Wolfson College Record 2021
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Clubs and Societies<br />
Clubs and Societies<br />
The pandemic has driven many clubs and societies into suspended animation or virtual<br />
activity at best. These are the only reports the <strong>Record</strong> has received.<br />
AMREF Group<br />
Our work continued successfully despite the turbulence of the past year. In virtual<br />
meetings and events, our connection with Amref Health Africa UK has grown ever<br />
stronger, and <strong>Wolfson</strong> has received exciting updates on the projects we have been<br />
supporting. Although in-person fundraising activities have stalled, <strong>Wolfson</strong>ians have<br />
continued to demonstrate their generous support and commitment to Amref’s<br />
work, enabling the <strong>College</strong> to contribute to a crucial new project centred on<br />
Kajaido County in southern Kenya.<br />
In Trinity <strong>2021</strong>, <strong>Wolfson</strong> donated £2,500 to Amref’s campaign against female<br />
genital mutilation or cutting, ‘End FGM/C: Alternative Rites of Passage and Wash’.<br />
This project will build on Amref’s work in Kajaido County, where women bear<br />
the greatest burden in gaining access to healthcare and water, sanitation and<br />
hygiene. Many are also at risk of complications from pregnancy and childbirth,<br />
early marriages, unwanted pregnancy, and FGM/C. The new funds will help to<br />
train Community Health Workers in preventing infection at community and health<br />
facilities, in communicating vital information, and providing access to clean water<br />
for over 3,000 people. The donation will also support girls at risk of FGM/C in<br />
seven villages, and in so doing help these villages become free of FGM/C by 2023.<br />
The <strong>College</strong> has since received a letter of thanks from Amref for this contribution<br />
and its continued support.<br />
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The Group has continued to meet virtually each term, and was very pleased to<br />
welcome Alex Gray, Amref’s UK Fundraising Officer, to meetings in Hilary and<br />
Trinity. Group members have also attended Amref-led virtual events, including<br />
the Quarterly Supporter Update in Hilary and the ‘Vaccine Solidarity with Africa’<br />
webinar in Trinity. In December, the Group was informed that Amref’s project<br />
‘Sport for Health: Empowering Girls Though Sport’, to which the <strong>College</strong> donated<br />
£3,000 in 2020, had resumed after being halted by the pandemic. In May <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
we received an update which highlighted the sports and sexual health training<br />
provided to young girls, and the creation of all-female sports clubs in informal<br />
college record <strong>2021</strong>
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