Supporting a literacy programme for children in Buxton

The winners of the Buxton literacy programme spelling B competition with at extreme left, founder of the project Robin Phillips and at far right, President of the Rotary Club of Stabroek Luana Falconer.

Three years ago there was little hope that 13-year-old Adunni Blair would have gone on to attend secondary school, but today after participating in the Buxton Youth Developers Literacy Project she is a student of the Annandale Secondary School on the East Coast, and is performing exceptionally well.

Blair herself recognizes the positive impact being a part of the group has had on her life, as the shy teen quickly said that the group has “help me to pass to go to Annandale Secondary School,” when asked how has she benefited.

It was the potential seen in Blair and so many other children from Buxton who were unable to