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Could your school be one in a thousand?
The Commonwealth Countries League is aiming to engage 1,000 UK schools in sponsoring the secondary education of 1,000 girls across the Com-
monwealth and Swindon-based CCL Education Fund secretary Dr Casmir Chanda is appealing to schools in the town for their support.
Explaining the importance of edu- Zambia before coming to the UK to Pakistan, Zambia, Uganda and many sponsor a girl for nearly two years by
cating girls in developing countries pursue her Master’s Degree and PhD more. each pupil raising just £1.
Casmir said: “It is well documented at Cambridge University, became Since its inception in May 2011 In return UK students learn about
that educating girls is key in pro- involved with the CCL Education the Thousand Schools for a Thousand the Commonwealth and about educa-
viding families with routes out of Fund having had first-hand experi- Girls (TSTG) has gained support in tion in countries outside Europe. The
poverty. Girls who attend secondary ence of the plight of girls struggling Parliament and the House of Lords, as sponsored girls write letters to their
school and focus on out of poverty, yet well as from a number of UK schools donors, and tell their moving and
their studies don’t determined to get nationwide. inspiring stories about their progress
get married as young, an education. It costs on average £300 a year to towards careers in medicine, educa-
have fewer children The Education send a girl to secondary school in a tion, business and catering.
of their own and Fund was estab- Commonwealth country, including Find out more by mailing Casmir:
understand better lished in 1967, and board and tuition fees. This means a [email protected]
how to nourish their since that time has UK secondary school could feasibly www.ccl-int.org
families. This imme- been responsible for
diately eliminates the sponsoring the edu-
risk of maternal and cation of over 5,000
childhood mortality girls in countries
and triggers a ripple such as Sri Lanka,
effect.” Papua New Guinea,
Casmir, who was St Vincent and the English, Mathematics and Science
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