A group of students and staff, including myself, from The Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice based at Sheffield Hallam University, are going to Lesotho in June 2019 on a humanitarian two week project with Africa’s Gift charity.

We will be taking Wonderbags (www.wonderbagworld.com) into rural communities. In Lesotho women’s life expectancy is 54 years. According to the World Health Organisation more than 4 million people die prematurely due to smoke inhalation by cooking on open fires. Smoke damage is also the main cause of blindness in the developing world.

The Wonderbags act like slow cookers, so that women can use the bags to cook food for up to 7 hours after initial preparation, meaning that they no longer have to cook for lengthy periods of time, also reducing time gathering and cutting wood and fetching water. This enables them instead to spend time
with their children, or engage in work or education.

We are also collecting school shoes for children in local villages, as they are unable to attend local schools if they do not have shoes.  If anyone has any black s A group of students and staff, including myself from The Helena Kennedy Centre for chool shoes, or any type of adult shoes, to donate please get in touch and I will arrange collection.

We will also be engaging in community work including support for domestic violence projects.

In April I will be taking part in a Skydive (god help me!)…any donations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much!