After introducing myself I thought I'd say a bit about Friends of CRS. We are very much a kitchen table charity: 8 trustees, no-one paid, no office, no overheads. Everything we raise goes 100% to the school. We exist because of one person's determination to travel to the edge of adventure back in 2004. Finding herself in Conakry volunteering at a refugee school in the middle of a refugee crisis in West Africa Tanya called her mum to ask her to send money as the school couldn't pay their rent. And so FCRS was formed! Tanya went on to take an MA in peace studies and is at present in Ukraine leading an international peace keeping mission - she is still a FCRS trustee. We have been a registered charity since 2008. We fundraise from our local communities and sent approx £50k each year to supplement teacher wages, provide a hot midday meal, fund scholarships and much more. The school educates 500 students from kindergarten to 18+ in English - is the only English speaking school to have a full science and IT lab with highly qualified teachers - and they have a hot shot debating team with a killer girls football squad. Pretty cool in a country where girls rarely finish their secondary education!

Posted by Friends of CRS at 2023-03-05 09:29:42 UTC