News Articles: September 2010
St Barnabus Primary : every penny matters
Children at St Barnabus Primary School, Barnetby-le-Wold, North Lincolnshire are determined to make sure that every penny that they raise counts. Two of SAN's Trustees recently received this letter from one of the children: "After your visit to our school earlier this term, our teacher (Mr E) thought that it would be a good idea for us as a class to save up our 1's, 2's and 5 pence to buy a tractor for a village based in Bangladesh. If it is not enough we are ever so sorry because we have all tried to save up as much as we can and h...
Lincs SIS: "thanks for your support"
A B I G "thank you" to Lincolnshire School Improvement Service's PSHE team for publicsing the work School Aid Network School Clubs undertake, in their September 2010 newsletter. We value their on-going support of our work with schools. We are a Lincolnshire-based charity dedicated to giving members the opportunity to make a difference to others in communities, both in UK and overseas. We are steadily developing from our beginnings whe...
UK giving for Pakistan reaches £40m
Week-on-week donations to the DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal have soared by over 70% and the total given has now reached £40 million. The latest figures show the Appeal raised £9.5m in week one, £11.2m in week two and £19.3m in week three, which ended Thursday night (26.08.10). The DEC Pakistan Flood Appeals were first broadcast on Thursday 5 August. The Disasters Emergency Committee said it had never seen such an extraordinary pattern of giving for any ap...
Bill Clinton announces Haiti aid deal
Published: 9:02AM BST 18 Aug 2010 Former US President Bill Clinton has announced $1.6 billion in reconstruction projects to help Haiti recover from January's earthquake. To view his announcement, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/7951453/Bill-Clinton-announces-Haiti-aid-deal.html ...
