Partnership with One World Link (OWL)

All Saints’ Academy is one of 15 schools in the Warwick/Leamington area which form part of the OWL friendship group with Education partners in Bo, Sierra Leone.

 
Our partner school in Bo is Holy Rosary Primary, a girls’ school in the city centre.  Every year children in each school exchange posters and letters on various topics (e.g. Eco-theme, our interests, our school experiences and aspirations for the future).  

In June of each year, we gather with hundreds of other children in the OWL network, both here and in Bo, to celebrate the Day of the African Child.  We participate in workshops on drumming, dancing, art and craft, singing, storytelling, all on an African theme.  This is an uplifting celebration of friendship between the two communities, an opportunity to share similar interests and goals, and have fun together.
 

One World Link (OWL) promotes friendships between two communities across the world: those of Bo District in Sierra Leone and Warwick District in the UK. The link that has been running between these two communities since 1981 is inspired by a desire for justice, equality, human understanding and mutual support. Over the years it has helped to strengthen both communities and their awareness of global and development issues.

The link has been maintained over more than forty years through a number of activities including exchange visits, cultural events, links made between schools and other organisations in the two communities, parties and social gatherings, pen friendships and regular shipments of school supplies and other goods to Bo. A regular newsletter which reports on upcoming events and development progress has helped to keep a wider network of members and the public informed about life in Bo over the years. Alongside the above activities which form the bedrock of OWL relationships, a jointly agreed project to construct a multi-purpose community centre in Bo is a major practical undertaking which has brought the communities even closer together.
We work in partnership with other organisations in several fields including education, health, waste management and planning.