Two of our Primary 6 pupils were lucky enough to meet Royalty recently. The two girls had been involved in raising money for charity connected to Kirk of Calder Church and were invited to meet and present flowers to the Princess Royal, Princess Anne.
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Some background information as to how the girls were invited to meet HRH The Princess Royal.
Back in September 2014 Rev Povey the Minister of Kirk of Calder launched a three year fundraising project to fund the building of a children’s home in the Oldeani district of Tanzania fairly close to the famous volcanic mountain Mount Kilimanjaro at an estimated cost of around £85,000 with a target date of autumn 2017. The Oldeani Project vision to link up with the Vine Trust’s voluntary work in Tanzania.
Amazingly in just a little over two years the Kirk of Calder in the tiny West Lothian village of Mid Calder exceeded it’s own target with a grand total of £85,500.
Learning of the kirk’s plan to raise money to build an orphanage in Africa whilst attending Sunday School, in the spring of 2016 the two girls on their own initiative planned and executed a sponsored cycle of six miles raising a total of £717.39 for the children’s home. Their example is a credit to their teachers, their school and the local community.
The Vine Trust is a Leith based charity which recruits medical volunteers and other work party volunteers to help with various projects in Peru and Tanzania.
Vine Trust’s School Expeditions provide an exceptional opportunity for secondary school students and teachers to engage in sustainable international development while making incredible friendships and memories.
The Trust provides opportunities to support the construction of orphanages and small family homes in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, and community projects and children’s homes in Arequipa and Lima, Peru. Through Vine Trust’s hands-on projects, in partnership with local organisations, we support students to become active global citizens by enabling them to enact and empower significant change in vulnerable communities.
Teachers and student’s from James Young High School in Livingston have been out to Peru several times and later this year some students and teachers are heading out to Tanzania.
HRH The Princess Royal is Patron of the Vine Trust and when she learned of the Kirk of Calder’s incredible fundraising efforts she wanted to meet and thank everyone who had been actively involved in raising the funding for the orphanage.
Courtesy Mr Cairns.
Wow, these photographs are fantastic! Well done girls, I am so proud of you both and all of your achievements 🙂
Miss Clark