The Buguruni school term starts again on January 10th, and the boarders will get a special treat when they reach the dormitories, after what is often a long, dusty journey. The local Caledonian Society raised a huge amount of money in 2010 to buy lockers for all boarding children. The Society was especially keen that their donation be used in a “pupil-focused” way, and so lots of work was done to help the children articulate what they wanted. It turned out that the boarders really felt the absence of somewhere to keep their things safe. It's hard enough to be a long way from home at a young age, so making dormitories a nicer place, where the boarders could make their own personal spaces, seemed a great suggestion.
It was hard work for CalSoc and our local liaison person, the indefatigable Alison Sweeney-Bissett, to do the bargaining and arrange delivery. But the lockers turned up last week and we know the boarders will be over the moon about it.
Alison Sweeney-Bissett (actually working very hard on something else here). We don't have photos of Kate Methley, Deborah Crowe or Paul Soppitt from the Caledonian Society, but if we did, they would look GREAT.
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