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All three projects exist in severely deprived areas around the city of Nakuru, which is approximately 100 miles north-west of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. At Melon Mission School the students built on the legacy created by Brock learners who established the Brockenhurst College IT Classroom during a similar trip in 2019. As well as donating ten additional laptops from college stocks and repairing and upgrading existing machines, they created a library next door in a former storage shed. is meant installing shelving units and then group commissioned local tradespeople to build a shelter that will provide respite from heavy rain and intense sun, and function as an additional teaching area. en, at Silver Bells Welfare Centre, which cares for 120 children aged 3 – 8, the students spent a day providing practical help and teaching support, while also working to understand the needs of children and sta at the newly-linked project. At all three projects the group participated in the daily feeding programme, played games, ran activities, coached children on literacy and numeracy, and distributed much-needed provisions. In addition, they painted and illustrated various installations using bright colours to depict and embellish learning symbols such as letters and numbers. During their work at Little King’s Nursery they even gave their lunch away to the children a er realising the youngsters had nothing to eat that day. Each project depends on charitable donations to meet the most basic human needs such as food and sanitation, as well as education. Most of the children who bene t are orphans who live locally on the streets of Nakuru. e students took 720kg of donations with them, including clothes, shoes, toiletries, sanitary products, medical supplies, learning materials and sports equipment. ese were handed out across the three projects, with each child receiving an individual item and gi . e group also le behind a month’s worth of maize, rice and cooking oil at each project, worth around £450 in total. Most donations were nanced through fundraising by the group, who are all members of the Brock2Kenya Enrichment programme. boosting the overall budget to around £1,500. Meanwhile, cosmetics retailer Lush donated 120 soap bars through a Brock2Kenya student who works there part-time. Each student had to nance individual trip fees of almost £2,000 personally. Naomi Seaman said: “If I was to sum up the trip in three words it would be life-changing, eye-opening and inspiring; from the day we got there I knew it would be a trip to remember. Our days spent at the schools teaching the kids and engaging in their activities gave us an insight into how they live their lives and how much we in Britain take for granted. Seeing their faces light up with joy and happiness at the impact we were making was the most moving and heart-warming part of the trip; I would do it all over again if I could.” Away from the projects, the students toured the Ri Valley, went on safari in Nakuru National Park, and visited Hell’s Gate National Park and Menengai Crater. ey also visited a gira e sanctuary and a crocodile sanctuary, plus a local church and market, giving them a well-rounded cultural appreciation of the region. Trip Lead Adrian Butterworth was supported throughout by Brock Careers Leader Alistair Lambon and two volunteers, Lorraine Lawrence and Ruth Wildman. He said a erwards: “It is difficult to put into words just how proud I am of the students; they were compassionate, empathetic, patient, adaptable, resilient, dependable, passionate and driven; it was hard not to become emotional at the selfless behaviour and maturity I witnessed each and every day from them all. They developed and learned many invaluable skills that will complement their studies and stand them in Brock students at Melon Mission Student Naomi Seaman raised £500 by climbing Mount Snowdon, Continued on page 31 cataloguing the range of ction and non- ction learning resources for easy reference, ready for use by the 450 pupils by the following day. In total, the new Brockenhurst College Library at Melon Mission contains around 1,000 books, donated by both the College and the charity Books for Africa. At Little Kings Nursery, which looks a er 70 children aged 3 – 8, the
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