St Edward's Chronicle Spring 2018

24 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

Education for All

S Vahman

It is an important feature of life at Teddies that the community is aware of life beyond the school perimeter. Our location in Oxford, at the heart of a real community, makes it possible for our pupils to engage with organisations and charities outside school. This year, for instance, pupils have helped out at local primary schools, worked with the charity FarmAbility to offer opportunities for young people with learning disabilities (see page 23) and supported the Oxford- based refugee charity, Sanctuary Housing. Two members of our community have now taken their philanthropic activities to a global level. Sixth Former Kian Akhavan, founder of the organisation Girls Write the Future, and Maths Teacher Henry Chitsenga, founder of the charity SuChHope, tell us about their parallel efforts to improve access to education for young people in Africa.