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Pupils help two causes with harvest
From The Bath Chronicle Thu 25 Oct, 2007
A harvest festival held by children in Lansdown has helped two worthy causes.
The African-theme event saw pupils at the Royal High Junior School marking the end of term with a celebration of costume, music and song, dance and poetry from the continent.
The youngsters also brought in food to give to Bath homelessness charity Julian House, and donations which will benefit a school in Kenya.
It was the latest in a series of fundraisers to help the Crane Academy, a girls’ school in the west of the African country which provides a home and education to orphaned children.
Some of its pupils have to board because of its isolated location, and the school is largely funded by fees which are beyond the means of most parents.
Over the past three years the Royal High has run major initiatives to help benefit the Kenyan school.
More than £13,000 has already been raised which will pay for the fees of six children throughout their education. It will also generate an annual income for the school to purchase vital teaching equipment.
Lynda Bevan, assistant head teacher at the senior school, was flying out to Kenya during half term.
She said: “I’ll be taking letters and gifts from our pupils and a video of the harvest festival to show the children. I will be bringing back some video footage.”
Ms Bevan is being accompanied by Bath photographer David Partner, who will be taking shots of the school and its surrounding area, as well as staff and students.
An exhibition of his pictures will be staged in Bath and London early next year and the proceeds from sales of the prints will be donated to the academy.
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