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“I've been a trustee of EducAid since 2005, when I visited Sierra Leone on behalf of St James's Church, Muswell Hill. I'm now based in Surrey where I'm the Assistant Curate at Christ Church Guildford. I'm less 'hands-on' than the other two trustees, but I provide an extra voice on anything we're discussing, which sometimes brings a different point of view. I also proofread all our newsletters and other materials at the UK end, as I used to work as a book editor. I'm passionate about the very real difference that comparatively small amounts of money can make to the lives of young people in Sierra Leone, and also the amazing way we can link up young people from there with those here. The key thing I've observed is that being a teenager is largely the same anywhere in the world, regardless of cultural differences.”

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how one encounter in particular was special.