TEACHERS from six primary schools in Crook and Willington are strengthening educational ties with African schools on a half-term visit.
Pupils and staff already share health projects with children in Northern Tanzania, where classrooms are short of basic equipment and often without water and electricity.
Students at Bishop Barrington School, in Bishop Auckland, held a non-uniform day to raise £545 for the 400 pupils at Makaa primary, which staff from St Cuthbert's, in Crook, are visiting.
Bishop Barrington became involved after hearing about the African partnership from clerical assistant Jackie Williams, whose six-year-old daughter is a St Cuthbert's pupil.
St Cuthbert's headteacher Barbara Simpson and teachers Michelle McElhone and Andrea Harrison set off at the weekend to take the money to Africa.
During the trip, which is funded by the British Council, they will be working with the 400 pupils at Makaa where lessons are conducted in Swahili.
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