Dear Students, Parents and Friends of St Andrews,
As you are all aware a devastating Earthquake hit Nepal and there have been a series of very frightening aftershocks, including yesterday’s. There are almost 1 million children affected by this disaster. http://www.unicef.org/media/media_81696.html
The St Andrews community has strong links with Nepal as several of our teachers and students have lived, worked and visited very recently.
There is a desperate need for help in Nepal and there is a long road to recovery ahead. We can help!
We will be holding the Annual CAS (Creativity, Action & Service) Raffle to generate funds to donate to projects such as the Dhading Project, Operation Smile (you can see the photos of last week’s mission on our School Facebook page) and Habitat for Humanity.
The prizes include: an iPhone 6, 1 night @ Marriott Rayong for 2 adults & 2 children, Discover Scuba Diving Lessons for 2, iPod Shuffle, Krav Maga Course, Muey Thai Course, Free Lunch at the School Canteen, vouchers from The Party Shop, and many many more!
The tickets that are sold will assist us in raising funds for those in need; such as those in Nepal who desperately need help now.
One such project is through The British School, in Kathmandu and they have a charity that their students support called the Dhading Project (LINK TO DHADING PROJECT) where the funds raised will be donated to help the children in an isolated location where there has been widespread devastation. For the people of Nepal, this is just the start - shortages of basic supplies will continue to be an issue for a long time. The sooner we can collect the funds, the sooner we can send help.
The cost of changing someone’s life forever through Operation Smile is approximately 25,000baht (not much more than the price of the iPhone 6 on offer as our major prize!) and for 200,000baht we can provide a permanent, safe home for a family with Habitat.
The Yr 12 CAS students have distributed the raffle tickets – 1 book per family, to the oldest sibling this morning.
Each ticket is 100baht or the whole book of 6 tickets is 500baht.
We need to have the ticket stubs back in 1 week (Shock and Awe tactics! We want to get help to those in Nepal asap!)
The date for tickets to be returned is Wed 20th May and the draw will take place at the St Andrews Golf Day on May 23rd.
Please, please, please help support us to support them.
“Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.”
― George Bernard Shaw
Please email me if you have any further questions at krandall@standrews-schools.com
Kerry-Anne Randall
CAS Co-Ordinator/Science Teacher
“Developing Independent, Confident, and Lifelong Learners”
T: +66 (0) 3889 3716-8