Help! Get me out of here!

No. It's not as bad as that, but there is always a question hanging over any development aid. What is our exit strategy? How long do we keep supporting work? Not for ever.  It must become self-sustaining. The late Rich Hubbard, when CEO of Links International, used to emphasise to me that the more money we put into a project, the more difficult it would be to get out of it. It has been my aim to allow the school to be self-supporting. The links we are forging with the E.G. West Centre http://egwestcentre.com/ at Newcastle University need to be fully explored (see last post).

However the school have come up with the idea of helping to pay the teachers out of the profits of a motorcycle taxi service. There is a real market for this because of the poor roads in the area which are easier to negotiate with a motorcyacle than with a car. The cost to start this scheme is £1500.
To get the wheels turning, a Youth Team at Community Church Derby are kick-starting the project! Every success to them. Please help if you get the chance.

Motorcycle taxi in Sierra Leone. They run to a set government tariff.