Zambia - Connecting Cultures

From humble beginnings, where a donation of £200 allowed the school to remain open, we have continued to develop our link with the Mawanda School in Zambia, and were delighted to be sending two staff to Zambia in February 2018.

Having successfully applied for a British Council Connecting Classrooms grant, our staff visited Mawanda School to deliver the start of a project focusing on collaborative learning. This represented the next natural step in a long standing and successful partnership which encompasses the local community as well via vital church links.

We continue to partner the Diocese of Bath and Wells as our latest work is focusing on the challenge of soil erosion and deforestation and our Junior Leadership Team and Prefects have delivered assemblies on these issues and other environmental challenges faced by the community in Mawanda. We are now focusing on raising funds and developing a tree planting project to help bring sustainable change and raise awareness of the complex issues surrounding climate change both in Zambia and the UK.