Students and staff at Plympton Academy have been supporting Rotary Club members in their project to help schools in Tanzania.
Plympton Academy began asking students to donate unwanted children’s books before the school summer holiday. They have now collected enough to fill 10 crates and these have been packed for shipping out to Tanzania.
Brian and Maxine Stoyel from the Plymouth Mayflower Rotary Club have been working with schools in Tanzania for 25 years and visited Plympton Academy to speak with students and collect their donations.
Brian said:
“Donations like this can really make a tremendous difference to the young lives we support. There can be as many as 100 pupils in a class which makes it all the more challenging for children to improve and learn the basic skills of reading and writing needed for their future lives.
“These books, on diverse subjects and to suit all reading abilities, bring a new dimension to their lives and encourage them to aim for higher goals. Thank you all so much for your support!”
Academy student Lee, aged 16, said:
“We collected lots of books to send out to Tanzania. It was really interesting to hear what schools are like there – they have far fewer resources than we do in our schools so it is good that we can help out.”
Marley, also aged 16, added:
“We are going to carry on collecting books to donate and are encouraging people to bring in any unwanted children’s books which are in good condition so we can send more to schools in Tanzania.”
