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The Old Ratcliffan 2010 | Births quote from her blog: ‘When the girls of villagers free of charge by this time under £16,000. moved in to Tilinanu, - their faces lit next year. This has been a fantastic up so bright and their smiles were and magical step for Tilinanu and If you are touched by this story and so wide. The girls were trying to its community as this is what the would like to help Alice to continue to take their mosquito nets down and villagers really need to improve their fulfil her dream for these girls, please go to www.lovetilinanu.org.uk where hide them under their beds because standard of life and health. They you will find all the information you they had never had one... they were are also in the process of building a trying to hide their individual towels chicken hut which will hold over 70 need on how to donate to Tilinanu. because they had never personally chickens and planting more Jackie Bennett, owned anything... they immediately all fruit trees in the hope of making Editor showered, for the first few days they Tilinanu sustainable. showered at least 4-5 times a day as most of them had never had running None of this could have happened water. I am telling you - these children without the support of the fundraising were so HAPPY!’ team back home. Alice’s mother, Yvonne, and sister, Nina, have been Alice went off to Malawi straight after tireless with their fundraising efforts. her exams had finished in June with There have been several events a group of volunteers, one of whom throughout the year. During May, was Hollie Stone (05). This summer Gareth Lloyd and the school gave the a shell has been built for the Medical use of the huge marquee used for the Clinic which is situated at the front Picnic Concert for a lunch, ‘A Party for of the building. It has been approved, the Princesses’, to raise money for the supported and funded and will be Orphanage. This was a splendid affair open and running for the thousands with over 600 guests and it raised just One of the Beds in the Girls’ Dorm BIRThs Joe Maskrey (60) & Sophia Kelly Eaton (00) with Baby Marcella Team Belderbos Maskrey-Segesman Brooke Eaton-Reynolds Joe Maskrey (60) wrote: “Joan and Kelly Eaton (00): “Both Ben and I are Katie and James Belderbos (89): “We I had our first grandchild born to our proud to announce the birth of our had our third and final (!) child, Felix, daughter Georgy Maskrey-Segesman beautiful baby daughter on the 28th who was born on 31st August, bringing and son-in law Tim Segesman on June October 2010. Marcella Brooke Eaton- Mum and Dad’s total grandchildren 21st 2010 in Thousand Oaks, California. Reynolds weighed 6lb 8oz.” to ten. Chris & Maria Matthews’ (nee Her name is Sophia Grace Maskrey- Belderbos) (95) second, Ella, was born Segesman and she was one month about two weeks earlier.” premature. She is absolutely beautiful, just like her mother, and as you can see from the photograph, she is the apple of her grandpa’s eye.” Andrew Mason (96): “We have a daughter called Lucie, who is 9 months old now - time flies! Tomas is starting in the nursery - I put him on the waiting list earlier this year, but we didn’t expect we would get a place so soon. The school looks great now. We saw a little bit at John Yates’ (95) wedding, but I had a good look at the Nursery and Junior School at the last Open Day. I hope that I will get a chance to look at the new Union, etc, in the New Year.” Mr & Mrs Andrew Mason (96) with Tomas and Baby Lucy Register online www.ratcliffanassociation.co.uk 2