In semester 1, the Wyvern SRC raised money for the poverty stricken African township of Kusape in Malawi. Supporting the humanitarian efforts by Margie Bowen Jones, the students decided to raise money to help create a sustainable goat farm, hence the ‘Adopt a Goat’ drive. This farm will help the villagers improve nutrition by having an affordable and accessible source of food with the farm creating meat, milk and cheese. Furthermore, it creates an income and generates employment for the villagers by selling the skins and food products to other communities.

Pleasingly, the Wyvern community has overwhelmingly got behind the project. Each class took responsibility for their own fundraising, with cake & food stalls, mini-Olympics, raffles, guessing competitions and hat parties all being popular fundraising options. Also, many boys made very generous donations.

We are pleased to announce that at the end of the semester we were able to present Margie Bowen Jones a cheque for $4910.80, a whopping 140 goats! Margie and the SRC would like to congratulate and thank the Wyvern community for their generosity. Margie has already travelled to Malawi and increased the goat herd by 135 goats. We are pleased to support the Kusape village create and maintain this important project.

Justin Brayley
SRC Facilitator