Twinning
Twinning is an Institute initiative that encourages Districts that are financially able to aid those most in need.
In response to the General Chapter’s call for twinning, the United States and Toronto launched a Region-wide Twinning Program in 1995, with support from all the District Visitors, to financially assist the Lwanga District in Africa and enable it to achieve self-sufficiency in the long-term.
Twinning partners each Lasallian school in RELAN with a Lasallian school in the Lwanga District, which includes the countries of Kenya, Nigeria, Eritrea, Ethiopia and South Africa. The annual Twinning appeal provides for the educational needs of African students who are economically poor or even without families. Financial contributions from students in RELAN schools are used to cover the cost of educating students in their respective twin schools in Africa. This includes tuition, teacher salaries, building/maintenance expenses, purchase of books and school supplies, etc., including board and lodging.
The Office of Lasallian Education coordinates the implementation of the Twinning Program in the RELAN, collecting contributions from RELAN schools, facilitating communication between twin schools and serving as a resource center.
Click here for the full list of African schools who twin with RELAN schools >
Additional Information
Fundraising Stories
Lwanga District website
Lwanga Newsletters:
February 2013
August 2012
June 2012
Fundraising Materials
Twinning Poster
Twinning Poster (personalize it!)
*Print posters on 11” x 17” paper/cover stock
2012-2013 Remittance Form
List of Contributions
