Teenagers Sudan Aid Initiative

Two teenagers from Sturminster Newton High School have raised over £500 to help children in Southern Sudan to achieve an education.  Ann-Marie Christopher and Dan Kellaway-Moore, both aged 14, met the Bishop of Lui from Sudan when he visited Blackmore Vale.  They were so moved by the plight of Sudanese children that they determined to help by organizing a Sudan Fete.    

 

The enterprising pair co-opted members of their church, Holy Rood in Shillingstone and their young friends and they approached businesses in Shillingstone, Blandford and Sturminster Newton for support.  Highlight of the Fete was a performance by a Sudan Ladies Singing Group fr

 

om North London who travelled to Dorset to take part.  Sudanese food and crafts were also on offer at the Fete and Canon Ian Woodward gave a presentation about the link between Salisbury Diocese and Sudan.

The money raised will be taken to Sudan by a team from Blackmore Vale Deanery who will be visiting Lui in November.

(The Fete took place on Saturday 25^th September 2010)