High school books bound for Ethiopia (From Bury Times)

High school books bound for Ethiopia

7:10am Monday 15th March 2010

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SCHOOLCHILDREN in Ramsbottom are helping to provide better education in poverty-stricken Ethiopia.

Pupils at Woodhey High have collected old books to support a former teacher who is making a difference to the lives of Ethiopian adults and children.

Teacher Mike Nicholson left Woodhey’s English department last summer to spend a year in Eastern Ethiopia introducing literacy to people and providing teaching skills to trainee teachers.

He also helped establish a resource centre where people can get better access to books, ICT and other resources to help improve their education.

Howard Turner, the school’s communications manager, said: “Woodhey were obviously very keen to contribute and be a part of Mike’s success out there and, as such, have been collecting books since last November to send over to resource the centre — a local high school where Mike has been teaching, and also a HIV/AIDS clinic.”

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