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LADI DARIYA MSC, ACMI CGEF ALUMNA EVENTS AND LETTINGS MANAGER AT CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL

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In reflecting on the news and progress about the girls who have enjoyed CGEF sponsorship this year, we are struck by the number of times we have been alerted to natural disasters – both the girls and the Head Teachers tell us about environmental happenings absolutely beyond their control but which impact their lives and create anxiety. Of course, the Caribbean is currently occupying our thoughts and as we write, we wait for news from our schools in this region but understand that priorities lie elsewhere for the moment. Other disasters that have occurred throughout 2016/17 that we have been alerted to are drought and flooding (South Africa and Zimbabwe where drought conditions were prolonged and extreme), earthquakes in Botswana and Tanzania, extreme monsoonal activity in Bangladesh, flooding and landslides in Sri Lanka, a huge landslide in Sierra Leone, flooding and heat waves in Pakistan and India. It seems as if none of the countries into which we sponsor are without significant challenge. Nigeria battles violence in the north; our South African girls write about domestic and local violence, as well as the high incidence of teenage pregnancy; Kenya’s elections have disrupted concentration on education and a Head Teacher from Papua New Guinea wrote pleading for our understanding of frightening violence that affected the girls during their elections. In 2015, some of our girls in were in the direct path of Cyclones and have had their schooling disrupted like in Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa and the Solomon Islands. Despite all these and many other personal challenges, we are constantly delighted to read about how the girls we sponsor continue to work as hard as they can and they send us messages of thanks and appreciation but most of all write to say they are impressed that ‘someone out there cares for me’. Since its very beginnings 50 years ago, the CGEF has been supported and nurtured by the members of the Commonwealth Countries League who every year organise the Commonwealth Fair in London to raise money to enable the CGEF to carry on sponsoring girls education. In this our Golden Anniversary year the CGEF is launching 'Friends' of the CGEF and we invite everyone to visit the CGEF stall at the FAIR to find out more about some of our Commonwealth girls' stories and how you can become a Friend of the CGEF. The Trustees of the CGEF once again express their enormous, heartfelt gratitude to the CCL members for organising the FAIR for the benefit of ‘our Commonwealth girls' and for the continuing support and friendship of all who support this wonderful and vibrant event.

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