THE GOBOKA RWANDA TRUST

OLD HALL JUNIOR SCHOOL in Chesterfield raised £308 during their summer term 2015, through an Enterprise Business Task set to year 6 pupils who were given £50 and asked to make it grow. In 2014 the proceeds of this sale bought a cow for Old Hall’s link school in Rwanda - Gitsimbwe Primary - and in 2016 the school has used the money to purchase lightening conductors- as this is now a Government requirement and they cannot afford to purchase the equipment without help. This is a great lesson for Old Hall too - not only can they now learn about the forces of nature - electric storms/heavy rains which are common in Rwanda - but also that things which a Local Authority would fund in this country have to be raised by the schools themselves in Rwanda. I am sure pictures will be exchanged when the equipment is purchased and installed. The cow, by the way, has now produced a calf and the manure is being used to cultivate a garden for the school. Milk is now being given regularly to malnourished children attending the school.