Charity Night at THE ISLAND RESTAURANT - 10th Nov 2015

[The Island - Stafford]

CHARITY NIGHT -

The Island Restaurant on the Lichfield Road in Stafford ST17 4LE - Host a 3 course banquet, raffle and auction
on Behalf of Immersion Programme to India for Orphan Children - Incorporating The Mayors Charity
£15 per person (inc 1 raffle each and more to purchase on the day)

Everyone is welcome - sure to be a great night of cuisine, culture and craic!

Call or Message Shaz on 078 400 46 999 for more info
or call the restaurant on 01785 215355 - to reserve your seat at the table - places limited!

DATE: TUESDAY 10TH November 2015

From: 7pm

Special Guests:

The Mayor and Mayoress of Stafford

Councillor Peter Jones and Mrs Joy Jones

If there are any businesses that wish to donate raffle tickets, gifts or cash during the charity night, or if their staff want to come and have a meal with us, all the money donated will make a big difference.

Thank you
Management - The Island - Stafford
www.theislandstafford.co.uk

 

[The Island - Stafford]

Please join us to raise as much as we can for Charity, Please call 01785 215355. Thank you

 

[PeterD]

what is immersion program to india please. Is immersion program when people go out and build orphanages etc?

 

[The Island - Stafford]

what is immersion program to india please. Is immersion program when people go out and build orphanages etc?

Hi Peter, please read below for more info about immersion program to india.

Immersion programme to India.

Rationale:

Since 2008 St Joseph's College has been committed to a Student immersion programme in Sierra Leone, West Africa. In association with the Christian Brothers we have worked in educational settings providing practical help and resources for the students and staff of schools in the Bo district.

The new student group were selected for this project in March 2014 and have been fundraising ever since. After the growing awareness of the Ebola crisis in West Africa, we have had to make a decision to pull out of the February 2015 programme in Sierra Leone. We are fortunately able to still support our brothers and sisters in Bo, during a time when they need it most, by using the funds from fundraising events that have been conducted in school.

The school, with the Christian Brothers, made a decision to (temporarily) relocate next year’s student immersion to India. The risk is far less to our students, but the need is indeed equally great. Whilst India is a more developed country in many ways than Sierra Leone, the gulf between the economic groups is vast. There is a definite need in India for us to work with the poor and marginalised and we have begun to now plan for our time there.

As well as working closely with the brothers on their street children homework school in Delhi we will also be working with:

Nine is mine campaign: An advocacy group that are tirelessly campaigning for the rights of the child in India and for a change in national spending policy, so to ensure that all children have equal access to health care and education.

Sai Swayam Society: An NGO charity that works with the deaf and hearing impaired minority in India. Their founder, Mrs Meera Bhatia, works as an interpreter and national equal opportunities promoter. They also hold classes in basic literacy and numeracy skills and facilitate employment opportunities within national companies.

Mother Teresa’s Homes: There are 2 homes that we will potentially be working in within Delhi; one that is an orphanage and one that is a home for disabled girls. Both of these homes provide dignity and love, as well as much needed provisions for those whom Indian society has rejected.

Salwan Public school in Rajendra Nagar: Dr Indu Khetarpal is the principle of this school and has offered us the opportunity to work with the street children that she educates within her institution. There is also the opportunity to work with some disabled children that are integrated into the mainstream classes.

 

[PeterD]

Absolutely fantastic work.