Gail, a retired primary school teacher in Oxford, was struck by a statistic during the talk at her local church. It was the stunning fact that every child in the developing world that receives primary school education lives an average of 7 years longer. It was at that moment that Gail decided to help.
The talk at her church had been conducted by edukid, a charity that improves children’s lives in the poverty stricken countries of Cambodia and Uganda by giving them a route into education. Edukid delivers talks at UK churches to inspire people to change young lives for the better and one of these talks led Gail to act.
She gave up smoking that same day and saved her cigarette money until she had enough funds to visit Cambodia with edukid. The relationships she and her sister formed during their visit to edukid projects there inspired her to share her story when she returned home.
