The Beacon March 2012 - Beacon Parish of Ditchling, Streat ...

Building Trust International
Westmeston resident David Cole and his partner Louise McKillop have set up an
international charity to support migrant and orphaned children persecuted for
no fault of their own. Local fund raising events are to be held during March and
we welcome your involvement.
Last year, on a visit to Mae Sot in Thailand, David and Louise visited several
schools for migrant Burmese children who had escaped the atrocities in their
country and were very much in need of a new school building and a shelter from
the terrible conditions they had endured. Anxious to use their particular skills to
help – David is an architect - they agreed with the headmaster of a school which
was no more than an agricultural shed to come back and build a new school in
2012. They set up Building Trust International and called this first project
Moving Schools.
An international design competition
followed, to both design the school and
raise the funds to build it. It needed to be
a modular structure which could be easily
moved should the Thai landlords raise the
rent or if further conflict meant they had
to move.
A successful exhibition showcasing the
winning and shortlisted designs from the
competition was held in London in
February, and will be touring the country.
As a Building Trust International trustee, I
will be co-ordinating a number of local
fund raising events. The first is to be a
Jumble/Table Top Sale at Westmeston
Village Hall, commencing at 10.30am on
Saturday 3 rd March 2012. Do contact us if
you would like a Table @ £10/table (this
fee will go towards the charity) and/or if
you would like any items/jumble collected. Contact Jude Cole 01273
845560/07738876048.
To find out more please see www.buidlingtrustinternational.org.
Jude Cole, Building Trust International trustee, 01273 845560
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