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MDS Technologies Specialist helps African Schools Project
20/09/2009
A data centre expert is helping raise funds to educate children in an impoverished rural district of East Africa – and is calling on support for his charity mission.
Gordon Liddle, Head of Service Delivery and Implementation at Corsham-based data centre operator MDS Technologies, is planning a trip to Kenya later this year to help build a classroom and accommodation for teachers at Sherston Musul Primary School. The school serves a deprived Maasai community.
The mission is the latest phase in what is an ongoing project administered by Wiltshire’s Sherston Primary School, supported by private fund raising and corporate donations from MDS Technologies.
“I have seen at first hand the hardships many of its people have to endure,” said Gordon.
“Children regularly have to walk several miles to school, often without shoes and with empty stomachs. The opportunity of an education however is invaluable and we have already achieved a great deal, including the building of schools and water towers.
“Our work continues and all financial support for our efforts is gratefully received. A fully equipped classroom can be built for as little as £5,000. In a bid to further raise awareness for the cause, my wife Debbie and I are also planning to trek up Mt Kenya in the coming months.”
Sherston Musul Primary School, 50 miles northwest of Mt Kenya, teaches English, math, Swahili, RE and science to some 95 pupils.
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“MDS Technologies is delighted to help such a worthy cause and support the effort of not only Gordon, but everyone who has worked tirelessly to help provide an education for young people in Kenya – something so many of us in Britain take for granted,” added MDS Technologies’ Managing Director Phil Dawson.
“At MDS we have recently been working to help enable the tibboh service that offers safer, secure, mobile internet access for children, both at home and in the classroom. We are in a privileged position, however, to be living in a society that boasts such next generation technology to help protect the welfare of our children.
“Very few of the families and pupils of Sherston Musul have ever received an education, let alone benefited from the internet age. By providing then with basic educational resources, from classrooms to exercise books, we can have a considerable impact on their community.”
To discover more about the Sherston Musul project, or to make a donation, visit www.sherstonmusul.com.
