It was fun and games galore when Candice Tonny (14) and Stacey Kambula (13) spent an exciting week at the Sugar Bay Camp during school holidays.
The trip was sponsored by Sugar Bay through the North Coast Courier Orphan Fund, which provided the girls’ pocket money. The girls arrived at the camp on March 30 and took part in various fun and educational activities to help them grow into confident and focused young women.
It was a sad day when they had to leave on April 6 but they took home valuable lessons and made new friends with fellow campers at Sugar Bay’s cabin Gecko Tree.
The girls attend Summerhill House, a centre for disadvantaged children in Etete. Summerhill director, Paula Owen, said the girls would cherish the experience for the rest of their lives.
“We just want to thank the Orphan Fund and Sugar Bay for their generosity. I know that Tonny and Kambula’s lives were deeply impacted by their time at the camp,” said Owen.
Both the girls are raised by single parents and Owen said they had witnessed some atrocities that most adults can only have nightmares about.
“This camp gave them some childhood time away from the harsh realities they face on a daily basis,” said Owen.
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