success.   We again include information received from our two beneficiaries, together with a few more extracts from the Rose of Sharon students’ Newsletter (Transformer).   I am still keeping the link to Chen Jie and my book on our travels in China at the bottom of this page, and as a reminder, £5-00 from every sale goes to Educating Others. I have soft copies available.   And finally, I have set up this blog for Educating Others which will contain some articles from previous issues of our Newsletter and other relevant items of interest.   The Trustees again thank you for your continued support,   David   (*  The £1000 mentioned, includes the donations we will be sending at the end of July)

Link to 'CHINA - A Travellers Diary'