A MORAY-based charity has been given a £2500 grant for its work in  Tanzania. The cash award will pay the yearly course fees at college for eight young people who recently left an orphanage funded by Busega Scotland. In addition, the money will also pay for their food, accommodation, clothing and footwear. Busega Scotland is run by retired Garmouth couple John and Christine Carney, who spend large chunks of the year in Tanzania.

One of the charity’s trustees is Andy Lees, an Elgin-based financial adviser. He said: “I’ve known John and Christine a long time and remember the first time they told me how they were planning to spend their retirement. “They are amazing people and we could do with a few more like them in the world.” Mr Lees, who successfully applied for the grant from theSt James Place Foundation, continued: “It’s crazy when you think of how much further the money will go over there than it would here.

“I feel very lucky to have the life I have got, but much of how you end up depends on which country you were born in.“Anybody born in Western Europe is already in the top eight per cent of wealthy people in the world. “My reason for supporting Busega Scotland is I think we could all do a bit better and do a little more.”

Thank you to the Northern Scot for publishing this article.