During the summer of 2010, our Venture Scout Group is undertaking its biggest project yet. Venture Scouts from Mount Argus, Crumlin, Walkinstown and Donore Avenue in Dublin are travelling to Durgapur, West Bengal, India to extend a school house in a developing area..
The school is a learning centre for children ages six and up but because of the lack of facilities, girls can only attend until their very early teens. Our group will be in India for 26 days, and working in partnership with the Hope Foundation, we will set about making a difference to the community by undertaking 4 building & development projects.
The Work includes;
- Painting & decorating a Crèche.
- Renovating & extending a school with a new room & roof.
- Sponsoring an irrigation project that will provide local families with land for growing food & a new source of water for the village.
We will include the community in our work by living as part of, and working closely with the locals to teach games, songs and culture and impart an ownership of the project to the local community.
In total there are forty people travelling with our group, thirty two of who are between the ages of 16 – 18, boys & girls. This will be a wonderful yet very challenging experience for the Venture Scouts, both physically & mentally.
The entire group has been working tirelessly fundraising and trying to the raise the profile of this project. Some of the Venture Scouts involved in this project were involved in our last project, refurbishing an orphanage in Vietnam. These Venture Scouts are embracing the idea of service to the community, local and international. They are fine ambassadors of Scouting and indeed Ireland.
If you would like to support this work financially or in other ways, please email us.
Stay tuned for updates on our project...
