Market Deeping couple s charity built classrooms and fed families in Kenya during pandemic
| Updated: 11:33, 15 February 2021
A couple who returned from Kenya on the day that countryâs first coronavirus case was confirmed are delighted their charity work has continued during the pandemic.
Geoff and Rita Fowler set up The Mustard Seed Project in 2009 to support disadvantaged families in Africa.
What started as a small scheme to provide educational resources led to them opening a school in 2009.
Geoff and Rita Fowler
By 2013 it had grown to 250 pupils and last February the couple travelled to Mombasa to prepare for the next phase of the build.
Durham s Miss Marcella becomes first in the country to get COVID-19 vaccine from Walgreens
A Durham woman became the first in the entire country to get a COVID-19 vaccine from Walgreens.
Marcella Thompson, affectionately known in her community as Miss Marcella, received her first dose of the vaccine shortly after 7 a.m. live on Good Morning America on Friday morning.
Miss Marcella is a leader in her community most notably through her leadership in The Mustard Seed Project, which feeds 160 families every week. Now she hopes that by getting vaccinated she can show concerned Black and Latino people in her neighborhood that the vaccine is safe and important.
Market Deeping couple s charity The Mustard Seed Project helped to build eight classrooms and feed 50 families in Kenya during the pandemic Published: 06:00, 11 February 2021
A couple who returned from Kenya on the day its first coronavirus case was confirmed are delighted their charity work continued during the pandemic.
Geoff and Rita Fowler set up The Mustard Seed Project in 2009 to support disadvantaged families in Africa.
What started as a small scheme to provide educational resources led to them opening a school in 2009.
The Mustard Seed project built new classrooms and a hall at a school in Kenya during lockdown
By 2013 it had grown to 250 pupils and last February the couple travelled to Mombasa to prepare for the next phase of the build.