The new school year began in January 2016. A comprehensive report on last year’s Assunta school programme can be downloaded following the link below. It includes both a thorough account of our work in the previous year and a detailed plan of our 2016 programme which will support 38 primary school students and 32 secondary school students. […]
Tuition classes for our girls at Assunta primary school 2 under the HVT programme commenced on Thursday 28 January 2016, running from 10.15am to 12.30pm. This year we have a total of 36 pupils and 9 voluntary teachers. Pupils from Standard 2 to Standard 4 are taught Mathematics and English Language while pupils from Standard […]
Thanks to all who came along to EC1 Noodle Express in Clerkenwell on Saturday 5th December for an evening of great company, food and entertainment. The generosity of everyone there meant we raised almost £3000 for the trust, well over double last year’s amount. The funds will form a big contribution to all of our work in Malaysia. Special thanks […]
Sister Enda (centre), the founder of the Assunta schools, with Harinder’s old classmates and HVT chair Martin Jacques (right) at the celebration of the charity’s 10th anniversary. The Assunta Secondary School Art Gallery was packed out on 22nd November for the celebration of our 10 year anniversary. The afternoon was a huge success with well over […]
We’re excited to announce that in celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the Trust, a special event will be held at the Assunta Secondary School Art Gallery on 22 November 2015, 3pm – 5pm. Martin Jacques, the founder of the Trust, will be talking about his ongoing hopes for its work. He will be […]
Following on from the sell-out success of our Malaysian cafe evening last year, we invite you to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Trust with another evening of food, entertainment and fun. The event will take place on Saturday 5th December 2015 7.30pm to 11.30pm at EC1 Noodle Express, Clerkenwell, the same venue as last […]
Michelle Obama ought to know about the importance of education for girls from poor backgrounds. After all, she is the inspiration behind Let Girls Learn, an international effort to channel disadvantaged adolescents towards university. In pursuit of those aims, she came to London in June, accompanied by her daughters and her mother. And the First […]
On 23 April, Martin Jacques, the chair of the Harinder Veriah Trust, spent a day with Puan Tan, the Head of Assunta Primary School 2, and her colleagues, the Head of Assunta Secondary School and her team, and representatives from Assunta Primary School 1. The result was exciting new perspectives for the work of the […]
HVT session 2015 started on 26th February 2015. This year, tuition sessions are conducted on every Thursday afternoon from 1.15 p.m to 3.30 p.m as our HVT girls attend school in the morning session. Our HVT girls have a quick nutritious lunch, provided under the HVT programme, in the school canteen. After that, they head […]
Our team of tutors at Assunta Primary School took time out to climb Mount Kinabalu, which is in the East Malaysian state of Sabah, and is the highest mountain in South East Asia. This is our team leader, Zulita Ghaus. Click here to see more photos on our Flickr page.
“Teacher Jeannie is very kind. HVT gives us meals and tuition. I am proud to be part of HVT! I love my HVT teachers and want to study hard.”
Puteri Nur Hayat Std 5
