WALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

Pupils donate money to paint bricks for Malawi

Needy youngsters in Malawi have a friend in the pupils of Wallace Primary.

Children from the Paisley school have helped raise funds for their partner school across the globe in Africa.

They did so by helping to build a friendship wall, which has been erected in the Wallace Primary’s grounds.

Each child donated £2 to paint and decorate a brick on the wall and money raised will help build a nursery and provide care services for kids in Malawi.

Depute head teacher Mrs Docherty said the Paisley school is proud to have a colourful new addition in aid of a good cause.

She said: “The friendship wall just brightens the playground up.

“Kids from the nursery through to primary seven helped paint it – they really enjoyed the project and there are some lovely creative designs.”

In 2015, 32 Renfrewshire council workers travelled to tiny William Village, in Malawi, to build classrooms through the Scottish partnership exchange.

Mrs Docherty was one of the kind bunch who gave up 16 days of their time to help transform the Flower power arrives at Holy Trinity and St Barnabas’ Church next week, when its hosts a celebration to mark a very special occasion.

The Paisley church will put on a flower festival to celebrate its 200th anniversary as a congregation of the Episcopalian Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway.

The grand opening will be performed by the Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire, Guy Clark, on Friday, June 16, at 10am. village – providing a safe school environment for 900 children who previously had no access to education.

Since then, pupils in the Wallace Primary Rights Respect Committee have kept in touch with Kanyeteze Primary, writing letters to keep in the loop with each others’ progress.

The school also recently collected 180 backpacks to send over to the village, filled with clothes, stationery and hygiene items.

Mrs Docherty said the pupils love to hear from their friends in East Africa.

She added: “The children are always asking – ‘do we have a letter

Trinity Chapel was first established in November 1817 by the Rev William Wade – later Dean of the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway – very close to the current church’s location at Back Sneddon Street, says current rector the Rev Dr Tom Wilson.

Trinity was the first Scottish Episcopal Church congregation established in the west of Scotland after the easing of the penal laws in 1792, and the re-establishment of yet from William Village?’

“It can be hard to stay in contact as Kanyeteze Primary has no IT facilities.

“The money raised from the friendship wall will enable us to install solar panels on the school to provide electricity and improve communication.”

Mrs Docherty and others from the building services troop are to return to the village in January as they embark on a second mercy mission, this time with plans to build a nursery.

Money raised from the friendship wall will also help cover the cost of constructing the pre-five daycare centre and medical room.

The money raised from the friendship wall will enable us to buy solar panels Mrs Docherty

the Episcopal church in Paisley since 1688, he added.

The current church was built in 1833 and became an amalgamated congregation of Holy Trinity & St Barnabas churches in 2004.

Doors to the festival will be open on Friday, June 16, from 10am to 4pm; on Saturday, June 17, from 10am to 4pm; and on Sunday, June 18, from 12.30pm to 3.30pm.

Admission is £5 per person and includes a tea room.