The importance of community and kindness…
Next year, our indomitable volunteer Liz will celebrate fifteen years of volunteering with EdConnect. Each week Liz visits her local school, Eden Hill Primary, where she supports students with their literacy and numeracy.
“I was conned into it,” Liz laughs when asked what drew her to volunteering.
“I had a boarder at the time who was doing it and told me I had to do it too.”
Once she started volunteering, the reason to continue became clear: “the kids are desperately in need of support,” she said.
Liz grew up in various places, but mostly in the country. She recalls the sense of freedom offered by a rural upbringing, “camping, bush-bashing, a real ‘all creatures great and small’ type lifestyle.”