A: Angola L: Lebombo N: Niassa
E: Edmonton K: Kensington S: Stepney 2C: Two Cities W: Willesden
SCHOOL TWINNING also has government backing.
DFID and the BBC have established a project to get schools in this country twinned with schools in poorer parts of the world. Grants, sources of funds and curriculum materials are available on the BBC web site. This is well worth looking at and sharing with anyone who might be interested.
Currently there are formal links with schools in all three dioceses:
- Twyford High School, Ealing (W) is twinned with Maciene Primary & Technical Schools (L)
- St John's Primary School in Friern Barnet (E) is twinned with the Esperanca Berta school in Zove (L)
- All Saints Primary School in Fulham (K) is twinned with St Augustine’s School in Viana (A)
- Daniel’s Den Parent & Toddler Group at St Michael’s in Wembley (W) is twinned with St Simon and St Jude Creche in Bairro Popular Lichinga (N)
- Edward Betham Primary School in Greenford (W) with Todos Santos School, Nacala (N)
- Stepney Greencoat Primary School (S) with St Joseph’s College, Rocha Pinto, Luanda (A)
Relationships are developing between other schools and will be added as they happen.
In addition to formal school links, London parishes and the ALMA’s Children Fund have contributed to the building of schools in:
- St Mary, Kikolo in Luanda (A)
- Rocha Pinto (A) - opened 2006
- Njema, near Milange (N)
- Todos Santos, Nacala (N) - opened 2007
- Milange (N) - opened on 12 October 2008
- Chihunzuine (L) – opened in January 2009
- St Stephen’s, Luanda (A) - due to open March 2009
- Negage (A) – new classroom opened March 2009
The Diocese of London Lent Appeal 2008 raised over £95,000 to fund the building of three primary schools, one in each of our partner dioceses:
- Messumba (N) where building has started
- Nhaca, near Homoine (L)
- Nsosso, Nzadi a Lukizi (A)
