The Kaberamaido School (Uganda) Project

Church members from Berkley Street Methodist Church in Eynesbury are heading 5,000 miles away to build a school dormitory in Northern Uganda. The girls secondary school serves many remote villages and some of the girls have to travel on foot for two hours to reach the school. A dormitory would enable them to remain at school during the week and travel home at weekends.

Twelve members of the church aged from 16 to 60 will be travelling to the village of Kaberamaido in July to help with the building work. They will be helping locals with the construction of the dormitory using hand-made bricks. £20,000 is needed to cover the cost of the building work and they are looking for Huntingdonshire residents to 'sponsor a brick' to help fund the work.

People can donate as little as £1 for each brick, and have a guess at how many bricks will be used to complete the building. A prize of two tickets to a London show with an overnight stay will be awarded for the nearest guess.

Reverend Chris Giles and husband Derek will be leading the team. "This is in an exciting project" says Chris. "With no running water or electricity in the village, this is a huge challenge but also a wonderful opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of many families."

Many fund-raising events open to the public are being planned in the coming months. These include -

• Saturday March 21st -An auction at Berkley St. Methodist Church
• Saturday April 25th - Barn Dance at Tempsford Village Hall
• Saturday May 1st - Murder Mystery Evening at Bushmead School
• Friday May 15th - a musical concert by the Aragon Singers of Buckden to be held at Berkley Street.
• Fri. Sat and Sun - 3rd, 4th, 5th July - A flower, arts and crafts festival, with Saturday night concert by the Berkley Street choir.

If you would like to sponsor the team, or find out more about the project or any of the events, please contact Rev Chris Giles on 01480 473444, or Bill Ashdown on 01480 474062