STUDENTS from Leeds Trinity University have been volunteering in one of South Africa’s poorest communities.
The 12 volunteers have been helping out at primary schools and an orphanage in KwaZulu-Natal. Their two week visit was organised through the Bambisanani Partnership - a charity which was founded through St Mary’s School Menston.
The partnership aims to use sport as a catalyst to promote education, health, global citizenship and leadership. During the trip, students have been teaching literacy and numeracy in the classroom, and have led the Cycling for Success programme, an initiative which teaches students how to ride a bike, how to maintain it and cycle safety.
The Leeds Trinity students - due to fly back on July 28 - are Jake Almond, Hannah Bewley, Mia Bogush, Harriet Bryant, Georgia Gould, Phoebe Huggan, Claudia Jordan, Adam Lambert, Lauren Macarthur, Elizabeth Marks, Ammarah Pandor and Beth Skelton.
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