Since 2011 Cranleigh School has been partnering with Beyond Ourselves to offer quality education to orphans and vulnerable children in the Copperbelt region of Zambia. In particular Cranleigh has a long lasting and meaningful relationship with Kawama Community School in Kitwe. Over this time, the generous support from the Cranleigh community has provided the building and maintenance of six classrooms, a toilet block and kitchen, and given nearly a 1000 children access to a high standard primary education. The District Education Board cite Kawama Community School as an excellent example of practice for other Community Schools in the Copperbelt. Many of our students have had the opportunity to visit Kawama and the impact of those visits is significant.
This October some 19 students from Cranleigh School will be going out to Zambia to visit Kawama School. Whilst they are there they will help support learning in the classroom and help with extra curricular activities and sport. They will also undertake a range of activities that will promote an understanding of Zambian culture and the role of aid in economic development.
One Cranleigh student who visited Zambia in a previous year said:
It is safe to say that the Zambia trip was a life-changing experience. You dont quite realise the extent of the impact prior to the trip. The contrast in everything from Zambia to England; their jobs, their daily routines, their happiness in the simplest things and perhaps most importantly, their education. Their eagerness and willingness to learn and to develop who they are is just incredible and we should take a leaf out of their book in our attitude.
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