The School of the Nations will be hosting a charity gala dinner next Saturday, in hopes of raising enough money to cover the cost of bringing four students – two from Gambia and two from Afghanistan – as part of a scholarship programme.
Steffi Sinclair, a representative of the Sixth Form Student Body Council, which is in charge of planning and executing the project, told this newspaper that the idea was first birthed after a visit by the school’s director, Brian O’Toole, to Gambia and Afghanistan.
She explained that O’Toole visited Gambia, where he was able to experience the conditions of the schools and the hardships the students face, and learn of the trials they went through to establish the Starfish non-governmental organisation (NGO). He also met up with the heads of the NGO, together with the heads of the Marefat School in Afghanistan, through the first Conference on Educational Leadership that was hosted at Nations last August.
