A group of students and staff from a college in Ipswich travelled 4,000 miles to Ghana four years after it was initially planned, with the Covid pandemic putting a halt on the 2020 plans. Eight students and three staff from Suffolk New College spent a 10-day “life-changing” trip to Accra, Ghana. Lee Mandley, director of service industries and science at the college, said: “I don’t think I’ve ever been more proud of a set of students in my professional career..they all had to raise over £2,000 to fund this trip and the compassion, empathy and care they had for the people they met was life affirming.”
Simon Milton said: “To finally get this off the ground with a great group who fundraised for themselves was amazing. Alongside the brilliant students “Coach Lee” made a huge impression on the children he coached 🙂 All our volunteers had down time in Ghana too and had the opportunity to visit Cape Coast along the way. The students and staff will now become our ambassadors and I really believe that this is the beginning of something special between the college and Futurestars.”
