A high school teacher in Belarus would be paid an average of twenty three English Pounds per month. Whilst not living in total poverty, the vast majority of Belarussians simply can't afford to travel outside of Eastern Europe. Unphased by this, we decided to raise the money ourselves.


Looking at the cost of bringing some Belarussian students to England, we found that to bring all of the group that took part in the conference (15) would cost about six thousand pounds. To bring a group of 6 would cost around three thousand pounds.

After a short time, it was clear that that six thousand would be out of our reach. This was mainly due to poor responses from local companies, and being unable to obtain EU funding. Three thousand pounds became the target.