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30 The Link Magazine • Februar 2000
FOR QUALITY Youngsters offered the ultimate adventure
PAINTING A group of thirteen and fourteen year olds studying Spanish at Greendown School in Grange Park have
been given the unique chance to bid for a place on a working adventure trip to Ocotal, Swindon's twin
& DECORATING town in Nicaragua next December.
0 Alan Bailey from Swindon's
youth services gave a slide presen-
Contact tation to the students on 21 Janu-
ary to describe the project and
Andrew Goddard snake them aware of the difficul-
ties of living in a third world coun-
A member of the
try.
Dulux Decorators Network
"Ocotal is still suffering from
the devastating hurricane that
went through central America in
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efforts and with money and prac-
tical help from Swindon people.
We are planning a tree planting
project which will give students
from Greendown the chance to
work alongside local young peo-
Alan Bailey with eager Greendown students up for the Ocotal trip
ple.
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"Those who are selected will go Top set Spanish student Danny Teacher Evelyn Wheeler, head
1II into a very demanding environ- Dunn, 15, said, "this is a fantastic of year 9, said, "this is a phenom-
ment: no Macdonalds round the project. I'd really like to be se- enal opportunity; it will be diffi-
corner, no mobile phones to call lected." cult to select the fifteen to go. Some
home, very few of the home com- Roshni Patel, 15, found the idea of the students have already asked
Washing machines • Fridges forts they are used to." both exciting and daunting. "It me about extra Spanish lessons."
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Cookers • Dryers Twin tubs & more During the three weeks in Nica- would be a great experience, but Each student will have to raise
ragua, in addition to the tree plant- some of the things I've heard about over £1,000 to cover the cost of the
ing, treks into the volcano region the insects and the basic living con- trip and also two team building
are planned and also a five day ditions makes me wonder if I could preparation weekends during the
canoe expedition. do it." year. Fund raising ideas are being
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