Savannah Education Trust
United Kingdom
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The name of the charity reflects the area in which we are working: the savannah landscape of northern Ghana. When the Trustees visited northern Ghana in 2003 they met many children like the boy featured on our home page. But it was the local community in the village of Bagri, as well as the Baptist churches, that asked them to consider help. The Trust is working closely with government, represented by the Ghana Education Services (part of the local District Assembly). The Trust is making funds available for a meal each day for pupils while they are at school. It is shocking to realise that, without this provision, village children will often miss school during the hungry (i.e. dry) season to scavenge for food (rats, mice, birds, and fruits) in the bush.
