Kristina Gadsby, Emma Roberts, Alexandra Wylie, Bonnie Groves and Maddy O’Bryen all aged 15 years old jetted off to Chennai in late August. They presented an assembly at the school that the Wings of Hope sponsors in Chromepet, where they chortled and danced to “I’m a Londoner”. They then taught classes in English food, life in Britain and diseases! The classes were fun packed for the children, as they arranged for a sound quiz. Emma and Bonnie played through some iPod speakers the sounds of Morris dancing, the National Anthem, bagpipes and being in a football match. Ally and Kristina in their diseases class used glitter to depict germs and how easily they spread. At the end of that class, the glitter boxes had exploded, and all of the children were covered in glitter!

The girls were also lucky enough to see the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wings of Hope School plot in Pondicherry, which the British High Commissioner inaugurated.

Read more about the winners’ trip by looking at their diaries here.

• Ally’s diary
• Emma’s diary
• Maddy’s diary
• Bonnie’s diary
• Kristina’s diary