Can you help a Sidcot student get her gift to Ecuador in time for Christmas?
6th form student Charlotte Gerling from Sidcot School made full use of her summer holidays by travelling to Equador and volunteering in “Campamento Efrata” – a camp which gives children between the ages of 12 to 18 the chance to attend school. Daily routine for the 17 students at the camp includes getting up early in the morning, cleaning the house, having home-grown breakfast, harvesting yucca for lunch, Mathematics and English classes, and further work in the camp in the afternoon. During her time at the camp, Charlotte helped with the daily chores, taught basic English, shared stories about life in Europe, listened to their accounts of life in an Ecuadorian rainforest village, and visited their parents and many siblings. In one child’s case, home was a gruelling two hours walk along a river as there is no road, in the burning sun which is one of the reasons why the camp was created in the first place. Speaking about her time at the camp, Charlotte says, “At the beginning, I thought
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