A COMMUNITY theatre group is swapping suburban London for the lush pastures of Sri Lanka as they help run a summer school for more than 300 underprivileged children.
Students from Act 2 Academy, in Highams Park, are heading to Wattala in Sri Lanka to volunteer with the charity The Dust Project.
Each of nine students needs to raise £1,200 and £5,000 as a group.
Act 2 Academy director Amanda Goodwin said the opportunity came after a conversation with someone from the United Nations before it “snowballed”
She added: “I’m just so incredibly proud of the students that have signed up to do this.”
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