We Can’t Wait at Aldenham

May 24, 2019

Last year the girls in Riding’s House at Aldenham raised £5,000 for the charity ‘We Can’t Wait’. In appreciation, the founder of the charity Mr Mark Balla called in on a trip from Australia to thank them. He told staff and students about how the charity is working hard to improve sanitation by providing toilets and developing an educational programme to rural areas in India. ‘We Can’t Wait’ has already provided over 200 toilets across India, but more are still needed.

The Housemistress of one of the girls’ Houses at Aldenham, Miss Jones, has worked closely with Mark and the charity, encouraging her students to get involved. Lots of fundraising projects by the girls, including cake sales, a stall at the ASPA Fireworks, donations and sponsorship for Miss Jones who ran the London Marathon, saw them hit this year’s target of £5,000. During his visit Mark thanked the girls and explained the impact that this amazing donation will make to the charity. He described how this initial sum has been used as leverage to encourage a Rotary Club in Canada to double this sum which in turn inspired one in Chicago to increase the amount to a total of £25,000. Altogether Mark has so far raised £170,000 for this particular project which is ready to roll out.

Later at a whole school assembly Mark was able to address staff and students from across the Senior School explaining the positive impact toilets and good sanitation has had on girls’ education which has resulted in vastly reduced dropout rates from schools.

It was certainly a powerful message which everyone took away with them.

Anyone wishing to get involved and make a donation to help the girls raise yet another £5,000 can do so at https://bit.ly/2WOjcD3

Also in General News

Staff --01featured-image-pi-day-2016
MAR 14, 2016

Pi Day at Aldenham

Aldenham students celebrated Pi Day 14th March ‘16 (rounded to 5 significant figures!) on with Year 6 pupils joining Year 11 to work through Pi related activities. The competition was fierce, but as the sun shone team work was the order of the day as they worked together to measure straight lengths with circular objects. […]

READ MORE Pi Day at Aldenham
Trips --01featured-image-Auschwitz-talk-Apr18
MAY 1, 2018

Students recall their visit to Auschwitz

In January, we ran an essay-writing competition for the Sixth Form. The title of the essay was ‘What is the benefit of Holocaust Education?’. The two winners of the competition would be given the opportunity to travel to Auschwitz Birkenau in February with the Holocaust Education Trust, and would have the chance to hear a […]

READ MORE Students recall their visit to Auschwitz
Trips 01featured-image-historians-in-Washington
NOV 3, 2019

Historians visit Washington

The History and Politics department took 20 students away for a History and Politics trip and they were all outstanding and gained a huge amount from the experience. They visited the WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War, Lincoln, Martin Luther King and Roosevelt memorials. They also had a tour of Congress and Arlington Cemetery, as well […]

READ MORE Historians visit Washington