Head teacher Heidi Otranen, All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery and School Primary England of Church Saints All Otranen, Heidi teacher Head school’s achievement. school’s
involved!” get and wellies our on put to excited very all We’re it. about around Africa. You will get your own personalised part of the route, and a downloadable certificate recognising your your recognising certificate downloadable a and route, the of part personalised own your get will You Africa. around
and add the welly miles you walked to our interactive map, tracking our progress progress our tracking map, interactive our to walked you miles welly the add and www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk do can we something there’s together work we if that and
example, if 30 children and two teachers walk one mile, your total is 32 welly miles. Once you know your total, visit visit total, your know you Once miles. welly 32 is total your mile, one walk teachers two and children 30 if example,
are, they than fortunate less are world the in children
Calculate your welly miles by multiplying how far you walked by the number of pupils and staff taking part. For For part. taking staff and pupils of number the by walked you far how multiplying by miles welly your Calculate
some that appreciate to pupils the for way engaging
TOTTING UP YOUR TOTAL YOUR UP TOTTING
and fun really a is boot the hunger “Give
FOR GOOD. FOR on. got you how hear to you love we’d course, of And
@ 0440. 7430 020 calling by or farmafrica.org community on touch in get please materials more
HUNGER THE BOOT – BOOT THE HUNGER
any need or questions any have you if so way, the of step every you support to there be will We
FARMERS GIVE GIVE FARMERS
. as as possible. Alternatively you can make your donation online at at online donation your make can you Alternatively possible. www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk
HELP MORE AFRICAN MORE HELP 5. Collect the money your pupils raise and use the enclosed form to send us your donation as soon soon as donation your us send to form enclosed the use and raise pupils your money the Collect
SCHOOL RAISES WILL RAISES SCHOOL totaliser to help your pupils explore Africa. explore pupils your help to totaliser
Use our online resources, free lesson plans, DVD and the enclosed enclosed the and DVD plans, lesson free resources, online our Use 4. EVERY PENNY YOUR YOUR PENNY EVERY
release template. release
for helpful advice and a press press a and advice helpful for at guide www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk
taking part in the Great African Welly Walk. You can download a media media a download can You Walk. Welly African Great the in part taking
Your local paper will love to tell the community that your pupils are are pupils your that community the tell to love will paper local Your 3.
family to donate. to family
and hand out sponsor forms to your pupils so they can ask friends and friends ask can they so pupils your to forms sponsor out hand and
Send a letter or email to tell parents about the Great African Welly Walk Walk Welly African Great the about parents tell to email or letter a Send 2.
your route and work out how many welly miles your pupils will be walking. be will pupils your miles welly many how out work and route your
Choose a day in the autumn term to hold your sponsored walk, then plan plan then walk, sponsored your hold to term autumn the in day a Choose 1. their crops and prepare them for sale for them prepare and crops their
WALK IN FIVE EASY STEPS EASY FIVE IN WALK
warehouse where they can safely store safely can they where warehouse
£
1,000
could help a group of farmers build a a build farmers of group a help could
THE GREAT AFRICAN WELLY WELLY AFRICAN GREAT THE
crops healthy crops
season so they can learn how to keep their their keep to how learn can they so season
group of farmers throughout the growing growing the throughout farmers of group
£
500
could help provide on-going training to a a to training on-going provide help could
how to plant them them plant to how
4-5cm deep 4-5cm
for a demonstration plot, and teach farmers farmers teach and plot, demonstration a for
£
250
could help provide enough sweet potato vines vines potato sweet enough provide help could
for planting for
that farmers can use to prepare their land land their prepare to use can farmers that
£
50
could help provide tools like hoes and spades spades and hoes like tools provide help could
Beatrice, Gift and Lightness can go to school and always have enough to eat. eat. to enough have always and school to go can Lightness and Gift Beatrice,
autumn, you really will help farmers grow and sell enough crops so children like like children so crops enough sell and grow farmers help will really you autumn,
cross-country hike – it’s entirely up to you. to up entirely it’s – hike cross-country When you get your wellies on and set out on your Great African Welly Walk this this Walk Welly African Great your on out set and on wellies your get you When
You can walk around the playground, over the school field or go on a a on go or field school the over playground, the around walk can You
can grow and sell new crops, and feed their families. families. their feed and crops, new sell and grow can
Africa. Farm for money raise and wellies your in walk sponsored a do to need Thanks to schools like yours, our teams can help farmers to learn new skills so they they so skills new learn to farmers help can teams our yours, like schools to Thanks
To simply pupils your and you 2015, Walk Welly African Great the in part take
Farm Africa has been working with farmers in rural eastern Africa for over 30 years. years. 30 over for Africa eastern rural in farmers with working been has Africa Farm
to Zagazig, we want you to join us on the Great African Welly Walk 2015! 2015! Walk Welly African Great the on us join to you want we Zagazig, to
WELLIES CAN DO A WORLD OF GOOD OF WORLD A DO CAN WELLIES
will take them all the way around Africa. From Cairo to Cape Town, Zanzibar Zanzibar Town, Cape to Cairo From Africa. around way the all them take will
We want schools from all over the UK to take part in a sponsored walk that that walk sponsored a in part take to UK the over all from schools want We IS YOUR SCHOOL READY TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF THE GREAT GREAT THE OF CHALLENGE THE ON TAKE TO READY SCHOOL YOUR IS
THE GREAT
INSPIRING EDUCATION There are so many ways the Great African Welly Walk 2015 can be used to inspire your pupils in the classroom. From Geography to Science to Art, there are lots of useful and interesting teaching resources for you to use. 2015 Even better, each one has been designed to fit the school curriculum. You’ll find all these resources on our website www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk. MAKE A NOISE ABOUT HUNGER The press love to spread the word about schools’ welly walk events. They’ll want to make a big noise about how your pupils are helping African farmers to give hunger the boot by taking part in the Great African Welly Walk 2015, and the press coverage will be great for your school’s profile. You can download a media guide online at www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk which includes helpful advice and a simple press release template. You can also contact us at [email protected] or on 020 7430 0440 to find out how we can help spread the word about your fundraising. TELL THE WORLD ABOUT YOUR WELLIES We would love to hear about your Great African Welly Walk. If you have photos or videos from the day, please send them to [email protected] and we’ll add the best ones to our online gallery. And don’t forget to spread the news that you’re fundraising for Farm Africa on Facebook or Tweet us @FarmAfrica. SEE THE DIFFERENCE YOUR WELLIES CAN MAKE Farm Africa has produced a short film to show why your support is needed and the difference it can make. You can request a copy of the DVD to share with your pupils by contacting us at [email protected] or on 020 7430 0440.
“We held a welly walk around the school grounds as part of our harvest celebrations and we used the DVD in our KS1 assembly. ALL THE The resources Farm Africa provided were really helpful and WAY FROM helped the children learn more about Africa!” DAKAR TO Ms Joanna Greathead, Deputy Head, Milford Infants School DAKAR VIA DAR ES SALAAM AND DOUALA!
9th Floor T: 020 7430 0440 Bastion House F: 020 7430 0460 Registered charity no. 326901 140 London Wall E: info farmafrica.org Food and Agricultural Research @ Management Ltd is a company limited by London EC2Y 5DN W: www.farmafrica.org guarantee in England and Wales no. 01926828
school’s achievement. school’s
around Africa. You will get your own personalised part of the route, and a downloadable certificate recognising your your recognising certificate downloadable a and route, the of part personalised own your get will You Africa. around
and add the welly miles you walked to our interactive map, tracking our progress progress our tracking map, interactive our to walked you miles welly the add and www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk
example, if 30 children and two teachers walk one mile, your total is 32 welly miles. Once you know your total, visit visit total, your know you Once miles. welly 32 is total your mile, one walk teachers two and children 30 if example,
Calculate your welly miles by multiplying how far you walked by the number of pupils and staff taking part. For For part. taking staff and pupils of number the by walked you far how multiplying by miles welly your Calculate
TOTTING UP YOUR TOTAL YOUR UP TOTTING
on. got you how hear to you love we’d course, of And
@ 0440. 7430 020 calling by or farmafrica.org community on touch in get please materials more
any need or questions any have you if so way, the of step every you support to there be will We
. as possible. Alternatively Alternatively possible. as you can make your donation online at at online donation your make can you www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk
5. Collect the money your pupils raise and use the enclosed form to send us your donation as soon soon as donation your us send to form enclosed the use and raise pupils your money the Collect
totaliser to help your pupils explore Africa. explore pupils your help to totaliser
Use our online resources, free lesson plans, DVD and the enclosed enclosed the and DVD plans, lesson free resources, online our Use 4.
release template. release
for helpful advice and a press press a and advice helpful for at guide www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk
taking part in the Great African Welly Walk. You can download a media media a download can You Walk. Welly African Great the in part taking
Your local paper will love to tell the community that your pupils are are pupils your that community the tell to love will paper local Your 3.
family to donate. to family
and hand out sponsor forms to your pupils so they can ask friends and and friends ask can they so pupils your to forms sponsor out hand and
2. Send a letter or email to tell parents about the Great African Welly Walk Walk Welly African Great the about parents tell to email or letter a Send
your route and work out how many welly miles your pupils will be walking. walking. be will pupils your miles welly many how out work and route your
Choose a day in the autumn term to hold your sponsored walk, then plan plan then walk, sponsored your hold to term autumn the in day a Choose 1.
WALK IN FIVE EASY STEPS EASY FIVE IN WALK
THE GREAT AFRICAN WELLY WELLY AFRICAN GREAT THE
cross-country hike – it’s entirely up to you. to up entirely it’s – hike cross-country
You can walk around the playground, over the school field or go on a a on go or field school the over playground, the around walk can You
Africa. Farm for money raise and wellies your in walk sponsored a do to need
To simply pupils your and you 2015, Walk Welly African Great the in part take
to Zagazig, we want you to join us on the Great African Welly Walk 2015! 2015! Walk Welly African Great the on us join to you want we Zagazig, to
will take them all the way around Africa. From Cairo to Cape Town, Zanzibar Zanzibar Town, Cape to Cairo From Africa. around way the all them take will
We want schools from all over the UK to take part in a sponsored walk that that walk sponsored a in part take to UK the over all from schools want We IS YOUR SCHOOL READY TO TAKE ON THE THE ON TAKE TO READY SCHOOL YOUR IS
THE GREAT
INSPIRING EDUCATION There are so many ways the Great African Welly Walk 2015 can be used to inspire your pupils in the classroom. From Geography to Science to Art, there are lots of useful and interesting teaching resources for you to use. 2015 Even better, each one has been designed to fit the school curriculum. You’ll find all these resources on our website www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk. MAKE A NOISE ABOUT HUNGER The press love to spread the word about schools’ welly walk events. They’ll want to make a big noise about how your pupils are helping African farmers to give hunger the boot by taking part in the Great African Welly Walk 2015, and the press coverage will be great for your school’s profile. You can download a media guide online at www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk which includes helpful advice and a simple press release template. You can also contact us at [email protected] or on 020 7430 0440 to find out how we can help spread the word about your fundraising. TELL THE WORLD ABOUT YOUR WELLIES We would love to hear about your Great African Welly Walk. If you have photos or videos from the day, please send them to [email protected] and we’ll add the best ones to our online gallery. And don’t forget to spread the news that you’re fundraising for Farm Africa on Facebook or Tweet us @FarmAfrica. SEE THE DIFFERENCE YOUR WELLIES CAN MAKE Farm Africa has produced a short film to show why your support is needed and the difference it can make. You can request a copy of the DVD to share with your pupils by contacting us at [email protected] or on 020 7430 0440.
“We held a welly walk around the school grounds as part of our harvest celebrations and we used the DVD in our KS1 assembly. ALL THE The resources Farm Africa provided were really helpful and WAY FROM helped the children learn more about Africa!” DAKAR TO Ms Joanna Greathead, Deputy Head, Milford Infants School DAKAR VIA DAR ES SALAAM AND DOUALA!
9th Floor T: 020 7430 0440 Bastion House F: 020 7430 0460 Registered charity no. 326901 140 London Wall E: info farmafrica.org Food and Agricultural Research @ Management Ltd is a company limited by London EC2Y 5DN W: www.farmafrica.org guarantee in England and Wales no. 01926828
Head teacher Heidi Otranen, All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery and School Primary England of Church Saints All Otranen, Heidi teacher Head school’s achievement. school’s
involved!” get and wellies our on put to excited very all We’re it. about around Africa. You will get your own personalised part of the route, and a downloadable certificate recognising your your recognising certificate downloadable a and route, the of part personalised own your get will You Africa. around
and add the welly miles you walked to our interactive map, tracking our progress progress our tracking map, interactive our to walked you miles welly the add and www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk do can we something there’s together work we if that and
example, if 30 children and two teachers walk one mile, your total is 32 welly miles. Once you know your total, visit visit total, your know you Once miles. welly 32 is total your mile, one walk teachers two and children 30 if example,
are, they than fortunate less are world the in children
Calculate your welly miles by multiplying how far you walked by the number of pupils and staff taking part. For For part. taking staff and pupils of number the by walked you far how multiplying by miles welly your Calculate
some that appreciate to pupils the for way engaging
TOTTING UP YOUR TOTAL YOUR UP TOTTING
and fun really a is boot the hunger “Give
FOR GOOD. FOR on. got you how hear to you love we’d course, of And
@ 0440. 7430 020 calling by or farmafrica.org community on touch in get please materials more
HUNGER THE BOOT – BOOT THE HUNGER
any need or questions any have you if so way, the of step every you support to there be will We
FARMERS GIVE GIVE FARMERS
. as as possible. Alternatively you can make your donation online at at online donation your make can you Alternatively possible. www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk
HELP MORE AFRICAN MORE HELP 5. Collect the money your pupils raise and use the enclosed form to send us your donation as soon soon as donation your us send to form enclosed the use and raise pupils your money the Collect
SCHOOL RAISES WILL RAISES SCHOOL totaliser to help your pupils explore Africa. explore pupils your help to totaliser
Use our online resources, free lesson plans, DVD and the enclosed enclosed the and DVD plans, lesson free resources, online our Use 4. EVERY PENNY YOUR YOUR PENNY EVERY
release template. release
for helpful advice and a press press a and advice helpful for at guide www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk
taking part in the Great African Welly Walk. You can download a media media a download can You Walk. Welly African Great the in part taking
Your local paper will love to tell the community that your pupils are are pupils your that community the tell to love will paper local Your 3.
family to donate. to family
and hand out sponsor forms to your pupils so they can ask friends and friends ask can they so pupils your to forms sponsor out hand and
Send a letter or email to tell parents about the Great African Welly Walk Walk Welly African Great the about parents tell to email or letter a Send 2.
your route and work out how many welly miles your pupils will be walking. be will pupils your miles welly many how out work and route your
Choose a day in the autumn term to hold your sponsored walk, then plan plan then walk, sponsored your hold to term autumn the in day a Choose 1. their crops and prepare them for sale for them prepare and crops their
WALK IN FIVE EASY STEPS EASY FIVE IN WALK
warehouse where they can safely store safely can they where warehouse
£
1,000
could help a group of farmers build a a build farmers of group a help could
THE GREAT AFRICAN WELLY WELLY AFRICAN GREAT THE
crops healthy crops
season so they can learn how to keep their their keep to how learn can they so season
group of farmers throughout the growing growing the throughout farmers of group
£
500
could help provide on-going training to a a to training on-going provide help could
how to plant them them plant to how
4-5cm deep 4-5cm
for a demonstration plot, and teach farmers farmers teach and plot, demonstration a for
£
250
could help provide enough sweet potato vines vines potato sweet enough provide help could
for planting for
that farmers can use to prepare their land land their prepare to use can farmers that
£
50
could help provide tools like hoes and spades spades and hoes like tools provide help could
Beatrice, Gift and Lightness can go to school and always have enough to eat. eat. to enough have always and school to go can Lightness and Gift Beatrice,
autumn, you really will help farmers grow and sell enough crops so children like like children so crops enough sell and grow farmers help will really you autumn,
cross-country hike – it’s entirely up to you. to up entirely it’s – hike cross-country When you get your wellies on and set out on your Great African Welly Walk this this Walk Welly African Great your on out set and on wellies your get you When
You can walk around the playground, over the school field or go on a a on go or field school the over playground, the around walk can You
can grow and sell new crops, and feed their families. families. their feed and crops, new sell and grow can
Africa. Farm for money raise and wellies your in walk sponsored a do to need Thanks to schools like yours, our teams can help farmers to learn new skills so they they so skills new learn to farmers help can teams our yours, like schools to Thanks
To simply pupils your and you 2015, Walk Welly African Great the in part take
Farm Africa has been working with farmers in rural eastern Africa for over 30 years. years. 30 over for Africa eastern rural in farmers with working been has Africa Farm
to Zagazig, we want you to join us on the Great African Welly Walk 2015! 2015! Walk Welly African Great the on us join to you want we Zagazig, to
WELLIES CAN DO A WORLD OF GOOD OF WORLD A DO CAN WELLIES
will take them all the way around Africa. From Cairo to Cape Town, Zanzibar Zanzibar Town, Cape to Cairo From Africa. around way the all them take will
We want schools from all over the UK to take part in a sponsored walk that that walk sponsored a in part take to UK the over all from schools want We IS YOUR SCHOOL READY TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF THE GREAT GREAT THE OF CHALLENGE THE ON TAKE TO READY SCHOOL YOUR IS
THE GREAT
INSPIRING EDUCATION There are so many ways the Great African Welly Walk 2015 can be used to inspire your pupils in the classroom. From Geography to Science to Art, there are lots of useful and interesting teaching resources for you to use. 2015 Even better, each one has been designed to fit the school curriculum. You’ll find all these resources on our website www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk. MAKE A NOISE ABOUT HUNGER The press love to spread the word about schools’ welly walk events. They’ll want to make a big noise about how your pupils are helping African farmers to give hunger the boot by taking part in the Great African Welly Walk 2015, and the press coverage will be great for your school’s profile. You can download a media guide online at www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk which includes helpful advice and a simple press release template. You can also contact us at [email protected] or on 020 7430 0440 to find out how we can help spread the word about your fundraising. TELL THE WORLD ABOUT YOUR WELLIES We would love to hear about your Great African Welly Walk. If you have photos or videos from the day, please send them to [email protected] and we’ll add the best ones to our online gallery. And don’t forget to spread the news that you’re fundraising for Farm Africa on Facebook or Tweet us @FarmAfrica. SEE THE DIFFERENCE YOUR WELLIES CAN MAKE Farm Africa has produced a short film to show why your support is needed and the difference it can make. You can request a copy of the DVD to share with your pupils by contacting us at [email protected] or on 020 7430 0440.
“We held a welly walk around the school grounds as part of our harvest celebrations and we used the DVD in our KS1 assembly. ALL THE The resources Farm Africa provided were really helpful and WAY FROM helped the children learn more about Africa!” DAKAR TO Ms Joanna Greathead, Deputy Head, Milford Infants School DAKAR VIA DAR ES SALAAM AND DOUALA!
9th Floor T: 020 7430 0440 Bastion House F: 020 7430 0460 Registered charity no. 326901 140 London Wall E: info farmafrica.org Food and Agricultural Research @ Management Ltd is a company limited by London EC2Y 5DN W: www.farmafrica.org guarantee in England and Wales no. 01926828
Head teacher Heidi Otranen, All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery and School Primary England of Church Saints All Otranen, Heidi teacher Head school’s achievement. school’s
involved!” get and wellies our on put to excited very all We’re it. about around Africa. You will get your own personalised part of the route, and a downloadable certificate recognising your your recognising certificate downloadable a and route, the of part personalised own your get will You Africa. around
and add the welly miles you walked to our interactive map, tracking our progress progress our tracking map, interactive our to walked you miles welly the add and www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk do can we something there’s together work we if that and
example, if 30 children and two teachers walk one mile, your total is 32 welly miles. Once you know your total, visit visit total, your know you Once miles. welly 32 is total your mile, one walk teachers two and children 30 if example,
are, they than fortunate less are world the in children
Calculate your welly miles by multiplying how far you walked by the number of pupils and staff taking part. For For part. taking staff and pupils of number the by walked you far how multiplying by miles welly your Calculate
some that appreciate to pupils the for way engaging
TOTTING UP YOUR TOTAL YOUR UP TOTTING
and fun really a is boot the hunger “Give
FOR GOOD. FOR on. got you how hear to you love we’d course, of And
@ 0440. 7430 020 calling by or farmafrica.org community on touch in get please materials more
HUNGER THE BOOT – BOOT THE HUNGER
any need or questions any have you if so way, the of step every you support to there be will We
FARMERS GIVE GIVE FARMERS
. as possible. possible. as Alternatively you can make your donation online at at online donation your make can you Alternatively www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk
HELP MORE AFRICAN MORE HELP 5. Collect the money your pupils raise and use the enclosed form to send us your donation as soon soon as donation your us send to form enclosed the use and raise pupils your money the Collect
SCHOOL RAISES WILL RAISES SCHOOL totaliser to help your pupils explore Africa. explore pupils your help to totaliser
Use our online resources, free lesson plans, DVD and the enclosed enclosed the and DVD plans, lesson free resources, online our Use 4. EVERY PENNY YOUR YOUR PENNY EVERY
release template. release
for helpful advice and a press press a and advice helpful for at guide www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk
taking part in the Great African Welly Walk. You can download a media media a download can You Walk. Welly African Great the in part taking
Your local paper will love to tell the community that your pupils are are pupils your that community the tell to love will paper local Your 3.
family to donate. to family
and hand out sponsor forms to your pupils so they can ask friends and and friends ask can they so pupils your to forms sponsor out hand and
2. Send a letter or email to tell parents about the Great African Welly Walk Walk Welly African Great the about parents tell to email or letter a Send
your route and work out how many welly miles your pupils will be walking. walking. be will pupils your miles welly many how out work and route your
Choose a day in the autumn term to hold your sponsored walk, then plan plan then walk, sponsored your hold to term autumn the in day a Choose 1. their crops and prepare them for sale for them prepare and crops their
WALK IN FIVE EASY STEPS EASY FIVE IN WALK
warehouse where they can safely store store safely can they where warehouse
£
1,000
could help a group of farmers build a a build farmers of group a help could
THE GREAT AFRICAN WELLY WELLY AFRICAN GREAT THE
crops healthy crops
season so they can learn how to keep their their keep to how learn can they so season
group of farmers throughout the growing growing the throughout farmers of group
£
500
could help provide on-going training to a a to training on-going provide help could
how to plant them them plant to how
4-5cm deep 4-5cm
for a demonstration plot, and teach farmers farmers teach and plot, demonstration a for
£
250
could help provide enough sweet potato vines vines potato sweet enough provide help could
for planting for
that farmers can use to prepare their land land their prepare to use can farmers that
£
50
could help provide tools like hoes and spades spades and hoes like tools provide help could
Beatrice, Gift and Lightness can go to school and always have enough to eat. eat. to enough have always and school to go can Lightness and Gift Beatrice,
autumn, you really will help farmers grow and sell enough crops so children like like children so crops enough sell and grow farmers help will really you autumn,
cross-country hike – it’s entirely up to you. to up entirely it’s – hike cross-country When you get your wellies on and set out on your Great African Welly Walk this this Walk Welly African Great your on out set and on wellies your get you When
You can walk around the playground, over the school field or go on a a on go or field school the over playground, the around walk can You
can grow and sell new crops, and feed their families. families. their feed and crops, new sell and grow can
Africa. Farm for money raise and wellies your in walk sponsored a do to need Thanks to schools like yours, our teams can help farmers to learn new skills so they they so skills new learn to farmers help can teams our yours, like schools to Thanks
To simply pupils your and you 2015, Walk Welly African Great the in part take
Farm Africa has been working with farmers in rural eastern Africa for over 30 years. years. 30 over for Africa eastern rural in farmers with working been has Africa Farm
to Zagazig, we want you to join us on the Great African Welly Walk 2015! 2015! Walk Welly African Great the on us join to you want we Zagazig, to
WELLIES CAN DO A WORLD OF GOOD OF WORLD A DO CAN WELLIES
will take them all the way around Africa. From Cairo to Cape Town, Zanzibar Zanzibar Town, Cape to Cairo From Africa. around way the all them take will
We want schools from all over the UK to take part in a sponsored walk that that walk sponsored a in part take to UK the over all from schools want We IS YOUR SCHOOL READY TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF THE GREAT GREAT THE OF CHALLENGE THE ON TAKE TO READY SCHOOL YOUR IS
THE GREAT
INSPIRING EDUCATION There are so many ways the Great African Welly Walk 2015 can be used to inspire your pupils in the classroom. From Geography to Science to Art, there are lots of useful and interesting teaching resources for you to use. 2015 Even better, each one has been designed to fit the school curriculum. You’ll find all these resources on our website www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk. MAKE A NOISE ABOUT HUNGER The press love to spread the word about schools’ welly walk events. They’ll want to make a big noise about how your pupils are helping African farmers to give hunger the boot by taking part in the Great African Welly Walk 2015, and the press coverage will be great for your school’s profile. You can download a media guide online at www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk which includes helpful advice and a simple press release template. You can also contact us at [email protected] or on 020 7430 0440 to find out how we can help spread the word about your fundraising. TELL THE WORLD ABOUT YOUR WELLIES We would love to hear about your Great African Welly Walk. If you have photos or videos from the day, please send them to [email protected] and we’ll add the best ones to our online gallery. And don’t forget to spread the news that you’re fundraising for Farm Africa on Facebook or Tweet us @FarmAfrica. SEE THE DIFFERENCE YOUR WELLIES CAN MAKE Farm Africa has produced a short film to show why your support is needed and the difference it can make. You can request a copy of the DVD to share with your pupils by contacting us at [email protected] or on 020 7430 0440.
“We held a welly walk around the school grounds as part of our harvest celebrations and we used the DVD in our KS1 assembly. ALL THE The resources Farm Africa provided were really helpful and WAY FROM helped the children learn more about Africa!” DAKAR TO Ms Joanna Greathead, Deputy Head, Milford Infants School DAKAR VIA DAR ES SALAAM AND DOUALA!
9th Floor T: 020 7430 0440 Bastion House F: 020 7430 0460 Registered charity no. 326901 140 London Wall E: info farmafrica.org Food and Agricultural Research @ Management Ltd is a company limited by London EC2Y 5DN W: www.farmafrica.org guarantee in England and Wales no. 01926828 THE GREAT WE’RE TAKING OUR WELLIES ON A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY AROUND AFRICA! It’s time to go exploring around Africa. What crops will we see growing? What landmarks can we discover? Which animals do we recognise? Who will we meet on the way? And how much money will we raise to help African farmers give hunger the boot?
2015 could help provide tools like hoes £50 and spades that farmers can use to prepare their land for planting
Algiers Tunis
Rabat Dama gazelle Tunisia Morocco Tripoli Cairo
Egypt Algeria Africa’s largest country Sahara Desert covers most of North Africa The The Great Pyramids River Nile - longest Libya river Western in the Sahara world Longest train in START Africa - almost 3km! Mali Khartoum - Arabic for elephant trunk
Chad Nourakchott Mauritania Livestock are Eritrea The miraculous a key source Moringa tree Khartoum Senegal Niger of income Asmara Dakar Baobab tree Niamey Banjul Sudan Gambia Bamako Farm Africa Burkina Ouagadougou helps farmers Guinea-Bissau earn a living by Djibouti Faso N’Djamena growing and Guinea Nigeria selling peppers Conakry Benin Sierra Abuja Addis Ababa Somalia Freetown Ivory Coast Central Leone Togo Ethiopia Oldest known Endangered Ghana South Sudan fossils of modern pygmy hippo African Yamoussoukro Farm Africa humans - dated Monrovia The world’s helps women at 160,000 years Accra Main export - cocoa Republic youngest Juba start goat- Liberia country rearing Cameroon Bangui businesses Malabo Farm Africa Kenya Democratic helps farmers Mogadishu grow peanuts Uganda Equitorial-Guinea Republic of Congo and beans Libreville Kampala Equator Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest YOUR lake: a rich source of fish Gabon Rwanda to eat and sell Nairobi Republic of Kigali FUNDRAISING the Congo Bujumbura Brazzaville Democratic Republic Burundi Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s of Congo is the poorest highest mountain TARGET Kinshasa Coffee country in the world Farm Africa helps Dodoma Zanzibar forest communities WELLY earn a living by selling honey Tanzania Nehemia, Maria and their three children live in the Luanda Morogoro region of Tanzania
Lake Malawi covers 20% of the Decide your fundraising target and add it country to the final welly on your map. Then work Malawi out how much each welly is ‘worth’. £10? Lilongwe Giant sable Angola Zambia £25? £50? – and colour one in each time antelope Lusaka Victoria you raise one welly’s worth of donations. Falls Cotton
Harare Antananarivo Zimbabwe
Highest sand dune in the world could help a group of farmers Namibia Mozambique Madagascar build a warehouse where they can Botswana £1,000 Windhoek safely store their crops and prepare Gaborone Africa’s biggest grapefruit producer Maputo them for sale Pretoria Swaziland
Kruger National Park Lesotho could help provide on-going training (Republic of) £500 to a group of farmers throughout the South Africa growing season so they can learn how could help provide enough sweet to keep their crops healthy Table Mountain £250 potato vines for a demonstration plot, and teach farmers how to plant them THE GREAT WE’RE TAKING OUR WELLIES ON A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY AROUND AFRICA! It’s time to go exploring around Africa. What crops will we see growing? What landmarks can we discover? Which animals do we recognise? Who will we meet on the way? And how much money will we raise to help African farmers give hunger the boot?
2015 could help provide tools like hoes £50 and spades that farmers can use to prepare their land for planting
Algiers Tunis
Rabat Dama gazelle Tunisia Morocco Tripoli Cairo
Egypt Algeria Africa’s largest country Sahara Desert covers most of North Africa The The Great Pyramids River Nile - longest Libya river Western in the Sahara world Longest train in START Africa - almost 3km! Mali Khartoum - Arabic for elephant trunk
Chad Nourakchott Mauritania Livestock are Eritrea The miraculous a key source Moringa tree Khartoum Senegal Niger of income Asmara Dakar Baobab tree Niamey Banjul Sudan Gambia Bamako Farm Africa Burkina Ouagadougou helps farmers Guinea-Bissau earn a living by Djibouti Faso N’Djamena growing and Guinea Nigeria selling peppers Conakry Benin Sierra Abuja Addis Ababa Somalia Freetown Ivory Coast Central Leone Togo Ethiopia Oldest known Endangered Ghana South Sudan fossils of modern pygmy hippo African Yamoussoukro Farm Africa humans - dated Monrovia The world’s helps women at 160,000 years Accra Main export - cocoa Republic youngest Juba start goat- Liberia country rearing Cameroon Bangui businesses Malabo Farm Africa Kenya Democratic helps farmers Mogadishu grow peanuts Uganda Equitorial-Guinea Republic of Congo and beans Libreville Kampala Equator Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest YOUR lake: a rich source of fish Gabon Rwanda to eat and sell Nairobi Republic of Kigali FUNDRAISING the Congo Bujumbura Brazzaville Democratic Republic Burundi Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s of Congo is the poorest highest mountain TARGET Kinshasa Coffee country in the world Farm Africa helps Dodoma Zanzibar forest communities WELLY earn a living by selling honey Tanzania Nehemia, Maria and their three children live in the Luanda Morogoro region of Tanzania
Lake Malawi covers 20% of the Decide your fundraising target and add it country to the final welly on your map. Then work Malawi out how much each welly is ‘worth’. £10? Lilongwe Giant sable Angola Zambia £25? £50? – and colour one in each time antelope Lusaka Victoria you raise one welly’s worth of donations. Falls Cotton
Harare Antananarivo Zimbabwe
Highest sand dune in the world could help a group of farmers Namibia Mozambique Madagascar build a warehouse where they can Botswana £1,000 Windhoek safely store their crops and prepare Gaborone Africa’s biggest grapefruit producer Maputo them for sale Pretoria Swaziland
Kruger National Park Lesotho could help provide on-going training (Republic of) £500 to a group of farmers throughout the South Africa growing season so they can learn how could help provide enough sweet to keep their crops healthy Table Mountain £250 potato vines for a demonstration plot, and teach farmers how to plant them THE GREAT WE’RE TAKING OUR WELLIES ON A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY AROUND AFRICA! It’s time to go exploring around Africa. What crops will we see growing? What landmarks can we discover? Which animals do we recognise? Who will we meet on the way? And how much money will we raise to help African farmers give hunger the boot?
2015 could help provide tools like hoes £50 and spades that farmers can use to prepare their land for planting
Algiers Tunis
Rabat Dama gazelle Tunisia Morocco Tripoli Cairo
Egypt Algeria Africa’s largest country Sahara Desert covers most of North Africa The The Great Pyramids River Nile - longest Libya river Western in the Sahara world Longest train in START Africa - almost 3km! Mali Khartoum - Arabic for elephant trunk
Chad Nourakchott Mauritania Livestock are Eritrea The miraculous a key source Moringa tree Khartoum Senegal Niger of income Asmara Dakar Baobab tree Niamey Banjul Sudan Gambia Bamako Farm Africa Burkina Ouagadougou helps farmers Guinea-Bissau earn a living by Djibouti Faso N’Djamena growing and Guinea Nigeria selling peppers Conakry Benin Sierra Abuja Addis Ababa Somalia Freetown Ivory Coast Central Leone Togo Ethiopia Oldest known Endangered Ghana South Sudan fossils of modern pygmy hippo African Yamoussoukro Farm Africa humans - dated Monrovia The world’s helps women at 160,000 years Accra Main export - cocoa Republic youngest Juba start goat- Liberia country rearing Cameroon Bangui businesses Malabo Farm Africa Kenya Democratic helps farmers Mogadishu grow peanuts Uganda Equitorial-Guinea Republic of Congo and beans Libreville Kampala Equator Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest YOUR lake: a rich source of fish Gabon Rwanda to eat and sell Nairobi Republic of Kigali FUNDRAISING the Congo Bujumbura Brazzaville Democratic Republic Burundi Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s of Congo is the poorest highest mountain TARGET Kinshasa Coffee country in the world Farm Africa helps Dodoma Zanzibar forest communities WELLY earn a living by selling honey Tanzania Nehemia, Maria and their three children live in the Luanda Morogoro region of Tanzania
Lake Malawi covers 20% of the Decide your fundraising target and add it country to the final welly on your map. Then work Malawi out how much each welly is ‘worth’. £10? Lilongwe Giant sable Angola Zambia £25? £50? – and colour one in each time antelope Lusaka Victoria you raise one welly’s worth of donations. Falls Cotton
Harare Antananarivo Zimbabwe
Highest sand dune in the world could help a group of farmers Namibia Mozambique Madagascar build a warehouse where they can Botswana £1,000 Windhoek safely store their crops and prepare Gaborone Africa’s biggest grapefruit producer Maputo them for sale Pretoria Swaziland
Kruger National Park Lesotho could help provide on-going training (Republic of) £500 to a group of farmers throughout the South Africa growing season so they can learn how could help provide enough sweet to keep their crops healthy Table Mountain £250 potato vines for a demonstration plot, and teach farmers how to plant them THE GREAT WE’RE TAKING OUR WELLIES ON A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY AROUND AFRICA! It’s time to go exploring around Africa. What crops will we see growing? What landmarks can we discover? Which animals do we recognise? Who will we meet on the way? And how much money will we raise to help African farmers give hunger the boot?
2015 could help provide tools like hoes £50 and spades that farmers can use to prepare their land for planting
Algiers Tunis
Rabat Dama gazelle Tunisia Morocco Tripoli Cairo
Egypt Algeria Africa’s largest country Sahara Desert covers most of North Africa The The Great Pyramids River Nile - longest Libya river Western in the Sahara world Longest train in START Africa - almost 3km! Mali Khartoum - Arabic for elephant trunk
Chad Nourakchott Mauritania Livestock are Eritrea The miraculous a key source Moringa tree Khartoum Senegal Niger of income Asmara Dakar Baobab tree Niamey Banjul Sudan Gambia Bamako Farm Africa Burkina Ouagadougou helps farmers Guinea-Bissau earn a living by Djibouti Faso N’Djamena growing and Guinea Nigeria selling peppers Conakry Benin Sierra Abuja Addis Ababa Somalia Freetown Ivory Coast Central Leone Togo Ethiopia Oldest known Endangered Ghana South Sudan fossils of modern pygmy hippo African Yamoussoukro Farm Africa humans - dated Monrovia The world’s helps women at 160,000 years Accra Main export - cocoa Republic youngest Juba start goat- Liberia country rearing Cameroon Bangui businesses Malabo Farm Africa Kenya Democratic helps farmers Mogadishu grow peanuts Uganda Equitorial-Guinea Republic of Congo and beans Libreville Kampala Equator Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest YOUR lake: a rich source of fish Gabon Rwanda to eat and sell Nairobi Republic of Kigali FUNDRAISING the Congo Bujumbura Brazzaville Democratic Republic Burundi Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s of Congo is the poorest highest mountain TARGET Kinshasa Coffee country in the world Farm Africa helps Dodoma Zanzibar forest communities WELLY earn a living by selling honey Tanzania Nehemia, Maria and their three children live in the Luanda Morogoro region of Tanzania
Lake Malawi covers 20% of the Decide your fundraising target and add it country to the final welly on your map. Then work Malawi out how much each welly is ‘worth’. £10? Lilongwe Giant sable Angola Zambia £25? £50? – and colour one in each time antelope Lusaka Victoria you raise one welly’s worth of donations. Falls Cotton
Harare Antananarivo Zimbabwe
Highest sand dune in the world could help a group of farmers Namibia Mozambique Madagascar build a warehouse where they can Botswana £1,000 Windhoek safely store their crops and prepare Gaborone Africa’s biggest grapefruit producer Maputo them for sale Pretoria Swaziland
Kruger National Park Lesotho could help provide on-going training (Republic of) £500 to a group of farmers throughout the South Africa growing season so they can learn how could help provide enough sweet to keep their crops healthy Table Mountain £250 potato vines for a demonstration plot, and teach farmers how to plant them WHERE WILL YOUR WELLIES TAKE YOU?
More welly-themed fundraising ideas for the whole school to enjoy! There are so many Combine as fun and easy ways many ideas as you like to make your school can help a whole welly African farmers give day of it! hunger the boot...
WELLY GOOD CAKES Can you make some welly shaped biscuits? Or how about some welly-themed cakes? Your class could bring WEAR YOUR WELLIES them in from home or make A welly-themed non-uniform them at school, and have a day is a simple way to cake sale at lunchtime. raise money. Alternatively, WELLY WANGING everyone could make a donation to wear their Make a donation to take part wellies to school one day! and find out who can throw their wellies the furthest! You BOOT-IFUL BOOTS could get parents involved in a Get out the glitter, glue and welly wanging competition too. paints and ask your pupils to decorate their wellies. Who WELLY-THEMED can create the coolest wellies? HARVEST ASSEMBLY The most glam wellies? The Harvest is a time to give sportiest wellies? Children can thanks for the fruit and donate to take part and you can vegetables we eat. But for exhibit the wellies afterwards. farmers in Africa, it can be a time of despair. Use your Harvest assembly as FILL YOUR BOOTS Wellies can make a great a chance to give hunger collection box. How much the boot by bringing in an small change will you collect extra special donation for in one welly? Or two? Or Farm Africa. You could three? Perhaps each class even include some of our could try and fill a welly. Who fun welly ideas in your will raise the most money? assembly too!
“The children and staff here at Billesdon loved raising money and awareness for Farm Africa. Everybody enjoyed the cake sale at playtime and we all enjoyed walking the 10 laps of the school field. Each class also completed an activity from your lesson plans. Overall, a great experience!” Sarah McNeil, Billesdon Primary School
If you need any help or advice about fundraising then please get in touch. You can email us at [email protected], call on 020 7430 0440 or visit our website at www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk.
Registered charity no. 326901 I’M JOINING FARM AFRICA’S GREAT AFRICAN WELLY WALK 2015. PLEASE SPONSOR ME! Children in Tanzania are going to bed hungry, and their parents can’t afford to send them to secondary school. But if these families start growing and selling orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, they will have nutritious meals every day, and a reliable source of income. I’m helping them get started by doing a sponsored walk in my wellies on……………………….………. for Farm Africa. My welly miles and all the welly miles of everyone who joins in, all over the UK, will be added together – and we’re hoping to walk all the way around Africa!
.I’m . . . .fundraising ...... for. . . . .Farm ...... Africa ...... because ......
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.Name ...... of. . . welly...... walker......
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Pledge Total Gift Full name of sponsor Sponsor’s home address including postcode Date (We need your full name (We need your home address to claim Gift Aid. per mile pledged Aid?* collected to claim Gift Aid) We cannot use a business, school or university address) (£) (£) (Y/N) Ms Mary Smith 12 Mill Lane, London AB3 4JD £2 £10 Yes 1..5 .15
To ensure we are able to claim Gift Aid on your donation, please ensure you give us your full name including your title, and your home address including postcode. We will only use this information to claim Gift Aid and will not add you to our mailing list.
* If I have ticked the box headed ‘Gift Aid?’ I confirm that I am a UK Income or Capital Gains taxpayer. I have read this statement and want Farm Africa to reclaim tax on the donation detailed above, given on the date shown. I understand that I must pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax in the tax year at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for that tax year. I understand that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. I understand Farm Africa will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that I have given.
Please collect up all your sponsorship money and give it to your teacher to send to Farm Africa. Please remember that you should only collect sponsorship money from people you know. If you are not sure, then ask a parent or teacher. www.farmafrica.org Registered charity no. 326901 THE GREAT
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Give hunger the boot this autumn! Take part in the The Great African Welly Walk and help families in Africa look forward to a future free from hunger www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk @FarmAfrica
Farm Africa is a registered charity no. 326901 THE GREAT
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HOW YOUR SCHOOL CAN The money NehemiaNehemia earns earns from from selling selling his his sweet sweet potatoes potatoes will will help help him him pay payfor secondaryfor secondary school school for Beatrice for and herBeatrice sisters. and And her by sisters. starting And the byday starting with a breakfast the day with of sweet a breakfast potatoes, of thesweet three potatoes, girls will the have three enough girls energy will have to be ableenough to concentrate energy to be at ableschool. to concentrate at school. HELP A FAMILY LIKE THE FESTOS. We want toto setset up up demonstration demonstration plots plots where where Nehemia Nehemia and and the the other other farmers farmers in his in communityhis community can learncan learn practical skillspractical that skillsthey can that use they on can their use own on farms. their ownOn their farms. plots, On they their can plots, test they different can testcrops different and varieties crops to and see varieties which onesto see grow which best. ones grow best. If you andand youryour pupilspupils can can raise raise £250, £250, you you could could help help provide provide enough enough sweet sweet potato potato vines vines for for a demonstration a demonstration plot, plot, and help us teach farmers how to plant them. “I WILL ENCOURAGE MY and help us teach farmers how to plant them. FAMILY TO EAT ORANGE- The money your pupilspupils raiseraise couldcould also also help help us us provide provide on-going on-going training training to to farmers farmers throughout throughout the the growing growing season, so they can learn how to keep their crops healthy. And we’ll also help farmers sell their new crops FLESHED SWEET season, so they can learn how to keep their crops healthy. And we’ll also help farmers sell their new crops for a Nehemia Festo goodfor a goodprice. price. and his wife POTATOES NOW THAT I Maria with their KNOW THE NUTRITIONAL But farmers like like Nehemia Nehemia can can only only learn learn how how to togrow grow these exciting exciting new new crops crops that that could could transform transform their their lives lives with with three children Farm Africa’s help. And that’s why I hope you and your pupils will take on the challenge to help us walk our Beatrice, Gift BENEFITS. I THINK Farm Africa’s help. And that’s why I hope you and your pupils will take on the challenge to help us walk our wellies and Lightness allwellies the way all thearound way Africa. around Africa. GROWING THEM WILL Are you ready to explore Africa? Are you ready to explore Africa? I’ve enclosed a totaliser poster for your classroom wall. It’s an exciting Beatrice, Gift and Lightness live with their father Nehemia and MEAN MY CHILDREN I’veand enclosedinteractive a waytotaliser for you poster and your for yourpupils classroom to explore wall. the African It’s an continent,exciting and and interactive will also help way you for trackyou and your your their mother Maria in the Morogoro region of Tanzania. Nehemia is WILL FURTHER THEIR pupilsfundraising to explore progress. the African continent, and will also help you track your fundraising progress. a farmer. He grows maize to feed his family, and tomatoes and EDUCATION.” sesame to sell. However, pests frequently destroy his crops. What It really couldn’tcouldn’t be be easier easier to to take take part part in inthe the Great Great African African Welly Welly Walk. Walk. You You can candownload download everything everything you need you to Nehemia Festo, Tanzania he has left over he sells for a low price to passing traders. needhelp African to help farmers African givefarmers hunger give the hunger boot this the Harvest boot at atwww.farmafrica.org/wellywalk. www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk. Here you’llyou’ll find find curriculum-linkedcurriculum-linked educational educational resources, resources, as aswell wellas lotsas lots of fundraising of fundraising ideas ideas to help to raisehelp youas much As a result, Nehemia struggles to feed his daughters three meals raiseas possible. as much You as can possible. also order You a cancopy also of our order DVD a andcopy free of ourstickers DVD forand your free pupils. stickers If there for your is anything pupils. elseIf there you need a day. Beatrice, Gift and Lightness often go to bed hungry. isor anythingif you have else any you questions, need or please if you lethave me any know. questions, We’d love please to hear let how me know.you’re We’dplanning love to to help hear African how you’re farmers give Nehemia’s eldest daughter Beatrice is 11 years old. Like most planninghunger the to boot help and African what farmerswe can do give to help.hunger the boot and what we can do to help. children her age she is excited at the prospect of starting The money youryour pupils pupils raise raise will will mean mean more more children children like like Beatrice Beatrice can can enjoy enjoy healthy healthy and andtasty tasty food foodevery every day, andday, secondary school. However, in Tanzania you must pay school fees andcomplete complete their theireducation. education. Thank Thank you. you. to attend secondary school. And Nehemia worries that, unless he can find a way to earn more from his land, Beatrice won’t be able Yours sincerely,sincerely, to finish her education. We’re teaching Nehemia and his fellow farmers to grow and sell the orange-fleshed sweet potato – a healthy ‘superfood’ that will Sarah Goddard,Goddard transform their lives. Community Fundraising Manager The pests that destroy his maize, sesame and tomatoes don’t tend
We are here to support you every step of the way. If you have any questions or need any www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk more materials please get in touch on [email protected] or by calling 020 7430 0440. Registered charity no. 326901 And of course, we’d love to hear how you got on.
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Email* Dear personalised,personalised, *We’d like to email you to let your school know how you are changing lives in Africa. If you would like to hear from us, please fill in your email address above. You can unsubscribe at any time. How far cancan youryour pupils pupils walk walk during during break break time? time? Once Once around around the the playground? playground? Twice Twice around around the school the school field? field?How about How all about the wayall thearound way Africa?around Africa? This Harvestautumn, Festival, your pupils your can pupils help can farming help farming families families in Africa in Africa to give to hunger give hunger the boot the bootby taking by taking on the on the LET US KNOW YOUR FEEDBACK Great AfricanAfrican Welly Welly Walk Walk challenge. challenge. We’d love to know more about your school, and why you have chosen to support Farm Africa. Please fill in this short Last year,Harvest, schools schools across and thechurches country across raised the over country £94,000 came for Farm together Africa to raise– money over that £166,000 is already for Farm helping Africa farmers – survey or enter your feedback online on our website. It should only take a few minutes and will help us improve your inmoney eastern that Africa is already learn helping new skills African and farmersgrow new learn crops new so skills,they can grow feed new their crops families and feed now theirand infamilies the future. both now future fundraising experience. Thank you! and in the future. But there are still so many families that need our help. Every night in Africa, thousands of children the Who is the key contact for fundraising activities at your school and Did you use our online resources? Yes No sameBut there age are as yourstill so pupils many are families still going that need to bed our hungry help. Every because night their in eastern families Africa, simply thousands haven’t ofbeen children able tothe what is their role? If yes, which ones were the most useful? (please tick all that apply) providesame age them as your with pupils enough are food. still going to bed hungry because their families simply haven’t been able to provide Lesson plans Media toolkit them with enough food. Name That’s why this year we really hope you’ll join us and take on the Great African Welly Walk challenge. We Assembly ideas Farm Africa film Role wantThat’s to why take this our Harvest wellies we all really the way hope around you’ll join Africa, us and and take help on farmers the Great across African eastern Welly AfricaWalk challenge. to feed their We want Welly miles website Posters familiesto take our and wellies educate all thetheir way children. around Africa, and help farmers across eastern Africa to feed their families and What is the age range of your school’s pupils? educate their children. Are there any resources that you would have found useful that weren’t Don’t panic – you don’t need to walk the full 16,000 miles to take part! You simply need to hold a sponsored provided? walkDon’t inpanic your – welliesyou don’t to need raise to money walk the for full Farm 16,000 Africa. miles We to want take youpart! to You join simply hundreds need of to other hold aschools sponsored up andwalk How many people took part in your fundraising? downin your the wellies country to raise who moneyare also for organising Farm Africa. walks, We want so together you to join you schools can walk up andaround down the the whole country of Africa.who are After also ______Pupils ______Staff ______Parents all,organising the more walks, schools so together that take you part, can thewalk more around families the whole in Africa of Africa. can giveYou couldhunger even the combine boot. your welly walk with Harvest celebrations at your local church; the more people that take part, the more families in Africa can give By taking part in the Great African Welly Walk, your pupils can help children like Beatrice, Lightness and Gift. What was your main reason for taking part? hunger the boot. Please share with us your school’s experience of taking part in give We liked the welly walk idea They live with their father Nehemia and mother Maria in the Morogoro region of Tanzania. Nehemia is a hunger the boot in 2015. By taking part in the Great African Welly Walk, your pupils can help children like Beatrice, Lightness and Gift. We wanted to support a charity working in Africa farmer who grows maize to feed his family, and tomatoes and sesame to sell. However, pests frequently We wanted to support a charity helping to end hunger destroyThey live his with crops; their andfather what Nehemia he can and sell mother fetches Maria a low in price the Morogoro from passing region traders of Tanzania. – leaving Nehemia him struggling is a farmer to Our pupils chose Farm Africa feedwho growshis children maize tothree feed meals his family, a day. and tomatoes and sesame to sell. However, pests frequently destroy his crops; and what he can sell fetches a low price from passing traders – leaving him struggling to feed his children We have supported Farm Africa before Beatrice will soon be old enough to start secondary school. But unless Nehemia can earn more money, he three meals a day. We found your resources very useful won’t be able to pay for her or her sisters to finish their education. Beatrice will soon be old enough to start secondary school. But unless Nehemia can earn more money, he won’t Other But when your school fundraises for Farm Africa this autumn term, this could all change. be able to pay for her or her sisters to finish their education. Your school could help farmers like Nehemia learn to grow and sell orange-fleshed sweet potatoes – what Which activities did you take part in? (please tick all that apply) But when your school fundraises for Farm Africa this Harvest Festival, this could all change. we call a real ‘superfood’. Sweet potatoes are not susceptible to the pests that destroy sesame, tomatoes The Great African Welly Walk Welly collection Please tick here if you are NOT happy for Farm Africa Wear your wellies to school Welly wanging to use this information in future fundraising materials Continued... Harvest celebrations Welly art Cake sale Other
Please return this form in the enclosed freepost envelope or send to: Farm Africa, Bastion House, 140 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5DN. 9th Floor T: 020 7430 0440 Or, if you prefer, you can make your donation online at www.farmafrica.org/wellywalk. Bastion House F: 020 7430 0460 Patron: Michael Palin CBE Photo credits: All photos © Farm Africa Ambassadors: Kate Adie OBE, Lord Plumb of Coleshill DL, Registered charity no. 326901 Thank you – you’re helping farmers in eastern Africa to change their lives. 140 London Wall E: [email protected] Sir Peter de la Billière KCB KBE DSO MC MSC DL, Food and Agricultural Research Management Ltd is a company Registered charity no. 326901 London EC2Y 5DN W: www.farmafrica.org Haile Gebrselassie limited by guarantee in England and Wales no. 01926828
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