By Chris Barrell | HANDS AROUND THE WORLD Project Co-ordinator
The school continues to provide great support for the orphaned and most vulnerable children in Monze. The support goes much further than academic training. The families are supported through care-givers. The container packed with donations from supporters in the UK arrived last month. Clothes for the children and their brothers and sisters were warmly welcomed, as were the bikes which will help the care-givers reach the families more easily.
We are managing to provide funds for feeding the children at school every day – this is making a big difference, children are able to concentrate better and their health and attendance record has improved. There are now a total of 100 boys and 128 girls attending the school. Of 22 children taking their grade 7 examinations, 17 passed – this is an excellent result.
Activities engaged in during the Holiday Club in August encouraged the school to develop programmes such as the Culture Group which uses dance, sketches and poetry to educate and explore the affects of HIV/AIDS and other significant issues impacting on the children's lives; also the gardening project, which is doing very well helping with extra food and income for the school.
Funding has been found for a new classroom block to be built on land opposite the current “new” school. This will allow the younger children to be moved where they will have room to play outside - this isn't possible at the current site. Electricity and water is a priority at the new site, but even more urgent are textbooks of which there are still far too few.
Academic performance at PIZZ School is very good. Last year 19 students from the school were funded through their first year at secondary school. Additional funds are desperately needed if future students are to get the same opportunity.
I have been privileged to see the children at PIZZ School develop over the years becoming confident young people with hope and a chance to escape from the poverty of their childhood. Thank you for your support and please help us to enable even more of these children to reach their potential.
(Sorry for the poor quality of the photos)
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