Dominase

Buriton’s Village to Village group funded another careers advice day in March for about 350 schoolchildren in its sister community of Dominase in Ghana.

The youngsters heard from a range of speakers including a bank manager, a lawyer, a nurse, a teacher and an engineer.

The annual event aims to help the teenagers decide subjects for the next stage of their education which can be important in their future career prospects.

Buriton’s ‘Village-to-Village’ group commenced this annual initiative in 2014 and, as well as paying for all the transport to bring children from the outlying schools (and for refreshments during the day), the small charity pays for prizes and awards.

All the children who took part (one from each age-group class in each school) were given an exercise book to reward them for taking part with bigger prizes (school bags, rulers, pencils, erasers and pens) for the twelve pupils who emerged in the first and second positions for each class: P1 to P6.

The work to help teenage girls miss fewer school lessons because of their menstrual periods is progressing well at the two schools where it is being trialled.

Many girls cannot access or afford expensive products and this can lead to them missing one week in every four of their teenage school career.

Missing a quarter of their time at school can have a major impact on their educational attainment, confidence and self-esteem and so Buriton’s charity link is trying to help.

Are you nifty with a needle, talented with thread or super at sewing?

If so, then you are just the person Buriton Village to Village Group (V2V) needs.

The group is currently setting up a project to help teenage girls in the village’s sister community in Dominase, Ghana, make their own relatively cheap, simple, sustainable period products.

Many of the girls can’t afford the products which can lead them to miss one week in every four at school.

2023 was another productive year in Buriton’s sister community of Dominase, thanks to money raised through generous donations, legacy bequests and other fund-raising activities.

Scores of teenage girls in Buriron’s sister community of Dominase in rural Ghana miss many of their school lessons because of their menstrual periods.

To help with this big problem, Buriton’s Village-to-Village Group has commenced a trial at two secondary schools involving about 30 girls.

Many girls in rural Ghana cannot access or afford expensive products and this can lead to them missing one week in every four of their teenage school career.

All tickets have now been sold for this opportunity to dust off your dancing shoes and blow away those January blues with one of Buriton’s big barn dances (7pm to 11pm). 

Live music from the popular Rampagers and a cash bar. 

All proceeds go to Buriton’s “Village-to-Village” charity. 

As anticipated, at only £10 per ticket it’s sold out quite quickly. 

Another successful Careers Event was held in July and a project to help teenage girls to miss less school lessons because of their menstrual periods is being developed.

Buriton’s small charity helps 12 Junior High schools in the Dominase area (as well as 13 Primary Schools) and this year’s Careers Event enabled about 700 children from the JH schools to hear from a range of speakers including a midwife, a doctor, an agricultural expert, an engineer, teachers and bank managers.

In spite of some Covid challenges, 2022 was another productive year in Buriton’s sister community of Dominase in rural Ghana, thanks to money raised through generous donations, legacy bequests and other sources.

And it was also possible to check that projects undertaken in the past are still proving useful.

This popular event, orchestrated by Paul Martin, returns and should provide an evening of fun and a refreshing antidote to normal quizzes.

All previous years have completely sold out - so please book your places early.

Teams can be up to 8 people - but any number can enter and the organisers can help link you up with others if necessary.