Stella's School Scheme

15/12/2021

The latest newsletter is now available on the following link
http://www.sssgambia.co.uk/newsletters/SSS%202021%20newsletter.pdf

17/02/2020

22/11/2019

If you would like to read our latest newsletter please click on the following link

http://www.sssgambia.co.uk/newsletters/SSS%202019%20newsletter.pdf

22/11/2019

Our latest newsletter with all our news, is now available to read at

http://www.sssgambia.co.uk/newsletters/SSS%202019%20newsletter.pdf. We do hope you enjoy it

05/03/2019

The people who support SSS should be very proud. Today we received this lovely message from Mamat who gained his degree with Honours. We are so very proud of him. Many Congratulations Mamat! SSS strives to give people opportunities that they may not otherwise have had and when they work so hard to achieve their goals, it is the best reward we can have.

Hello
it is with great joy to write to you and say thank you for your support.
I have finally received my University Attestation for completion of a bachelor degree program in UTG with Honours.
this would have been very difficult if not impossible for me to achieved without your support. I must say I am so much indebted and grateful to you.
On behalf of my family and on my behalf , I am saying a thank you for the support. I will forever be grateful.
you. You can find the attached scanned copy of my attestation below.
yours faithfully

09/02/2019

❤ Begin with Yes

06/02/2019

We would like to extend our congratulations to Sukai Jallow, who has been sponsored by SSS . Last Saturday she graduated in Economics and Finance, We are so proud of you Sukai Very well done!

14/11/2018

This could be any one of our wonderful donors who, by sponsoring a young person give them the opportunity of a life time.

"The incredible story of Hilde Back and Chris Mburu, showing how even small acts of kindness can touch many lives in ways entirely unforeseen, is especially timely for today's World Kindness Day. When she was a girl, a stranger's kindness saved Hilde Back's life by helping her to escape to Sweden from N**i Germany where both her parents died in concentration camps. Back eventually became a teacher and, remembering her days as a Jewish girl in Germany when she was denied the opportunity to attend school under the N**i Nuremberg Laws, she decided to pay for the education of a child who would otherwise not have a chance to go to school. The child she sponsored was Chris Mburu.

Mburu grew up in a poor family in rural Kenya whose family could not afford to pay the small tuition fee required for children to continue their studies beyond elementary school. Due to his excellent grades, he was selected for participation in a Swedish sponsorship program and Hilde Back paid his way through secondary school. Mburu excelled in school and went on to earn degrees from the University of Nairobi and Harvard Law School.

In order to help other talented children from poor families continue their studies at secondary school, Mburu created a foundation in 2001. With the support of the Swedish Ambassador in Kenya, Mburu was able to track down the benefactor who had transformed his life and named the foundation in her honor: The Hilde Back Education Fund.

Back's small act of kindness grew in ways that she never could have imagined -- The Fund has now helped over 650 children in Kenya continue their studies and her sponsored child has gone on to become an attorney and human rights advocate for the United Nations. In 2012, Back had the opportunity to travel to Kenya with Mburu and celebrate her 90th birthday by meeting many of the children whose lives have been changed by the foundation that bears her name.

10/11/2018

05/01/2018

We thought we would share this letter that we received today as it is meant for ll SSS supporters.
04 January 2018


LETTER OF APPRECIATION TO STELLA'S SCHOOL SCHEME


Dear Heather,

Happy New Year to you, your family and to all the members of The Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust and Stella's School Scheme. On behalf of the students, teachers and parents, it is my sincere gratitude to write to you to show our profound gratitude and appreciation for providing support to the Fresh Start School. Your supports have immensely improved teaching and learning at our school, thereby significantly impacted on the development of education by enabling our school to stay operational so that vulnerable children can also have the opportunity to learn in a safe environment, especially girls and orphans. This prevent their vulnerability to child marriages and child labour.

I am pleased to inform you that our children came second and third position in the last year National Spelling Competition (NPC). Furthermore, 86% of the Grade Five students passed the National Assessment Test (NAT). These achievements have put the name of the school at fore front in terms of providing accessible, affordable and quality education to vulnerable children in The Gambia.

On that note, on behalf of the students, teachers and parents, I thank you and the SSS for the support in advancing education to vulnerable children in The Gambia.

Your Sincerely,
Lamin S. Sanyang
MD – FSF (The Gambia)