On Wednseday 14th July, 6 students along with members of staff from Nunthorpe School will depart from Middlesbrough on an epic journey of a life time. Their final destination is thousands of miles away in Uganda with the aim of developing the English, Sport and IT cirriculum at Ndekye School along with a celebration of the opening of a community internet cafe that they have helped to fund.
What a journey we have all made to even get to here! Jake Anderson (lead student) and Madame Hellaoui travelled to Uganda last year with ODEF to scope out the school trip for this year and over the last two years, enormous amounts of time, work and effort have been put in to ensure we have all the funds and resources to travel, aswell as raising an extra £4900 to fund the internet cafe, as we enter a different culture, different landscape and meet different people. We have a wonderful trip planned with many exciting places to go and people to meet. This includes visiting projects such as AOET (http://www.aoet.org) and Uganda Hands for Hope (http://www.onlinehope.org), meeting Mr Norman, the District Education Officer but also visiting the local community of Bushenyi and Ndekye School, teaching students about life in the UK.
We have a positive outlook for our visit and have plans to make a lasting difference. It is a chance to see the positive impact we can make to the children of Ndekye, Uganda and we hope it will be a life changing experience. We will be posting updates where possible during the Uganda 2010 trip. For all the news, please visit the trip updates page on www.essanyu.co.uk.tt
Jake Anderson
TJST
Your comments
Tuesday 13 July 2010 by Stephan Harris – Parent Governor
I know how hard you have worked over the last few years to make this trip happen and it is so sad that you have not been able to travel. But as you and the group know your safety is paramount.
I know that you, the group, the charity organisations, school and parents will do all they can in order that the visit/trip takes place in the future.
I am so proud of all your hard work.