STUDENTS from Weydon School have travelled to Ghana and Sri Lanka to visit their partner schools.

The Ghana group spent ten days in a village called Dwabor over Easter, helping to paint and decorate a new IT suite, creating a football net from plastic bags, leading classroom workshops and teaching first aid to the Ghanaian pupils.

The creation of the IT room for their school was made possible thanks to a whole year of fundraising carried out when the students were in Year 9. Going there, supporting the school and finalising the project was said to be “extremely rewarding”.

They spent a lot of time with youngsters from Dwabor, who accompanied them on many trips to places such as Elmina Castle and Kakum National Park.

Weydon students also spent time with the children from the village, which was one of their favourite parts of the trip.

Eva Anderson, one of the students on the trip, said: “My best memory is probably the day that it rained.

“We had been working all day and it was boiling hot, then out of nowhere it started to rain – and not just drizzle but a proper tropical rainstorm.

“Keeping dry was pointless, so we all ended up running around in the rain. Our clothes took forever to dry, but it was definitely worth it!”

After staying in Dwabor the students spend two nights at the beach.

They spent two days relaxing in the sun, making fabrics, necklaces, African masks and playing volleyball before heading back to the airport and home.

Eva continued: “Everybody in Ghana was so incredibly welcoming, and they all had an amazing time!”