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Clothing Alterations Let there be light between Lesotho and Swindon
Wedding dresses Gateway Church congregation members and former farmers Mike and Annette Derry, who travel to the
Leather garments southern African country of Lesotho every three months to teach local communities how to farm, have lent
Trousers/jeans shortened from £5.50 their support to Lights for Learning by installing solar lights in Paramente School, near to their Lesotho
Sew Elegant, 32 The Arcade, home, for which Red Oaks and Peatmoor primary schools have been raising money.
The Brunel Centre Describing his involvement, Paramente reacted to the lights, Mike and Annette have been
Tel: 01793 495753 Mike said: “It was all coincidence with joyful song and traditional visiting and working in Africa for
really. We met Lights for Learning dance to show their appreciation. the past seven years, and bought a
fundraiser Maggie Hartridge at Mike said: “I think children here house in Lesotho three years ago.
Mobile Hairdresser our church, and it turned out that find it humbling to realise that in Explaining his mission, Mike
Fully Qualified and State Registered Paramente School is in Thabakholo, some African villages there is no said: “I had a business that built crop
Over 20 years experience the same village as our house.” electricity and no running water.” sprayers. Then God called us to Af-
So Mike and two of his farming Having watched the video, Red rica, where we’ve been working to
Book now to have trainees performed the installation Oaks pupil Calista Cahill said: “We encourage people out of poverty by
your hair done in the themselves, and sent back a video have such a nice school so I was learning farming skills. We’re able
comfort of your own home to show the Red Oaks pupils what quite shocked by the environment to help them increase their maize
Call Andrea on 07885 909272 the school is like. The children at in which the children learn.” yield per hectare a hundred-fold.
Charlotte Waldron said: “We “The irony is I sold a crop spray-
have all the light we need. It’s ing business to now go and teach
GUITAR LESSONS good that we’ve been able to help people how to hoe.”
Space
FREE first half hour lesson (worth £18) Space the children at Paramente learn See pictures from Paramente
Master
and 20% discount on hour lessons Master
thereafter The wardrobe people after dark.” school at www.bit.ly/lesotholights
• 30+ years experience
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• Grades, theory and leisure Made to measure • Floor to ceiling
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MONUMENTAL STONEMASON
New memorials - Additional inscriptions
YOUR VHS VIDEO OR CAMCORDER Old memorials cleaned and renovated
TAPE TRANSFERRED TO DVD DISC Free estimates • BRAMM accredited
£15 Over 25 years’ experience
Tel: 01793 705333 Tel: 01793 861035 or 07935 309644 Mike and Annette Derry, with Maggie Hartridge, left, and children at Red Oaks
email: terry.winter@hotmail.co.uk

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Morrisons Westlea Church, Westlea School: 10am
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