Project 125 Moldova

In July 2023, twelve students from Years 11 and 12 are travelling to Chisinau in Moldova, with Mrs Howson and Dr Barrand. Queena, Nettie, Paloma, Amelia, Portia, Amelia, and Maria (Yr12), and Mairi, Hannah, Eva, Gabriella, and Ella (Yr11) will be spending a week teaching English to 50 Ukrainian refugee children, and have been attending weekly training since January to prepare for this exciting challenge.

This philanthropic project has been launched in the School’s 125th year on its current site, and it draws together the fact that we have a student in School from Moldova, as well as Ukrainian students who have been forced to flee their country, and a strong and fundamental desire among the students and staff to help those who need it and to make a difference. Roedean is working very closely with an NGO in Moldova, Hope4, who are wholeheartedly supporting this transformational project.

It would be wonderful if you were able to support this project, and Hope4 to make a difference to these children’s lives. We will shortly be setting up a Roedean Justgiving page, which will facilitate donations directly to Hope4, and we have lots of ideas for fund-raising – as Monday is the first day of May, the first idea is 'Run 2K per Day in May', and some students and members of staff will be meeting on the track every morning in May, and joining Miss Orrells' running club on Monday afternoons –if you want to go along, please do!

Thank you in advance for your support for this project, which we hope will make a huge difference to these children's lives.

Dr Barrand