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BOWL OF RICE action at the St. Thomas Becket school in Boissy sous Saint Yon

21 May 2019 | News EDK

Carole et Monique lors de la remise de chèque par Mme Loiseau

Cheque presented by Mrs Loiseau, head-mistress of the Thomas Becket school.

Every year during Lent, the Thomas Becket school organises a BOWL OF RICE action and donates proceeds to a charity. In 2019, it was decided that proceeds would be donated to a charity taking care of poor children, that is why they chose Les Enfants de Kontum.
L'école St Thomas Becket organisatrice de l'opération BOL DE RIZ

The main building of the Thomas Becket school.

Instead of their usual canteen meal, on Good Friday the children were given a bowl of rice with ketchup followed by apple compote. Teachers and some parents also took part in this action which generated an un-hoped for profit of 1100 €.

On May 7th., Carole Agnès and Monique Thiery went to Boissy sous Saint Yon for the presentation of the cheque and to talk about our organization. They projected photos describing our actions in Kontum and showing the living conditions of the children we help to three different groups of children who were very attentive and asked some particularly pertinent questions.

les enfants ayant participé à l'opération BOL DE RIZ
les enfants ayant participé à l'opération BOL DE RIZ
les enfants ayant participé à l'opération BOL DE RIZ

Carole and Monique explained to the children that their donation could :

  • either feed the 77 boarding girls for 5 weeks,
  • or pay a child’s school fees for almost 4 years.

We distributed the following leaflet to the children so that they could explain our actions to their parents.

Notre dépliant créé spécialement pour l'opération BOL DE RIZ
Notre dépliant créé spécialement pour l'opération BOL DE RIZ

The leaflet created for this occasion.

We would like to thank the school team for their welcome and all those who took part in the BOWL OF RICE action for their generosity.