Felicity swapping Bournemouth for Africa (From Thisisdorset)

Felicity swapping Bournemouth for Africa

2:30pm Saturday 11th February 2012 in Latest

A BIG-hearted Bournemouth woman has swopped her home comforts for three months to work with a human rights charity in West Africa.

Felicity Newman, 22, who lives in Throop, is a former pupil of St Walburga’s primary school and St Peter’s secondary school in Southbourne.

After graduating from Bath University with a chemistry degree, she joined a team of British volunteers on an international development placement in Mali.

Felicity is working with several disability organisations including the Malian Union of the Blind.

She told the Daily Echo: “We are working in a country where there is huge social stigma against physical and learning disability.

“Our aim is to create a sensory playground within school grounds, to cater not only for social needs but to provide the stimulation essential to positive childhood development.”

Felicity is appealing for donations towards the project.

To find out more about her vital work go to internationalservice.org.uk or email intlservicemali@gmail.com