EIGHT Bromyard people who visited Buhuri in Tanzania over the summer will be giving a presentation at a cheese and wine evening tomorrow night (Saturday).

The visit was part of the conservation link between the two towns.

St Peter's Primary School teacher Richard Hollis, who was a member of the group, first visited Buhuri in 1997.

He said: "It was wonderful to see the changes. The message of conservation is really coming through and has been taken up by the government who want to establish a million trees.

"By the roadsides you see tree nurseries and people trying to sell trees as a way of generating income.

"Of the eight people who went, there were several that had specific jobs including teaching computers to local teachers, computers that we helped bring over there.

"At St Peters we have a link with one of the schools and we have swapped photographs, letters and raised money here at harvest festival and sent it out. That has resulted in a toilet block and helped to make the grounds look attractive at Pondgwe school. It also works the other way where we are teaching about Africa and Tanzania in our schools."

Also talking at the meeting will be St Peter's Church warden Tudor Jones, who said: "The trip happens every other year. In between years we pay for a group of people to come here from Buhuri. We show them farming practices plus what we do for conservation with tree nurseries and the like."

Tickets to the event at 7.30pm in St Peter's Parish Room, Church Lane, are £5.