Four teams are now confirmed as having places in the final, with two places remaining.
The first in-school competition took place at King William’s College on Tuesday 2nd February, with two very deserving teams gaining places in the final at the Manx Museum on Wednesday 2nd March 2016. This year’s finalists will include two teams from King William’s College, as nearly half of this year’s competing teams came from KWC and this will allow an additional charity to benefit from the larger grants available for the finalists.
The teams through to the finals from King William’s College are:
Thare Machi Education (Isle of Man): the team gave a very enthusiastic presentation about the work of the charity, demonstrating the interactive DVDs produced by this charity which provide information about basic healthcare and simple life skills for the world’s poorest people in their own language.
St George Foundation: this is a new charity to the Charity Challenge and was selected by the team. This small UK based charity works mainly with homeless children or street children in Sierra Leone. The members of the team gave a very informed and involving presentation about the work undertaken by the charity during the Ebola crisis.
The following charities represented at the KWC in-school competition have each been allocated £750 to help them carry on the amazing work that they undertake in the developing world. The charities will also receive the money that the teams have raised during the fund-raising element of the Charity Challenge.
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Capstone plus £100 for raising the most funds at the KWC in-school competition – an amazing £220!
Pahar Trust
Pestalozzi
Romanaid
Wild Frontiers Foundation
Two more charities to be represented in the final are:
Grace Third World Fund – represented by CRHS
Koru Hospital Fund – represented by QEII
This means that there are two places remaining in the final! The in-school competitions at BHS and RGS to decide which two further charities will be represented in the final will take place soon!