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Luckley Lectures presents Reaching Rwanda
The Whitty Theatre, Luckley House School, Luckley Road, Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 3EU
Wednesday 11 Sep 2024
Wednesday, 11 September, 18:00 – 18:45Tickets are £5 per person
All proceeds from ticket sales will go to ‘Reaching Rwanda’ to help those most in need.
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Luckley Lectures presents Reaching Rwanda
Luckley House School is privileged to welcome Sam Hunt MBE, the Chair of the Survivors Fund, as she returns to her old school to speak about her Reaching Rwanda initiative. Sam will speak of her experiences of re-building two villages for Rwandan genocide survivors, raising the importance of 'taking action'.
Sam Hunt MBE is Sandhurst School’s Deputy Headteacher, Head of Safeguarding at Corvus Learning Trust, Chair of the Survivors Fund (SURF) as well as an expert on the Holocaust and genocide – recognised through national teaching and local charitable awards. Samantha is past winner of the Secondary School Teacher of the Year award as well as the 2003 winner of the Anne Frank Inspirational Teacher of the Year award. Samantha has been recognised as a Sue Ryder “Woman of Achievement”, a “Pride of Bracknell” and has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University of Winchester.
Sam is also an academic advisor for Remembering Srebrenica – paying tribute to the victims of genocide in Bosnia, where close to 100,000 civilians were killed, over 2 million people forcibly displaced, and between 20,000 – 50,000 women systematically raped.
Sam Hunt MBE is Sandhurst School’s Deputy Headteacher, Head of Safeguarding at Corvus Learning Trust, Chair of the Survivors Fund (SURF) as well as an expert on the Holocaust and genocide – recognised through national teaching and local charitable awards. Samantha is past winner of the Secondary School Teacher of the Year award as well as the 2003 winner of the Anne Frank Inspirational Teacher of the Year award. Samantha has been recognised as a Sue Ryder “Woman of Achievement”, a “Pride of Bracknell” and has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University of Winchester.
Sam is also an academic advisor for Remembering Srebrenica – paying tribute to the victims of genocide in Bosnia, where close to 100,000 civilians were killed, over 2 million people forcibly displaced, and between 20,000 – 50,000 women systematically raped.