ACE is a small charity based in Newmill, Cornwall, UK. It believes that education is the key to conservation and is committed to supporting rural primary education in developing countries.
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Twelve Mounts Bay School students went as teachers as part of ACE (Aid Conservation through Education) BBC Cornwall's Tiffany Truscott spoke to the charity's founder Angela Peake, to find out more about ACE and the work the volunteers are carrying out in Uganda. Click on the link below to hear the interview: Many Ugandan people live a hand-to-mouth existence, yet conservation and sustainability are extremely important. Primary education is free in Uganda but parents have to supply pencils, exercise books and uniforms. Many children have no parents because of the AIDS epidemic, so provision of everything for these children falls to relatives or elderly grandparents.
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Classes often number more than 200, with one teacher and no teaching materials. Classrooms, and other buildings, usually have earth floors and holes in the roof. In just five years the charity has achieved plenty to help people in Uganda. Six schools have been provided with water tanks for the collection and storage of rainwater. Around 2,500 kg of educational equipment has been provided. ACE has also supplied schools with new classrooms, desks, chairs and new latrine blocks. The charity continues to fundraise in Cornwall. The next organised event is: A Grand Auction in aid of ACE at Penzance Astroturf Club (by the fire station)
on Thursday 8th March 2007. Viewing at 8pm. Auction starts at 9pm. Licensed bar. Find out more about the work of ACE by visiting the charity's website:
ACE website >
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