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Whipton Barton school desks heading for Africa By Radio Exe News
Children in The Gambia will soon have desperately-needed desks and chairs thanks to an Exeter primary school.
Whipton Barton Federation is undergoing refurbishment and is renewing its old furniture. Rather than send to landfill, it is planning to send nine classrooms worth of furniture to a school in the Yundum Barracks area of The Gambia, West Africa.
Youngsters from the Exeter school will be writing notes to their African counterparts telling them all about life in the UK.
Whipton Barton Federation now want people to support its campaign to raise enough funds to transport the furniture – an approximate cost of £5,000. The Federation, which is part of the Ted Wragg Trust, is working with a charity called Pagent which supports education in The Gambia.