Youngsters at a school in Aberdeen have managed to raise £4,000 to help bring clean water to Uganda.
The pupils at Riverbank Primary School took part in fundraising activities to collect the cash which will be used to build a water bore hole outside a school in Kamuli.
They were inspired to raise funds by Tillydrone Vision, a charity which aims to give youngsters in the area the chance to experience what life is like in Uganda and take part in projects to make improvements.
Yesterday chairwoman, Xanthe Mccamlie, popped into the school to pick up the donations form headteacher Susan Ironside.
Mrs Ironside said it was an “amazing feat” by the school.
She said: “Our fundraising included a Disney day for the whole school, a second hand toy sale, a Scottish themed café, and arts gallery with an auction and a sale of Christmas cards and decorations.”
“This has been an amazing feat by the school. Every pupil from primary one to primary seven has had some involvement and we are all thrilled that the well has been drilled and will soon be working. The whole school is talking about the pictures that we have seen from Uganda.”
Along with two of Riverbank’s teachers Mrs Ironside will head out to out to Uganda next week with a group from Tillydrone Vision.
They will visit the Township Primary School where the money will be used to give pupils a private supply of clean water.
Miss Mccamlie said the work with the school was a “great thing.”
She said: “We’ve been doing this for about eight years now and in that time have built a wall, bought a tractor, built a washroom, renovated and refitted a kitchen, and seen more than 30 young people from Tillydrone take part in the visits to Uganda.
“Everyone has come home changed and willing to do something to make a difference in the lives of some of the poorest people in the world.
“The partnership with Riverbank School and the successful drilling of a well for the kids in Township Primary is a great thing and I’m looking forward to seeing it for myself next week.”
