If you would like to know more or become involved, please contact Ann Greenhalgh by email: or phone 01454 294200.
Our registered address is Burlton House, The Burltons, Cromhall, GL12 8BH
Dear Friends of CLinC,
Normally in March, I send a newsletter about term 1. However, this year, the start of term 1 was delayed until Feb 12th due to the cholera outbreak. It is planned to close schools on April 26th for just one week’s holiday and then back for term 2. Poor teachers!!
St Mark’s - For some time we have realized that the small building containing pit latrines, used by both school children and church members, was on its last legs! It is now considered unsafe to use. This leaves the school and church with just the two school toilets for everyone.
St Mark’s Church have been saving money for some time and have now asked CLinC to help with the building of a new toilet block - see photo.
We have agreed to help with this and we will send funds as and when available.
Early donations enabled us to send £1,000 earlier this month and I have already received copies of receipts to show how this was spent. The full cost is around £3600. A chart is attached showing the progress with raising the money.
Trustees decided that the profits from the Easter Coffee Morning would be given to this project. I apologise for not sending out, as promised, the poster for our Coffee Morning last week. The last few weeks have been busy and it slipped my mind!
Thank you to those of you who live close by and came anyway!!
In total we raised just over £400 from sales of crafts, jams, a tombola, children’s activities and refreshments. This will be sent along with the term 2 allowances in May.
St Anne’s - During the rainy season, heavy rain caused damage to the new classrooms, making them unsuitable to use. We asked for quotes to repair this damage and funds have been sent. Hopefully the classrooms will be back in use this week.
St Matthias and Modern City school - No news has been received from these schools, apart from the acknowledgement of the money we sent in January. We trust all is going well and we will receive their term 1 reports at the end of April.
There will be a newsletter once I receive the reports from all four schools.
Thank you all again for your continued support and interest in what we are trying to do.
Happy Easter to you all,
Ann, on behalf of trustees.
We are now in our 20th year and still going strong!
I hope you enjoy reading our Annual Report for 2023 and please pass it onto anyone you think would be interested in what we are doing.
Click here to read December's 2023's newsletter, and find out the charity's recent progress and plans for the future.
Thank you for your continued support and interest,
Ann, on behalf of trustees.
All children successfully passing their grade 7 examinations, move onto Chipata Primary School where they study for their grade 9 examinations. The pass rate is 100%.
Thirteen years ago, we agreed to pay for the grade 8-12 school fees, uniform and shoes for all children leaving St Anne’s and St Mark’s Community schools. There were just a handful each year. This cost around £100 per child.
As numbers of children grew in our schools, we were only able to cover the school fees for two years. This year we are supporting 101 grade 8 & 9 pupils.
In 2022, the government cancelled school fees for grade 8 & 9 which was a great help for the families as the cost of living, over the Covid years, had risen in a similar way as it has done here.
We send around £1,500 each January to enable these children to attend school for a further two years. The money is now spent on providing uniform, shoes and other required items.
Thank you to those long-term supporters who still give the annual £100. Your donations now help several children each year.
This is where the money went this year - on uniforms for 34 pupils. The uniforms are made by local businesses, supporting the local economy.
These are the leavers from St Mark’s School, proudly wearing the new outfits.
The other 67 pupils received sponsorship from Zebra Trust and this money was also spent on essential school requirements by Chipata Primary.
Ann - June 2023
Roy Greenhalgh died in March 2015 after living with cancer for 15 years. Roy was one of the founders of CLinC in 2004 and his enthusiasm and support will be greatly missed.
Roy made it very clear that he wanted the work of CLinC to continue.
The two classroom block built in Roy's memory at St Mark's Community School in Zambia is now completed and awaiting official opening by the Bishop.
In true Zambian style, there will be celebration party for all those who have worked on the project, along with the staff and students at the school.
Plans are now being drawn up for a toilet block to be added to the school.
Click here to see more photos of St Mark's School.
As well as the new classroom block, ClinC is supporting the Chazanga-Chipata Anglican Children’s Project in Lusaka.
This projects aims to give street children and orphans an education and prevent them from getting into trouble on the streets. Click here to read more.
Click here to download part of a study by a Zambian student at Ng'ombe.
CLinC (Changing Lives in Chongwe) is a small charity based in Cromhall, South Gloucestershire.
It was set up in 2004 to try to improve the educational, physical, health and spiritual well-being of the people of Zambia through selected projects. Read about how it started.
Our Charity Number is 1106904 and are trustees are:
Please note every penny we raise goes to the people of Zambia. All expenses claimed by trustees are re-donated in full and gift aided!
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