Breadcrumbs
The Student Support Centre Yorkshire Heats Up For Bangladesh
21 October 2010
It would seem that The Student Support Centre, Yorkshire can’t get enough curry! Encouraged by the success of last month’s curry fundraiser, the office held a spicy lunch and dinner event on Wednesday 6th October.
Team members enthusiastically made spicy dishes to sell to their colleagues in order to raise much needed funds for The Student Support Centre’s chosen charity, World Vision.
Lucky employees were tempted by handmade samosas followed by a choice of spicy Lamb Biryani or succulent Chicken Masala. For dessert, they were treated to Gulab Jamun, a popular and tasty sweet in the Indian subcontinent.
Andre Bianco, Tele-Appointing Manager of The Student Support Centre, Yorkshire spoke of the fiery feast:
‘The curry fundraiser was a great way to gain extra funds (£73.10) for World Vision. Curry is especially popular in the office and it was a fun and enjoyable way to increase awareness of the Nalitabari Education Project. Everyone loved eating the homemade curries and it was a great way to bring the team together’
The money collected will go directly towards the Nalitabari Elephant Deterrent Project in Nalitabari, Bangladesh. Each year wild elephants attack Nalitabari and the surrounding villages, causing devastating damage. To date, 30 family homes have been destroyed. The communities there are very poor and have limited access to resources to prevent these attacks. Until now, communities have tried using burning torches to ward off elephants; however these have had a very limited affect. As a result of the most recent attacks villagers in the area are staying awake at night to try and protect their villages from further attacks. The Project will fund specialist lights which will deter elephants from entering the villages.
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About The Student Support Centre:
The Student Support Centre opened its doors in 1991 and has since become the largest provider of home-based tuition programmes with 9 regional offices across the UK.
Our ‘simply’ programmes provide home-based tuition and support for children aged between 4 and 17 and may be a more cost effective alternative to private tutors for maths tuition, English tuition and reading tuition. They have been designed to mirror the way in which children are taught in schools based on the National Curriculum requirements and use the teaching methods currently recommended for use in schools.
About World Vision:
World Vision is a global charity which works to make a serious and sustainable impact on poverty and its causes, especially those which affect children. World Vision is committed to long-term change, which means connecting people. Whether it’s enabling people in developing communities to support each other, or linking donors to those in need through child sponsorship, or creating networks to campaign for justice, we believe that getting people connected is the best way to make a difference.
Have you visited our new World Vision blog?
In November, two staff members of The Student Support Centre will embark on a week’s trip to Nalitabari in northern Bangladesh. Visit Darren's, Sarah's and Mark's blog for regular personal diary updates, images and video footage of their before, during and after experiences of the trip.
