A Brownie leader has travelled to Zimbabwe to meet pupils and teachers at a primary school her pack has been supporting for the past 13 years. It was 15 years ago Sharon Hattersley, leader of 1st Burley-in-Wharfedale Brownies, first read in Guiding magazine about a charity called Book Aid, which collects books from around the world and supplies them at a low cost to schools across Africa.
As a group, the 1st Burley Brownies collected and bought books to send to the charity, and placed ‘book-plates’ inside them with the unit’s name on. It was this summer Sharon had the opportunity to travel to the country to see first hand how that support makes a difference to the school. Read more here