“The Turnbull School Help Lesotho project in December was a great success! Students participated in a creative art project, led by parent Jill Sobcov and fellow artist, Beth Ross, in which they expressed their thoughts and feelings about gender equity in response to reading the book “A Girl in Lesotho” written by Dr. Peg Herbert. The art pieces were laminated and displayed at Turnbull School throughout December, and now this colourful art will travel to Lesotho on January 28^th to be hung on the walls of Sefapanong Primary School. Turnbull School will be further improving the learning environment of Sefapanong’s classrooms by repainting the entire school. Fundraising this December was very successful, with $5,665 raised for the project! Thank you to each student, parent and staff member who contributed to the success of this important campaign. We will be sure to share photos of the brightly painted and decorated classrooms in the coming months.

Turnbull School welcomed four very special guests from Lesotho at their ‘Keep the Promise’ assembly on Friday, December 12^th. In honour of Help Lesotho’s 10^th Anniversary, the Queen of Lesotho, Her Majesty Queen ‘Masenate, and her daughter, Princess Senate, traveled to Ottawa to thank supporters, and ‘M’e Makatleho, a grandmother from Lesotho, and Felleng, a 16-year-old GIRL4ce leader came to share their inspirational stories. The Queen, Princess, Makatleho and Felleng participated in the assembly speaking to the students about the importance of getting an education. They told Turnbull students, parents and staff about the amazing impact their support is having at Sefapanong. Felleng even had some fun teaching the students a traditional song from Lesotho – with accompaniment from the Turnbull drum players! Turnbull School was the only school that Queen ‘Masenate visited while in Canada; having these four incredible girls and women at Turnbull was a tremendous honour and testimony to the impact that your support is having in Lesotho.”