As part of the Bicentenary celebrations of the foundation of the Christian Brothers, a group of seven senior students Conor Rodgers, Joseph Murphy, Paul Campbell, Steven Malone, Barry McDonough, Christopher Cull, Richard Gordon and three teachers: Sr. Anne Lyng, Mr. Connolly and Mr. Maguire from the Abbey are going to Zambia for two weeks work experience in April 2003.

In the short term the aim is two fold:

• One to provide some immediate help and support for those who are much poorer than ourselves,
• Offering our Students an opportunity to get first hand experience of Zambia, its culture, problems and challenges.

The Headmaster, Mr Dermot McGovern, expressed his delight that students and staff choose to develop such a venture, pointing out the long term investment for our students. There is no doubt that this experience will have a major impact on them. We would hope that even if one of these boys continues to assist the developing world, by returning or raising awareness and funds in his own community in the future, then the people of Zambia will continue to reap the benefits for many years to come.

To raise whole school awareness and involve the whole Abbey community in the Zambian Project we are organising a:

In our fund raising efforts we acknowledge the generosity of the community so far. We encourage and welcome any donations which can be made directly to the Abbey Grammar School Zambian Project, this money will be donated directly to those groups which the team determine are most in need.