For the past 9 years The Heathland School has taken on the tremendous task of collaborating with the charity Our Kids in order to help provide a better life for the children at an orphanage in Bosnia. Over this period of time the school has helped raise a tremendous amount of money, each year around £20,000 is raised. This money then is used by Our Kids for important projects, a recent example of this being the half-way house which was partially funded by the money Heathland students raised! Coming from someone who has visited the half-way house twice now, I c

an say that it is amazing. The building is very modern with a massive garden and to believe that we helped to fund this project is phenomenal.
While also contributing towards outside projects, the charity also puts money in to improving Egipatsko (the orphanage) and paying workers to be with the children. As many of you know, the summer holidays in Bosnia is over 2 months long and they aren’t allowed to do anything, so the charity has built a ‘house’ which the kids can access for workshops to keep them occupied, the house has a variety of toys, a TV and even an area for the children to work on their education. This has revolutionised the children’s lives allowing them to actually enjoy their long break, but nothing makes them happier than when The Heathland School students come to visit!