Thank you all!

Everyone at the African Oyster Trust would like to thank all of those who have helped make the last couple of months so successful for fundraising.

Big Give Christmas Challenge

First of all, we achieved our target of £4k - and then some!  In fact we raised an epic total of £4,540 through the Big Give (including Gift Aid). 

The funds raised will allow us to purchase all the items on our Wish List, namely a portable ultrasound machine and an X-ray machine, plus we can start to equip the new laboratory and pay for staff training.

​This really will make a huge difference to the welfare of the local people in and around Jappineh. 

Whose wine...

Also last month, successful wine tasting tickled the taste buds and, with your donations, raised over £1,000. 

Some fabulous wine descriptions, courtesy of our friend Matt from Majestic Wines who entertained guests: "To bring a pantomime theme to the proceedings, if Burgundy in France was Prince Charming, then Beaujolais would be seen as Widow Twanky."

Only one table managed a full-bodied SWEEP!  But everyone had a good time as shown in the photos below.

Auction bids for extra colour and comedy!

The two signed prints by artist Perry Taylor together raised £106.50, while Christmas wreath sales added a further £75 and the meal voucher, kindly donated by The Falcon, Warmington, was sold for £50. 

The last item, a book; 'Good Moaning France: Offcer Crabtree's Fronch Phrose Berk' went for £20.