Greville School raises money for Wheels for the World
 The pupils at Grevill Primary School in Ashtead have raised £430 for 'Wheels 4 Haiti', a fund set up within Through the Roof's overseas programme 'Wheels for the World'. The programme recycles wheelchairs that would have been discarded, and refurbishes them to a very high standard at a prison. They are then distributed with expert medical and technical support to assist in fitting.
The monies raised by the school will sponsor five much need wheelchairs.
Pupils created collages of coins they collected to raise money for wheelchairs to be sent to Haiti, with the Epsom based charity. The school council, which is run by pupils from each year groups, chose to support the charity and invited a representative from Through the Roof to their school assembly.
 Eileen Sutherland, representing Through the Roof, spoke with enthusiam about a previous wheelchair distribution trip to South Africa. She showed a clip from a DVD about a boy who had been unable to go to school in the rain until he was provided with a wheelchair; he would previously would have had to crawl on his hands and knees. The delight on his face said it all!
Jacky Oliver, Chief Executive of Through the Roof, says, "Much of the inital giving to Haiti is for alleviating the immediate crisis, but long term the problem remains huge, with so many leg injuries. There is going to be an ongoing need for wheelchairs and for medical professionals to assist in fitting. Through the Roof is fully equipped to contribute through its Wheels for the World Programme and Greville's donation is a great addition to the fund."
Each collage, created by Greville pupils, represented a country where Wheels for the World have distributed wheelchairs in the past. As well as 200 wheelchairs being sent to Haiti, the trips planned in 2010 by Through the Roof are to Nyeri in Kenya and to Uganda.
 A display with photographs of delighted children who have previously received wheelchairs in Jordan and Ghana was set up in the school foyer by a Greville parent who is a volunteer fundraiser for the charity.
Zainab Fareed, 8 and in class 4T, said, "I have been enjoying raising money for other countries."
Miss Webb, Greville Primary School Headteacher commented , "I am very pleased to support a local charity and am amazed at how much the children have enjoyed bringing in their spare coins."
For more information about Wheels for the World please see http://www.throughtheroof.org/ourprogramme/wheels-for-the-world or contact 01372 749955 | 