Project co-ordinator Lyn Nestor arrived back from a whirlwind trip to Swaziland yesterday and thanked the ALMT for its support. In just three weeks, using volunteers from the local villages, they built the pre school building, foundations for the main building, the toilet blocks, a new maize field which is ready to be planted and a new pig breeding programme.
Mothers from the local community are already preparing meals at the site for between 50-100 children daily. Lyn Nestor made personal visits to the homes of school pupils and she has also begun forging links with international NGOs working in the area.
The trust is committed to working in partnership with this project because it is sustainable in the way it uses local volunteers, staff and in its food production. The school which already provides education to local children will now offer meals and emergency accommodation for children ‘at risk’ of starvation.
A full report and photographs will be coming soon, so please return to our website next week.