A MEMORIAL service for road traffic accident victims raised enough money to pay for three teachers for a year at an African school built as a tribute to a brother and sister who were killed last year.
At the service in Broughton Parish Church on Sunday, Barry Rossiter spoke about how he and his wife, Mandy, had survived the death of their only children Rebecca, 18, and Matthew, 16, who were killed in a car accident in February 2002.
He spoke about how “faith and hope” had helped them through the ordeal.
Mr Rossiter said he could never think of his children’s death “as a tragedy” because so many good things had happened as a result.
A five-classroom school is already up and running in Sudan, which was built in memory of Matthew and Rebecca after their parents raised more than £20,000 following their deaths. The collection at the service netted another £1,000, which will cover the cost of three teachers at the new school for the next year.
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