Hadrian's Wall Walk for Reuben Monareng: The Reuben Monareng School

As you may know, I will be walking the 180 kms of Hadrian's Wall across Britain from the North Sea to the Irish Sea. I will be accompanied by my friend Rosemary and "Daisy", a miniature version of the cow at the Aesch campus of ISB. We would be delighted if you would like to sponsor us on our challenge. Donations, however small or large, will be gratefully received. We aim to raise 20,000 Swiss Francs, in order to enhance the lives and education of the children of Reuben Monareng School, South Africa.

You are invited to transfer donations to either of the following accounts, which Credit Suisse has kindly opened to support the charity venture. All monies collected will be donated to the Reuben Monareng School to complete their building project, and we thank you in advance for your support.

Bank accounts under the name of Lesley Barron: Credit Suisse IBAN number: CH4204835004400921003 (Swiss Franc account) or CH6204835004400922001 (Sterling Account).

We start our challenge on Sunday 11th September and will be walking for 10 days - whatever the British weather sends us!!

Rosemary, Daisy and I will keep you regularly informed about our adventures and progress via this blog. We would love to hear from you at anytime.

Monday, 5 September 2016

The Reuben Monareng School

Reuben Monareng School is situated about 150 kilometres from Johannesburg. The School has approximately 800 students, educated in poor facilities, with an average class size of over 40 children. Many of the children are in single parent families or are orphaned, mainly due to HIV/AIDS. Government funds for the school are extremely small. There is very little money for basic resources, and certainly not enough for "luxuries" like reading books and dictionaries. In addition, the buildings and facilities are very poor.

The funds raised will enable the completion of the building project, initiated by the staff of ISB. The pictures below show the Reuben Monareng School and the children of the school.

3 comments:

Gail Metcalf5 September 2016 at 23:06
I wish you all well and hope the sun shines down on you! Best Wishes, Gail
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Linda & Haydn6 September 2016 at 07:18
Good luck and have fun. Love from Haydn & Lin x
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Steve14 September 2016 at 23:25
Enjoying the blog and pleased to see you are making good progress to date. Keep it up!
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Background to this challenge

I have had the privilege of working with the students of this South African school for the last 10 years. Over this period of time, students from ISB have visited the school and worked directly with the children. There has been a mutual benefit. The vibrancy and generosity of spirit of the African children have always had a profound impact on the ISB students and, in many ways, this has been a life changing experience for them.

When I stepped down as Director of ISB, the staff of the school generously set up a fund to initiate a new building project at Reuben Monaring School, and all contributions for this challenge will enable the building project to be completed.