Re-stock! The library has been replinished with multiple copies of texts and novels for the yr 7-12 curriculum. This increase in copies will allow for books to be taken out on loan overnight. This is the first installment of the library upgrade project. In addition to new books, two new shelving units have been built to library specifications large enough to allow for the next round of stock. The project was funded by 2008 fundraising activities, totaling to $1200. Â
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check out photos from the cruise and from the book distribution ceremony online:
www.moreschooling.com
News for NOV/DEC :
Fundraising Success:
The boat cruise was a success, raising £1640, of which £1, 191.38 has gone to the Annual Distribution of School Books, which was held on October 8th. The remaining will be put to paying the salary for the librarian £30 monthly and to re-strocking library total cost coming to £1624.
Fundraising Goal- Re-Stocking the library:
Since its conception in 2006 it has not seen any additional purchases, by January next year we are looking to restock texts and novels for all secondary grades. The aim is to buy 2 copies of each text to allow students to borrow and take books home to study. Total cost coming to £1624.
School Fees:
This year each student had 3/4 of their school fees paid by the Association. The students in the school Lycée M. Bouké, pay school fees of £15 per year, £11.5 of which was paid by the Association. In the other schools the fees come to an average of £16.50 per year of which the Association paid £12.50.
This was funded by a private donation from a London Family who have a family connection to Benin and More Schooling.
Further Activities:
The Asssociation sees further activities funded by its Steering Committee, established as an adult advisory group to the Associations activities, based in Benin. This involves administrative costs aiding the development of the Association and broadening its funding base. The main cost being a series of ‘investigations’ into students to establish their eligibility as members, this occurs each year at a considerable cost of money and time to travel to each of the 100 students homes and school to meet with parents and teachers to confirm the need. This year this cost the association £190.
FUNDRAISING SUCCESS £1, 191.38 spent on ANNUAL BOOK DISTRIBUTION
posted by:
The Secretary Okasse Malick
The President Barthelemy Sodansou
The fifth Annual distribution of School Books took place this year at the College Mr. Bouké de Parakou on the 8th October 2008. Each of the 100 members of More Schooling received a special kit of books and essentials for the 08-09 school year. The ceremony was attended by students, parents, teachers and special guests from the community.
L: Pascaline, Student Representative (Centre)
R: Barth, President
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Who knew the thames could manage such a swell, the London Pride proved itself as a true seafaring craft by taking us safely down the thames raising £1640 in its wake. Of which £1, 191.38 has gone to the 2008/2009 Annual Distribution of School Books, which was held on October 8th. The remaining will be put to paying the salary for the librarian £30 monthly and to re-strocking library total cost coming to £1624. Click to see more photos and read about this year’s activities
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This blog has been set up by the UK collaborators of More Schooling as a way of generating awareness and funds to support the works of the association which take place entirely in Benin and are lead by the following people:
The People:
More Schooling Members November 2008
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Hi everyone,
Join us for a night on the River Thames to raise money for More Schooling. Tickets are £33 - email Sam at sam.porter@citi.com if you would like to come. Feel free to leave a comment or two as well…..
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Hi everyone - a quick update on MS. As you can guess from my language skills above (did i hear someone say babel fish?), the new school year in Benin is upon us. This promises to be the most exciting school year yet for More Schooling and it’s supporters in the UK, Oz & around the world.
As everyone knows, an education is the greatest way to expand horizons and work towards a future where opportunities can be grasped not wasted. MS is this year expanding it’s program to include support for it’s members in:
- paying school fees
- paying the ancillary costs of attending school (uniforms, stationary, exercise books, maths sets etc)
- providing a library where students can share textbooks that are too expensive to be purchased individually.
- providing a community of solidarity and support; a forum where students can learn from each other’s experiences to increase their chances of graduating from high school.
We are teaming with other individuals and organisations in the UK to help make this a reality. If you would like to know more, feel free to email or fb us………..
Thanks for visiting this blog & feel free to add comments.
Ps: our next fundraising event will be at the end of November…more details to come soon.
On Saturday 28th June, we had a fundraiser bbq, raising a whooping £600!!!!
Thanks to the generosity of everyone. We did this through a Tombola/Raffle with gifts kindly donated from the following businesses:
- THE APARTMENT (exmouth market, london)
- THE AMBASSADOR RESTAURANT (exmouth market, london)
- GAZZANO (exmouth market, london)
