Exciting Development for Beyond Ourselves!

Today is a very exciting day in the history of Beyond Ourselves, we are welcoming our very first Gap Year volunteers to Zambia!

So, who are they?

Alex Foster and Charlie La Fosse have both visited Zambia briefly before when they were students at Cranleigh School. This time the boys will be in Zambia for three months working alongside Dan, Melissa and our partner schools in Ndola and Kitwe.

And what will they do?

Their tasks will be many and varied. Some tasks Alex and Charlie will start and see finished during their time with us and others will be part of our ongoing work at the schools. Here are a few things they’ll be involved in:

• Assisting Dan in running ‘catch-up’ phonics classes

• Prepping for the UK school teams visiting in June and July

• Helping to build a perimeter wall

• Teaching playground games

• Coaching football

• Creating a media presentation

• And anything else that comes their way…

Underlying all the practical jobs that need to be achieved, it is our desire for Alex and Charlie to invest in the relationships we have at the schools, with the teachers, cooks and children.

These three months may well fly by for the boys but we are convinced that their contribution to our longer-term vision will be invaluable.

Welcome Alex and Charlie, we’re so pleased to have you join us!

Charlie

Alex