August trip to Tanzania

On 25th August 2010 a party consisting of 4 committee members and 8 other family and friends connected with the Well Project are flying out to Tanzania. The trip will take in visits to Nkorya, Machame and Uduru to see wells and latrines which have already been built and to meet the staff and children. We will be visiting Kivulini in the MUWANGA district, initially to see the progess of our 4th well and latrines which are situated between 2 schools which have 400 children per school then later in the trip to hand over and commission the well and latrines.

This Well has involved the construction of a 20 foot tower with 10 foot windpump on top linked to a 10,000 water storage tank to gravity feed water to both schools. Two standpipes with taps are being built for use by the local community.

Our work to date has involved providing wells and latrines to 3 villages within a short perimeter of each other During this trip we will be travelling approx 30 miles from this area to visit proposed sites for the next well for which St Margarets Church, Durham are currently raising funds.

The trip is rounded off by a 3 day safari. All expenses for the trip are at each visitors personal expense. We will be posting photographs on our return and hope to produce an updated DVD which will cover details of our story from its inception upto date.

Coast to Coast:sucessfully completed

For the second year running Jim and his friends have completed the 200 miles of the
C2C. Jim was accompanied on the whole walk by Bill, Luke, Jean and Christina, with back up from Chris, Pat and Malcolm. If you haven't sponsored them yet, there is still plenty of time to do so, with every penny raised going towards the next well.

Coast to Coast Days 6 and 7

The walk is going extremely well with Jim, Bill, Luke,Jean and Christina walking each day and various friends joining over the weekend. The walk from Kirkby Stephen to Keld and Keld to Reeth has been a challenging walk but spirits are high and all the walkers are in fine form.

Coast to coast update - days 1-2

The team of 5 explorers and 3 dogs set off 9am Tuesday 27th April on their 200 mile trek.
On the first day they covered 19 miles from St Bees to Ennerdale Youth Hostel.
The second day consisted of 11 miles including a steep climb up to Honister Pass after stopping at Black Sail Youth Hostel for some well deserved refreshments.

Ceilidh at Esh Village

We are holding a Ceilidh evening on Sunday 13th June in Esh Parish Hall. This evening is one of our local fund raising events. Music will be provided by Dusk to Dawn and a pie and pea supper is part of the ticket. There will be the usual raffle and tombola. Tickets are available at the Cross Keys pub or from any of the fund raising team or from Jim at a cost of £7.00.

Emmanuel College Gateshead support the project

Each year the students at Emmanuel College, Gateshead choose a charity to support. This year we are thrilled that they have chosen to support Dorothy's Well project. I'm sure the pupils will enjoy their fund raising and we are extremely grateful to the students, staff and their supporters for choosing this project.

Coast to Coast walk

Its that time of year again, and following on from the sucess of last year's sponsored walk Jim and his friends are putting on their hiking boots and heading off to walk the 200 miles across the country. Starting on Tuesday 27th April at St Bees in Cumbria and aiming to finish on Saturday 8th May at Robin Hood's bay on the east coast. This is one of the main fund raising events in our calendar and hopefully sponsors will be generous and support the efforts of the team. Donations can be given to any of the fund raising team or posted to Jim at Rose Cottage, Esh Village, Durham, DH7 9QWS, or through the Just Giving site: http://www.justgiving.com/dorothyswellproject/Donate.