“Send a girl to school and watch her change the world”. Oakington Brownies were very sad and upset to learn that in Africa many girls don’t get the chance to go to school.
The CAMFED project works to raise awareness and funds for girls education in Africa and the Oakington girls learned about Abigail. When her parents died, her grandmother took her in, but could not afford to send her to school. With help from Camfed she has now completed her secondary school and is top of her class in business school. The Brownies held a tea party to raise money for this project. They were very pleased to raise over £100. This would pay for at least 3 months of Abigails education, or for 7 girls to go to secondary school for 1 month. As well as raising money, the Brownies worked on their hostess badge and, as you will see from the photos, had lots of fun.
Wow! That looks like fun! I’ll have to persaude Alison (our guide leader) to organise a tea-party like that!