Two visits to Bo coming up
We are arranging two visits to Bo to maintain our friendship link and arrange our busy programme of forthcoming activities:
Most immediately, four members of the UK OWL Committee (Paul Atkins, Chris King, Anthony Wood and Phil Clarke) will be visiting Bo for ten days in early November. The most important aspect of any visit is to link up with OWL friends in Bo, but we will also have a packed programme of meetings and visits. These will include with the “youth group” within OWL who have been investing in improvements to the OWL Centre, with a number of schools and the teachers’ group in Bo, and with the City and District Councils as we continue to support urban planning initiatives in the city and beyond. We will also spend a short time in Freetown where we hope to meet up with the High Commissioner and with friends there before flying home.
Liz Garrett, our Schools Coordinator, is looking to arrange a teachers’ visit to Bo in early 2025. She will be leading a group with three other teachers, where they will work in linked schools and arranging training for teachers in Bo. Linked schools in Warwick and Leamington are also preparing some project work from local children which Paul, Chris, Anthony and Phil will be taking to Bo next month.