Warwick in Africa

As some of you are aware, I'm heading to a township near Johannesburg to teach maths for six weeks in the summer. This is through the Warwick in Africa programme, which is a scheme funded by  philanthropic donors, and has developed over five years from a small student volunteering project to a multi-layered programme which supports learners, highly talented learners and their teachers with maths and English education in South Africa, Tanzania and Ghana.

Its fundamental aim is to enhance the education of young people in Africa, a direct route to liberation from poverty. The Warwick in Africa project is achieving significant improvements in the quality of teaching, in attendance and performance as well as many other important benefits for everyone involved.

As part of this I need to raise some money to provide resources in the schools we are teaching in, to leave a legacy after we leave. Some of the schools are so basic they do not have whiteboards or even enough desks for everyone, which means it is an incredibly hard environment to learn it in. Currently for the project, the cost of teaching one learner for one month is just £16, so it shows how many students this scheme can reach.

 

 

Three Peaks Challenge

To raise the money, someone came up with the crazy idea of doing the three peaks challenge as a group to raise money, so climbing the three highest mountains in England (Scafell Peak), Wales (Snowdon) and Scotland (Ben Nevis) in just 24 hours. Crazy stuff. Obviously I thought this would be a great idea and immediately signed up for it before I realised just how much effort it would take to do it!

Thanks for reading this page, and if you have any questions let me know. Any donations would be appreciated, whatever the size.