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22nd March 2023 – UN WORLD WATER DAY
We have received a donation from Piranha Designs Gibraltar (web link) Piranha Designs | Website Design | who will be funding a new water project during 2023. PDG have supported our charity since it was funded and they support us on the technical side by hosting this website – thank you PDG !
We have also received a donation from AQUAGIB (web link) AquaGib for a new water project, this is the second water project that AQUAGIB have funded and we are thrilled to work with them again – thank you AQUAGIB !
News on these wells will follow once we start work on them…
22nd March 2023 – UN WORLD WATER DAY
Web link: World Water Day | United Nations
Gibraltar Chronicle https://www.chronicle.gi/world-water-day-changing-habits-to-save-water-and-lives/
BIG THANKS go to GBC and the GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE for their coverage on this important day and for their constant support !
Thank you GBC Radio for inviting us to your breakfast interview on UN World Water Day to discuss our water projects and the water crisis that threatens us all.
EY (Gibraltar) funded water well No. 90 and we presented
them with a handcrafted wooden plaque on World Water Day 2023
Turicum Private Bank (Gibraltar) funded water well No. 89 and we presented them with a handcrafted wooden plaque on World Water Day 2023
Bassadone Automotive Group have funded 15 water wells since 2013, we presented BAG Executive Chairman Mr Kevin Jones with a handcrafted wooden plaque on World Water Day 2023
ARB Australia was presented with a wooden plaque as a token of our appreciation for funding Well No. 83
The Specialist Medical Clinic funded water well No. 80 and we presented David Deardon (Director & Founder) with a handcrafted wooden plaque.
Hernia Project
We funded over 100 hernia operations at Masanga Hospital during 2022 for young patients and adults – please consider setting up a standing order today… just £10 a month will change a life and may even save a life!
Masanga Hospital – Hernia Patients – March 2023
With your help we funded over 100 hernia operations during 2022 – thank you !
We sponsored our first ever umbilical operation for a child in January 2022 and the operation was carried out at Masanga Hospital, since then we have funded over 100 operations !!
https://www.masangahospital.org/
Umbilical hernias are very common in Sierra Leone and are mainly due to low birth weight and premature births.
Umbilical hernia operations are relatively simple procedures which have a huge impact on patients’ lives.
They cost on average £120 – yes only £120 !
Children’s hernias go untreated due to lack of family income and they worsen with time becoming unsightly, uncomfortable and dangerous to the child’s health (part of the intestine protrudes through the wall of the cavity around the umbilicus).
NHS UK Information on umbilical hernia operations:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/umbilical-hernia-repair/
See below “before” and “after” photos. In this case the girl who had the operation was a 9 year old girl from Regent
9 Year old hernia patient called Aminata (not real name) was operated at Masanga Hospital in January 2022
Photo of Aminata’s (not real name) hernia operation wound healing nicely after two weeks. How many more Aminatas are there out there that need hernia operations.. ? Lets help them, lets make it better !
Operations only cost £120 – please consider setting up a monthly standing order so that we can fund more life changing and life saving operations ! People are too poor to pay for such operations and children often have to suffer the consequences of these uncomfortable. painful and potentially dangerous hernias. Parents cannot afford to pay for the operations and in many cases children affected are orphans.
Thank you for your support – you are changing and saving lives !!
We have funded over 100 hernia operations since January 2022 – thank you !
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St Paul’s First School Gibraltar raises £2,555 and funds a new water well !!!
Water well 81 at REC Committee school in Gpoubu, Newton (900 pupils) was funded by St Paul’s First school Gibraltar
St Paul’s First school invited Jimmy Bruzon to present the work that the charity is doing with regards to the provision of clean, safe water in Sierra Leone as part of the school’s learning experience for “water week” in school. Jimmy showed examples of clean and dirty water and there was a lot of discussion on the effects of dirty water in terms of ill health and loss of school time for children in poorer countries. The children were determined to raise funds for a new water well (£2,500) and carried out a sponsored poem read which raised £2,555 !
Jimmy Bruzon spoke with the children of Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, it was a great experience for all and the children and staff are determined to raise funds for a new water well (£2,500) ! Thanks St Paul’s school !
Children were shown how heavy buckets of water are to carry and we discussed the importance of having clean, safe water close to schools in Sierra Leone and the effects of not having access to such a basic need.
Picture and text done by Sofia – great to see such initiatives at schools ! Thank you St Paul’s School for promoting kindness through action !!!
It was great to discuss the importance of helping others be them near or far away and to show what many children have to endure in poorer countries.
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Please don’t wait for others to do it, “action turns hope into reality”
Action4schools-Sierra Leone
NatWest Bank, GIBRALTAR
Account 48084352 – Sort Code 60-60-60
We will turn your financial support into real, positive change, 100% guaranteed
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WATER WELLS UPDATE
Water well 80 at PEACE VILLAGE SCHOOL (800 pupils) –
Funded by the Specialist Medical Clinic Gibraltar (July 2022)
Water well 79 at MARAMPA ACADEMY SCHOOL (900 pupils)
Funded by OHS Gibraltar (May 2022)
Funded by OHS Gibraltar – Marampa Academy School (900 pupils)
Water well 78 at TINEYI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL was funded by a retired Gibraltar teacher (March 2022)
Water well 78 was funded by a private donation, a retired Gibraltar teacher
Water well 77 at KWAMA SCHOOL, Teacher’s Quarters (February 2022)
Water Well 77 !
Water Well 76 – UMC Primary School in Mokelleh (Moyomba) – July 2021
Water Well 75 – Mosankone Primary School (Moyamba) WELLFOUND PROJECT
July 2021 – Water Well 75 – Mosankone Primary School
(Moyamba) WELLFOUND PROJECT
Water Well 74 (Mokandor – Moyamba) WELLFOUND PROJECT (July 2021)
July 2021 – Water Well 74 (Mokandor) WELLFOUND PROJECT
Water Well 73 – Muhammad Islamic Primary School- Crossing Community (Western Rural District) – July 2021
July 2021 – Water Well 73 – Muhammad Islamic Primary School- Crossing Community (Western Rural District)
Water Well 72 – SDA Primary School- Rotopri Mile 38 (July 2021)
July 2021 – Water Well 72 – SDA Primary School- Rotopri Mile 3
Action4schools & Wellfound UK Partnership provide 10 wells in Moyamba !
Video: GBC – Gibraltar News – GBC TV and Radio Gibraltar
October 2021 (Founder of Action4schools-Sierra Leone) and Howard Measham (Founder of Wellfound UK) met in Gibraltar and Action4schools pledged to fund 10 new water wells at Wellound sites at a cost of £25,000
Water Well Projects
Our water well tally is rising….. we have provided 83 water wells and reached over 40,000 children !
Water well Number 55 at Fatima Zahra School
(Jui-Western Rural District)
350 pupils benefit from this water well (provided August 2019)
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Help us make a long term difference by setting up a bank standing order today….
NatWest Bank
Action4schools-Sierra Leone
Account Number 48084352
Sort Code 60-60-60
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Help us raise funds for new water wells and school projects…
(thank you !)
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Water Projects….
http://www.action4schools.gi/water-well-projects/
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If you would like to make a regular difference, please consider setting up a monthly standing order.
Please don’t wait for others to do it, “action turns hope into reality”
Action4schools-Sierra Leone
NatWest Bank, GIBRALTAR
Account 48084352 – Sort Code 60-60-60
We will turn your financial support into real, positive change, 100% guaranteed
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TRUSTEES PLEDGE
We spend every penny raised on direct support to provide water wells, build schools, provide medical care and bring hope to poor communities.
Since the charity was born we have travelled to Sierra Leone once (2012), having modern technology and strong partnerships means we do not need to travel to the projects.
100% of the money raised is used for direct assistance to the most needy.
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A big thank you goes out to all our corporate sponsors and to all those private donors who have set up a monthly bank standing order – thank you !!
Message from our founder –
“One day we will all go from here…. when it is my turn I want to go knowing I thought about and DID something about others who had a rough ride during their lifetime”
Jimmy Bruzon, Founder
Mayor’s Awards 2022
His Worship the Mayor of Gibraltar Mr Christian Santos GMD has received nominations from the general public for the 2022 Mayor’s Awards and we are pleased and honoured to announce that our founder Jimmy Bruzon has been awarded the Mayor’s Award for his valuable contribution to Gibraltar with his tireless voluntary work. Jimmy has visited local Gibraltar schools giving talks on the importance of getting into action to help those in need be it here in Gibralar or far away, he has raised awareness amongst our community and has inspired direct action to help those in need in Sierra Leone, the results are there to be seen. Jimmy first visited Sierra Leone in February 2006 and has been supporting schools since then having built ten new schools and funded over 80+ water wells with the support of the people of Gibraltar “team Gibraltar” as he calls it.
The estimated investment in Sierra Leone through medical sponsorship programs, water wells and school building projects since 2006 is a staggering £500,000 and this amount has been raised by our charity through the kindness and generosity of the people of Gibraltar.
Mayor’s Awards Ceremony 5th April 2022 – an honour and privilige to have been conferred an award – thank you !
Jimmy Bruzon on hearing news about the award….
“I am honoured to have been chosen for this award and thanks go out to the anonymous nominator(s) and especially to the many individuals who have supported our mission since we began in 2006 be it through monthly standing orders, one-off donations, by spreading the news on our charity in social media-press-radio-TV or by supporting fundraising events. Special thanks go to my friend Philip Sesay in Sierra Leone for ten years of tireless and selfless work in aid of so many needy communities in Sierra Leone, this award is also yours to celebrate Philip… tenki, tenki, tenki !!
Philip Sesay has worked tirelessly since 2012 in aid of needy children and communities – the Mayor’s Award is shared with him. Philip is an amazing humanitarian and has made such a difference to so many lives in Sierra Leone. Thank you Philip and congratulations ! Tenki, tenki tenki !
This is a team journey and every single one of you is important, without your incredible support nothing of what we have achieved together as a team would have been possible. I take this opportunity to thank you all for your amazing generosity and support and I encourage you all to keep making a difference, to keep saving and changing lives by getting into action… into Action4schools. Thank you Gibraltar from the bottom of my heart. “
Recent Projects
Hernia Operations
Hernia Operations We sponsored our first ever umbilical operation for …Read More
Water Well Projects
NEW WATER WELLS COST £2,500 each!! With your support we …Read More