£7,600 target for Peru trip pair

TWO Sleaford teenagers are set to take on the challenge of a lifetime working with orphans in Peru.

Bryony Mason and Jenny Kluge, year 11 students at Kesteven and Sleaford High School, hope to visit Southern Peru next summer with 12 other girls from the school.

While there they will undertake two weeks of charity work helping with projects and working with children in orphanages followed by two weeks exploring the country.

Bryony told the Target: "We feel this will be an excellent experience for all of us, by being able to give something back to the community.

"The remaining time will consist of exploring the rest of the country which will include a lot of hiking, camping and teamwork."

The duo need to raise £3,800 each to make the trip possible and have already undertaken many fundraising activities, including bag packing, car boots sales and cake stalls.

Their next fundraiser will be a 15 mile sponsored walk on May 4 which will take them from the centre of Sleaford out to the villages of Ewerby, Evedon and Kirkby La Thorpe following the River Slea back to Sleaford.

The girls expect the walk will take about five hours to complete.

Bryony added: "We are very much looking forward to our trip to Peru however we feel that we are not getting as much support from locals as we'd like.

"We'd love companies and locals within the town to help support us and we are both currently looking for sponsors to help our expedition become more of a reality rather than a dream."

Anyone willing to help with fundraising or who has any ideas on how to help the girls reach their total is asked to contact Bryony Mason on (01400) 261373.