«More than 70» students, teachers and friends of the Aljezur International School will participate in a 12-kilometer walk, on the 7th of April, starting at 10:00 am, starting at the Serrão Camping Park, whose objective is to raise money for support the Alwan nursery in Syria, which was bombed in October.
Although it is free entry, any participant can offer whatever monetary value they see fit to help this cause.
The Syrian kindergarten, which is located in Hass village, Idlib province, has survived for several years, thanks in large part to its director Abdulkader Almurie.
But this bombing forced, then, the closure of the nursery. However, the current ceasefire agreement in the country has allowed the school to reopen.
Together with a team of five colleagues, the director of the Alwan kindergarten is also launching a campaign aimed at educating 1000 local children about the dangers of touching or approaching possible explosive devices resulting from the war.
According to estimates, “more than five million Syrians live in areas that are contaminated with unexploded explosives, including more than two million children who are at risk of being victimized by land mines, and ammunition groups, among other devices. dangerous,” says the International School of Aljezur.
The Alwan nursery was initially supported by the American Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Bridge of Peace Syria and later by the “Algarve for Life Campaign”.
For more than a year, the Aljezur International School and the Alwan Kindergarten have been in contact and several fundraising events have been organised, with the latest being a Christmas fair.
For this initiative, which already has the participation of more than 70 students, there will be… four donkeys, as guests, joined by piper Ross Jennings, who aspires, one day, to play the bagpipes in every country in the world.
For more information click here or call Karen Whitten (914 447 710).
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