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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Thirty two A level students from Bolton School Girls' Division
have jetted out to India today in what promises to be a
life-changing experience as they continue the School's efforts in
supporting street children in India. The girls will spend 8 days
based in Vijayawada City in Southern India and will help
out with the Street Kids' Community Villages (SKCV) project.
They will offer help in any way that they can, be it teaching
English, playing football or helping run dance classes. They
will visit the two SKCV villages that have been set up by the
charity and which are now run by what had been homeless
children. Whilst out in India they will be assessing where
best to spend the £5,873.33 that they have raised back home in a
variety of fundraising initiatives which include a sponsored fast,
a sponsored swim, cake sales, charity lunches, an Indian night and
a car boot sale.
The Sixth Form students were first inspired by former Bolton
School girls who visited the SKCV project in 2005. The girls
gave an inspiring presentation about their visit in an assembly and
talked about how the visit had effected them personally. Many
have offered continued help to the street children.
As she boarded the coach to the airport, Year 12 student
Georgina Moores said: "I am really looking forward to the
visit. It will give us a chance to actually see
what things are like first hand and also to
meet the people involved, many of which we
have built up relationships with over the past few
years."
Bolton School has supported the SKCV project for 10
years.
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