Community and Service

Australian Government Funds Our Matipwili (Tanzania) Project

This week the Australian High Commission for East Africa (DFAT), based in Nairobi announced that it would fund the building of the Matipwili Trade Centre. An amount of $30,000 has been set aside for the project. This will ensure that the building can go ahead uninterrupted and should ensure that at the central water catchment / gathering place and perhaps two of the teaching areas will be completed before May next year. This Australian government endorsement follows a lot of hard work - not only on the part architects and teachers who worked with the village last year to design the facility - but also the students form both Scotch and PLC who have laboured alongside the villagers during five trips in the past ten years. Students on the most recent trip in July this year started work on the foundations of the new Training Centre. Thank you to all members of both Perth school communities who have assisted us along the way and whose support no doubt helped to strengthened the case for funding.

Rocky Bay 'Walk With Me' Fundraiser

On last Sunday of August, Rocky Bay in Mosman Park held its annual fundraiser. Money raised at this event each year contributes towards improving the quality of lives of some of the most chronically disabled in our community. Three of our Year 12 boys volunteered to wheel disabled participants around the two-kilometre course through the streets of Mosman Park. The boys did a great job and helped to make the event enjoyable for these participants.

Good Samaritan Industries

In the last few weeks of term boys from both Year 10 and Year 7 will be visiting Good Samaritan Industries in Canning Vale. These visits will follow the journey of clothing items deposited in our own Good Sammy bin located near the Dining Room - decorated by Year 2 students during 2013. The facility at Canning Vale is a workplace for a large number of people with disabilities who perform the tasks of sorting and packing the clothing. The Year 10 student will visit twice - the first time for a tour and the second to work alongside the regular employees.

Mr W Cordner

Director of Community and Service