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All surplus you take for granted are really Rippon said the Kibera free of charge to the African
Educational Trust in South
incredibly important for them.”
Sudan.
She added that the children
schoolchildren have a
natural curiosity
Rippon, who went out to
had a natural curiosity to learn
is needed too, and this also led to them deliver the first batch of pencils
in March, said the DHL link had
using pencils and pens more
lifted a huge burden from the
– although pens were seen as
project. “Much of what we are
something of a luxury.
donating is obviously heavy,”
“When I set them an essay,”
for Africa she said, “I would tell them what she said, “so it is difficult to
move the stuff, and the freight
to do and then walk down into
was the difficult part, because
the classroom to speak to one
it costs so much, and often
child. But they would all crowd
you have to pay tax. There was
around listening to me and
writing things down because
there, because British Airways
they wanted to hear what I had no problem in transport out
to say to each of them, not just is already one of Comic Relief’s
the class as a whole.” partners, so there was no
The BOSS/Comic Relief problem there. But logistically
venture came about following a it was an enormous exercise.
speech Rippon gave at a Society The DHL contract has been a
of Old Friends dinner about her godsend.”
experiences with Comic Relief. She hopes to see the
BOSS Federation Board Member project now extending to other
Geoffrey Betts suggested that developing countries in Asia
BOSS members could help by and South America as well as
supplying surplus stock. Spicers Africa.
has already offered to use its
warehouse as a drop-off point n TO TAKE PART IN THE
for any BOSS members wanting PROJECT, CONTACT
to donate such stock, and PHILIPPA MORRELL FOR
managing director Alan Ball has FURTHER DETAILS ON
secured an initial agreement with 020 7915 8326 OR philippa@
DHL to ship out some containers bossfederation.co.uk
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