HYT

The Haileybury Youth Trust is the successor to the Haileybury Club in Stepney.

Russell Matcham (HM of Kipling) is the link at Haileybury for the HYT, and writes:

Trev helps HYT

The work in KIZIGO, the second beneficiary of our 'One Village at a Time' project, was completed on time and in budget. I hope you agree the results are impressive. Increasing numbers of poor Ugandans have their lives improved by HYT, with Haileyburians and Ugandans working in partnership. There are now dozens of young HYT-trained Ugandans who have construction skills that will improve both opportunity and prospects. HYT's work is sustainable and life-enhancing for Ugandans; life-enriching for Haileyburians.

The third of our 'One Villages', Namaganda, lies deep in the Ugandan bush. Even by Ugandan standards it is very poor indeed. Although its school buildings were condemned as unsafe some years ago, children are still taught here. Namaganda really is off the beaten track but its people are determined to help themselves out of the poverty trap into which they were born.

With your wonderful support, HYT will transform this impoverished village, its schools and the lives of its people.

Children aged 7 at Kizigo primary school in the new school room

Russell has also forwarded news of Sam Edwards, a current gap year student whose work has been highly commended, describing him as 'a wonderful ambassador for his old school and the [Haileybury] Society'

You can donate to the HYT here:

www.justgiving.com/hyt

Or use one of the methods described here.

Car Wash

Last weekend the members of the Lower School were busy washing cars. It was all in aid of the Haileybury Youth Trust.

Before

After

More apologies about the lack of posts recently. I have loads to post, but time has been limited. Tomorrow an intereting take on the Streets Called Haileybury series.

Frugal Ball

The Haileybury Youth Trust is hosting a Frugal Ball. "Eat Simply and deliciously so that others may simply eat." All are welcome - here are the details.

Uganda

John Jameson Willis (M 1887.1) was one of five boys who entered Haileybury that term who became clergymen. One was Bernard Attlee (L), brother of the future prime minister. Willis became Bishop of Uganda, where of course the work of the Haileybury Youth Trust goes on today. I have posted about the HYT before, but here is a video they have made of their work.

Bishop Willis, by the way, was heavily involved in a church controversy which saw him accused of heresy. More about that on another occasion, but for now here is the video.

Living Stones

Over on the right of the page there is a link to The Haileybury Youth Trust (HYT). This deserves to be widely known. It is an initiative in Uganda which makes bricks. The Trust website explains:

HYT uses a simple brick that could transform Africa

Working alongside our Uganda partners, we…

• build water tanks in rural areas
• construct classrooms and dormitories in schools that are bursting with impoverished but eager children
• build affordable houses for their dedicated teachers who have nowhere to live
• train teachers, students, their families and whole communities in the benefits of appropriate technologies
• provide income generating opportunities for families and businesses

HYT does all this in a sustainable, environmentally-friendly way.

The trust was set up when the work of the Stepney Boys' Club was separated from Haileybury a couple of years ago. Each year a couple of leavers go to Uganda, just as in the past they went to Stepney.  Just like that older work, the results will not simply be seen in bricks and mortar, but in the transformation of lives. It's all part of the ethos of Christian service which lies at the heart of Haileybury's life, and links the generations. "You are living stones being built into a spiritual house." (1 Peter 2:5)

You can support the trust by going to their site. Later in the year I hope we can work with the trust to have a benefit concert on the newly restored Hill organ in my church.