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Mrs Campos de Lankes helped cal ways, please collect pencils,
students understand the plight of books, and educational materials.
her country, not just since Hurri- The hope for our children is to
cane Mitch, but over the last 30 start their education again."
years. She told them about the After the visit, Mrs Campos de
1972 earthquake, which destroyed Lankes, said she was impressed by
Nicaragua's capital, Managua, kill- the interest shown. "It is good that
ing 15,000 people. the students are using their les-
This was followed by a devas- sons to study the disaster that has
tating civil war in the 1980s, leav- hit Central America. I was always
ing50,000 dead, hundreds of thou- aware of being patronised when I
sands injured and many others was younger and I did not want to
displaced and facing extreme eco- do that to them, nor did I want
nomic hardship. November's hur- them to feel guilty about anything.
ricane, which killed 3,000 people, But it is important for children in
has set the country's recovery back this country to realise how lucky
20 to 30 years. they are and the chances they have
Esme Bennett asked what chil- in life."
dren could do to show their sup- The visit was arranged by the
port. "Thousands of children have Swindon Baha'i community and
lost their homes and schools, many Swindon Ocotal Link. SOL have
also have lost their parents," said raised more than £15,000 for hurri-
the Ambassador. "The best way cane victims in twin town Ocotal,
you can help is to become more since November.
aware of our situation, talk to oth- To find out more about SOL, call
ers and to your parents. In practi- Mary Shaw on 871940.