Year 2003
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Visitors Name
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Comments
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April for 3 weeks
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Graham Pountain and Sheila Pountain
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Arranging Daniel Bujiku’s visit to England etc.
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April for 2 days
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Caroline Andersson and Ida
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From the Fonelisco organisation
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May - June for 2 weeks
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Brian Bancroft
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Helping prepare for the new kitchen and dining room & making new bunk beds
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June for 2 weeks
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Graham, Sheila and Paul Pountain
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Helping with various aspects of the work
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July-August 2 weeks
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Graham Pountain, Graham, Elaine and Anya Earnshaw
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Elaine and Anya involved in teaching English, singing and preparing for the EMUAS students group. Graham Earnshaw Involved with painting and repairs.
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August for 3 weeks
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EMUAS group consisting of; Amy Glover, Ben Hopkinson, Dan Cook, Emma Wilson, Hannah Gray, Hayley Griffiths, Helen Jacomb, James Dale, Lee Mahoney, Lisa Gooch-Butler, Lucy Williams, Nick Butcher, Sasha Sheard, Tom Mountney, Caroline Day, Ryan McNaught, Keith Pittson, Barbarann Pittson, Pauline Rees, Lee Cleaton
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Building of new kitchen, dining room etc.
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Sept/October for 3 weeks
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Mr Brian Bancroft
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Fitting out new building and converting old dining room and kitchen to living accommodation
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November for 2 weeks+
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Graham Pountain, Dave Shore, Shelley Shore, John Wilson, Erin Candler, Emma Hannigan, Pete Gardner, Rich Martin and Anne McFadyen
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Interacting with the children (teaching English, playing games, teaching news songs etc. etc.) Finishing touches to the new building etc. etc.
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Year 2004
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Visitors Name
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Comments
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January for 3 weeks
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Brian Bancroft and John Fisher
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Finishing off conversion of old dining room and kitchen to living accommodation for use by girls as a temporary dormitory. Also helping the Tanzanian team obtaining passports etc
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February for 2 weeks
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Graham and Sheila Pountain
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Help in obtaining UK Visas for the proposed trip: March to May 2004
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March for 1 week
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Graham Pountain
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To accompany the 31 children who visited England from the 30th March to the 14th May
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March for 8 weeks
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Eddie Marshall
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To help run Bethany whilst 31 children and three managers were visiting the UK
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May for 1 week
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Graham Pountain
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Returned with the children
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June for 3 weeks
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Brian Bancroft, Naomi Bancroft, Jemma Turner, Rachel Johnson
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Brain to help with up-rating accommodation for new children. Girls to help with teaching etc.
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June-July 3 weeks
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Hilary Murphy and Dominic Murphy
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Hilary to help with the Clinic and Dominic to help with the children
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July - August 3 weeks
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Graham and Elaine Earnshaw
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Set up new Library and help with childcare
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August - Sept. 3 weeks
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Graham and Sheila Pountain
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Help with various projects i.e. new dormitory
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October for 2 weeks
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Graham Pountain, Matthew and Rachel Schofield
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Matthew and Rachel Schofield, both Geography teachers go to test their calling for longer term work with Bethany
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November for 2 weeks
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Graham Pountain and group from Oswaldtwistle Community Church: Nicola Lord, Chris Allen, Stevie McLean, Sushila Lawrence, Anya Earnshaw, Kimberley Clark, Vicky Howarth and Catherine Howarth
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To help with the education etc.
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Year 2005
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Visitors Name
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Comments
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January - 2 weeks
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Graham Pountain and group from Oswaldtwistle Community Church: Bill Rawstron, Mark McVey, Sam McLean, Dave Duxbury and Gary Fielding
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To build the new 60 bed dormitory from floor level to roof level
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March - 2 weeks
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Graham, Sheila and Paul Pountain
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For Daniel’s and Eliada’s wedding
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March-April 2week
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Graham and Elaine Earnshaw and Cathy Riley
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Help with Education
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May - 2 weeks
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Graham Pountain, Dave Buxbury, Bob Simpson, Christopher Gaster and Paul Smith
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To help with the plumbing work for the new 60 bed dormitory for girls. Christopher Gaster made new tables and benches for the Dining room.
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July-August - 2 weeks
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David Borland, Ian Kelly, Gary Nolan, Robert Skarratt and Graham Pountain
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To finish the plumbing work, electrical work and partitions, doors etc. David Borland also helped with advise on financial controls etc.
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August - 2 weeks
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Graham and Elaine Earnshaw
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To help and encourage the Tanz team with a special emphasis on Education
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August for 4 days
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Group from Brathay: Ems Scot-langley, Sarah Maidment, Ahmir Ahmad, Alex Zdravkovic, Alison Ruth, Amy Seymour, Antonia Timmins, Brian Pascoe, Caroline Christie, Emma Metcalfe, Fiona Saunders, Hamish Henson, Heather Bowey, Helen Newsome, Julie Addison, Mark Jackson, Nick Marriage, Ruth Dodwell
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Helping the children: organising games, etc etc
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July - August for 10 days
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Ruth Kingsnorth
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Helping with the teaching of English
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September for two weeks
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Graham and Paul Pountain, David Hitch, Timothy Coles and Rebecca Bell
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Helping with sports, practical jobs, drama , teaching etc. etc.
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Sept./Oct for 4 weeks
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Stanley and Rhona Burns
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Stanley made furniture for the dorms from MDF with Rhona’s help and Rhona also taught the children English
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November for two weeks
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David Borland, Rebecca Smith, Alison Davies, Jemma Turner, Jennifer, Ryan and Graham Pountain.
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Rebecca, Alison, Jemma and Jenny helped with the education and also Jemma helped in the Clinic etc. David helped with the budget and drew up plans for the refurbishment. Graham helped with rewiring. etc
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Year 2006
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Visitors Name
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Comments
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January 17th for two weeks
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Dave Duxbury, Joanna Pellet, Daniel Hughes, Simon Earnshaw and Graham Pountain
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Dave fixed the plumbing!, Joanna and Daniel worked with the children, Simon (dentist) checked the children’s teeth and Graham helped the Tanza team organise the famine relief effort.
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February 27th to March 14th
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Graham Pountain
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Budget and UK trip
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March for 3 weeks
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Melissa Perry
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Helped the children with their English
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8th to 21st April
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Graham and Elaine Earnshaw, Gary Nolan, Ian Kelly, John Brindle Dave Thomas, Rebecca Smith, Naomi Bancroft, Sarah Duerden, Wendy Whittaker and Graham Pountain.
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Ian, Gary and John made 6 bunk beds, 6 tables and 12 benches + seesaw. Dave Thomas plumbed in the showers, washbasins and toilets, The others helped with the English teaching etc.
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May through to June
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Stanley and Rhona Burns
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Stanley helped finish the new classroom block and Rhona helped teach English
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June 19th to July 5th
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Dave Duxbury and Graham Pountain
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Dave Duxbury finished the plumbing and helped Graham organise a trip to the British High Commission in Dar for visas
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June for one week
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Amy Tew
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Helped with various aspects of the work as well as filling in 30, 10 page Visa application forms
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July 2nd to 19th
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Eddie Jeffery (UK team leader) is leading this trip with Rachel Louise Bacon and Abigail Barnsley
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Maintenance work for Eddie and teaching for Rachel and Abigail
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July 24th to August 8th
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Graham and Sheila Pountain, Joan Kearsley, Cathy Riley, Sharon Gerrard, plus the group from St. James Clitheroe: Joanna Pelllet, Daniel Hughes, Luke Dyer, Rebecca Dyer, Bethany Pickett, James Murdoch, Daniel Porter plus the group from Christ Church Accrington, Kevin and Ann Logan, Tia Danning, Nicholas Hopkinson, Karen Ross, Daisy Nasimiyu and Edward Briggs. Total of 19 visitors.
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Mainly helped with the teaching of English and preparation work for the 30 children who were to visit England.
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13th to 21st September
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Jemma Turner and Graham Pountain
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Main purpose to prepare the children and accompany them on their trip to England
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6th - 16th November
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Jemma Turner and Graham Pountain
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Main purpose to prepare the children and accompany them on their return trip to Bethany Tanzania
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Year 2007
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Visitors name
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Comments
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11th - 27th January
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David Borland and Graham Pountain
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Discussion on needs for new multi-purpose block. Follow up on budget
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12th - 27th March
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Roy Sagar, Jemma Turner and Graham Pountain
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Jemma and Roy - teaching of English, Graham - building work etc
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1st - 14th April
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Eddie and Heather Jeffery together with their two children Alex and Rebekah, Ian and Samatha Kelly, Tim Green, Kieran and Annmarie McManus.
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Heather, Annemarie and Samantha to help with the teaching of English. Eddie, Ian, Kieran and Tim to help with the building work
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30 April - 14th May
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Graham Pountain, David Borland, John Brindle, Pat Bridge, Rebecca McCavana, Zoe Richardson, Christina Langan, Victoria Delaney, Sean Martin, Martin Palmer, Anthony Spurrell
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Pat Bridge and John Brindle to assess students who are to attend Accrington and Rossendale College. Building work and teaching of Engklish
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July - August
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Sheila and Graham Pountain, Kate Martland, Annemarie Morgan and Lisa Barnes. Group 2 from Chesterfield: Graham and Gemma Nightingale, Michael, Diane and Luke Dalby, Mark Harrison, Aimee Hardwick, Laura Marsh and Gemma Lowe, Group 3: Paul and Rebecca Pountain, Stewart, Susan and Nickolas Hopkinson, David and Victoria Shaw, Karen Ross and Steven McLean.
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All groups helped with the teaching of English
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8th September
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Ian Redfearn (Dentist)
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To carry out a dental check
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October (2 weeks)
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Graham Pountain and David Borland (Treasurer)
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To check accounts and to encourage
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Year 2008
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Visitors name
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Comments
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January (2 weeks)
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Rebecca Smith, Wendy Whitaker, David Borland and Graham Pountain
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Rebecca Smith (Uk team member) who looks after our sponsorship programme, Wendy Whitaker who helped with the education especially English, David Borland our Treasurer and Graham Pountain
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25th April - 10th May (2 weeks)
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From Accrington and Rossendale College: John Brindle, Rebecca McCavana, Christina Langan, Andrew Robinson, Sean Martin, Michael Lambert, Martin Palmer, James Critchley.
Others: Graham Pountain, Carmen Blamey, Ho Ying (Lee)
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John Brindle together with Sean, Martin, Michael and James made 29 beds, 10 cabinets and 10 bedding boxes.
Rebecca, Christina, Andrew, Carmen and Lee helped with education (English and Computers)
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