Line up from Left: Marina Banks, Max Vermeer, Arnor Elvarsson and Fabian Middelmann.

A group of students at the Bavarian International School in Munich, Germany, have kindly donated £125 to CCC.  The students raised this money by participating in a ‘Young Enterprise’ project in which they marketed and sold hooded sweatshirts bearing the ‘BIS’ initials of their school.

Distressed by the suffering of children in DR Congo, the students chose to make a donation in support of our food and education programmes. We are most grateful to these internationally-minded students for making such an effective demonstration of solidarity with our cause.

Some of the students who helped organise the fundraising are shown in this accompanying photo.

   We were delighted to receive another generous cheque, this time for £500, from Adam Walker (see blog of 19^th June 2009, below). Adam and his friends raised this sum from the proceeds of his launch party in October 2009 for “Just in Reach”, a non-profit organisation set up and run in Birmingham, England, by teenagers who fundraise for needy and sick children through concerts and various sporting events.

Part of the money donated helped to provide a special Christmas meal for the malnourished children we support at the Centre Mère Marie Augustine in Kinshasa and the balance was used in our normal daily feeding programme.

We are grateful for the sums received from Adam and his friends in Just in Reach and we are impressed by their keenness to make a big difference by helping to improve the lives of malnourished and sick children.    

The exhibition displayed artwork by children from TiC supported projects in various countries.  The exhibition’s theme was “When I grow up” and the drawings and paintings portrayed the children’s dreams of what they aspire to become in adult life.  The well-attended exhibition was a great success, as was the auction of five selected works of art, including one by a child at the Centre Mère Marie Augustine.

Work on the Desks & Classrooms project was undertaken in stages over two years, mainly during the Congolese school holidays so as to avoid disruptions to lessons. By the end of July 2009 we had completed the following work at the school: 

1. Supply of 200 new pupils’ desks and 15 new teachers’ desk and chairs;
2. Renovation of 17 dilapidated classrooms. This included relaying & repairing concrete floors; repairing and repainting walls; enlarging and resurfacing blackboards; and relaying a concrete pathway & steps to classrooms.

The generous grant we received in July 2008 from The Anglo American Foundation covered a large part of the cost of this project, the balance being funded by Fern Hill Primary School, Kingston upon Thames, UK.

We wish to express our great thanks to the Anglo American Group Foundation and to everyone involved at Fern Hill Primary School for their fantastic support for this project!

Adam Walker, a 15 year old schoolboy from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, organised a fundraising concert for CCC on 16th May.  Adam is participating in the International Young Leadership Award and chose to support CCC to demonstrate his involvement in international humanitarian activities.   Adam is a singer and guitarist and took part in the concert which raised a total of £255!  Adam is also planning a sponsored bungee jump on July 12th to raise more funds. 

We greatly appreciate Adam’s enthusiastic support for our charity.  The money raised will help feed malnourished children at the Centre Mère Marie Augustine on the outskirts of Kinshasa.