SIXTH FORM STUDENTS SHARE THEIR SKILLS TO SUPPORT WATER CHARITY IN INDIA

A charity in India will benefit from the work of seven Year 12 students who are working closely with the Richmond and Dales Soroptimist branch. Contributing to the Soroptimists’ focus on supporting women and girls around the world to achieve their individual and collective potential, the girls have chosen to support the Gravis Water Charity in India.

Gravis believes in an integrated approach to sustainable development, working to not only enable a secure and safe source of water for drinking and irrigation, but also transforming lives through education, healthcare, microfinance and advocacy for the rights of those more vulnerable in society.

The girls have been meeting each Monday morning for the last two months to develop their ideas on how to fundraise for the charity and have been supported by Chris Bowman from the Richmond and Dales Soroptimist branch.

Sarah Manning, group member, said: “All of the members of our group are interested in environmental issues and we felt that water has a major impact on women in underdeveloped countries. With Chris’ guidance, we chose Gravis as we are giving directly to the charity so we know exactly where the money is going.”

The students are finalising the arrangements for their fundraising initiative which will be a bingo night in the Sixth Form Bistro on Thursday, 20^th April from 5-7pm.  The event is expected to be lots of fun and students, their families and staff are welcome to attend. Further details will follow soon but, in the meantime, please save the date! Well done to Sarah, Faith, Catherine, Lucy, Sophia, Zoe and Sue-Rin for their hard work on this project.

Further information about Gravis can be found here.