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Forty years ago Laurie Read, charity chairman, worked as a teacher in Sierra Leone before returning to the UK to take up medicine. His love for this little African country never left him. At that time, newly independent Sierra Leone was developing and full of promise for the future.
However, the subsequent years of dictatorship and civil war brought the country to its knees and made it difficult for Laurie keep in touch. Upon retiring from the NHS in 2005 he and his wife, Sue, made a visit to Sierra Leone to see whether he could work there as a surgeon. It also gave Laurie a chance to visit the Peninsula Secondary School where he had been principal and had taught science so many years earlier. He was horrified by what he found. As a direct result of that visit Waterloo Schools Charity was founded and its aim is to co-operate with the people of Waterloo in restoring and developing nursery, primary and secondary school education.
The work of the Charity
Waterloo Schools Charity works entirely through local organisations which represent the citizens of the town and the parents of children attending our three schools. These organisations include Waterloo District Council, the chiefs and elders of the township, the schools boards of governors and the Peninsula School Old Student's Association (POSA).
Many of the members of POSA were, in fact, students when Laurie was principal and now hold important positions in both Waterloo and Freetown. A working party of these past students organizes and supervises any project funded by the charity and is therefore our main partner.
Board of Trustees
- Mr. Laurence Read - Chairman
- Mr. Rodger Robertson - Treasurer
- Mrs. Marilyn Morris
- Mr. David Williams (in Sierra Leone)
- Mr. Morlai Kamara (in Sierra Leone)
Accountants: Gretton & Co, Middle Bouts, Bouts Lane, Inkberrow, Worcs WR7 4HP
Charity Income & Expenditure
Photos of our work
