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by Jenni Horn

jhorn@thekmgroup.co.uk

Pupils at a Gillingham school have helped map out a
brighter future for children in the Third World with their pocket
money.

Youngsters at Byron Primary School found an unusual way of
collecting cash for their partner school in Uganda.

The children created a map of Africa on the playground using spare
change brought from home. They also made a smaller map of Uganda,
made from £1 coins. Their efforts raised £400.

The money will help buy musical instruments, footballs and books
for Katine Primary School in north east Uganda. Two teachers at
Byron, Geoff Holder and Ali Crompton, will be teaching at the
school in the summer.

Mr Holder, who runs the charity School Connect, which has organised
the trip, said: “A group of teachers from eight schools across Kent
will be travelling to Uganda on July 20.

“They will be teaching in their partner schools for two-and-a- half
weeks. The trip has been funded by a grant from the British
Council.

“We wanted the children to bring in as many small coins, 1ps, 2ps
and 5ps, as they could spare and to make it fun we thought we would
draw a huge map of the continent on the playground and they could
put the coins on themselves.

“We thought it would give them a sense of the size of Africa and
where Uganda is.

“The shape of Africa is an iconic image which will hopefully stick
in their minds and remind them where their money is going.”