Edmund Rice College

The schools Zambia Immersion Project

In March 09 six students, two past pupil and three teachers  undertook the schools third Immersion project in Livingstone Zambia.
The students have been fundraising to bring money out to the area to give to the Christian Brother and Sisters who work on a daily basis with the poor in Livingstone.  The money will be used for AIDS medication, school resources, including teachers wages and food for the students.  Alongside this  money was given to the children’s orphanages in which the students worked.
Whilst in Zambia the students worked in local compound schools teaching basic numeracy and literacy, help the nuns with their heavy loads and attend day care centres for those living in the shanty towns, alongside spending time in the orphanages.

In order to raise the money we have been working hard fundraising through different methods.  We have to date completed four bag packs, one parish collection in Ardoyne raised over £1720 while another in St. Marys on the Hill rasied over £5,000.  Other parishes in North Belfast were equally generous and to all we extend our genuine appreciation.   In addition we organised a night at the races and a Christmas Bazaar, not forgetting our St Vincent de Paul conference who helped in arranging a school Halloween disco which made over £900.
Our target was £40,000 to bring out this year and every little helps.  In the end we raised over £43,000 which has helped improve the lives of those in Zambia.