Children pack festive boxes for Africa
CHILDREN in Swaziland will receive shoe boxes full of presents from Cheltenham this Christmas.
Pupils and staff from St George's Centre, a special state school in Alstone for troubled children, will work together to raise money for presents for Africa's underprivileged children.
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all wrapped up: Chay Thornton, nine, from the St George's Centre, Cheltenham, with shoe boxes for Africa
The presents will then be packaged in shoeboxes and wrapped up for children who would otherwise get nothing for Christmas.
The project, called Operation Christmas Child, is run by the Christian charity Samaritan's Purse International Relief.
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St George's Centre has paired up with St Barnabas Church in Cheltenham to package the presents.
Julie Hunt, lead teacher of the primary section of the centre and a special educational needs coordinator, said the programme would help their students understand the needs of others, despite having problems of their own.
She added: "Helping other people will help our own students develop empathy. A lot of people around the world have needs of their own.
"Charity and community are closely linked, and we wanted to be a part of that."
Items to go in the shoe box include toys and educational supplies. The centre is having a book sale today to raise funds.
Comments
by photogirl
Thursday, October 18 2012, 9:31AM
“Don't forget either that all these boxes will be finished off with Christian pamphlets.....”
by Pamela47
Thursday, October 18 2012, 9:11AM
“Please think hard about what is suitable for children and what is not, especially when it comes to books. Down here in my corner of Africa we get items from the Rotary to distribute to children. We have to do a lot of censoring. The book on cookery with lovely pictures of dripping roasts and groaning boards weighed down with food goes into the bin; for heaven's sake, most of the children are malnourished and it would be cruel to give them the book. one book that sticks in my mind was about Amanda and her ponies at a private school who went with mom and dad and her friends on a ski holiday. Thus, imagine the kids: "What's a ski holiday" and "What is snow" More sadly "What is a holiday" and very common "What is a daddy?" I'm sorry to say that with all the dysfunction here, kids are now asking "What is a school" My message is: please be very careful what you send and give some thought to how it will affect the recipient of the gift.”