A school that needs a helping hand.

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Located opposite the Kasam Orphanage, the Devalois Higher Secondary School is a new addition to The Sebastian Hunter Memorial Trust's (SHMT) projects. Devalois is a government school and lacks the funding that King’s School thrives upon. However, the Gift Aid, reclaimed from the generous donations made to the Joshua Brearley Higher Secondary Science Block, has been put towards the refurbishments at the Devalois School.

The refurbishments include; whitewashing the school buildings, providing furniture for the school rooms – at present there is very little – as well as making vital repairs to dilapidated buildings.

The children who attend Devalois are from exceptionally poor and deprived backgrounds, many being orphans. It is hoped that in the future, amongst other things, these children can be fully trained in advanced agricultural practices and techniques, whilst some are already succeeding against the odds and graduating school to enter teaching college and technical diplomas. At SHMT, we are looking forward to working closely with this school to turn it into the thriving learning centre that King's school has become.