CHARITY To Africa and back again By LEIGH PROM Apr 26, 2019 Apr 26, 2019 2 1 of 3 Walter Hughes Jr. shows team member a Microflush toilet in Ghana. Submitted photo Preschool children at Estate Experimental Preschool are hard at work in their new school in Ghana. Submitted photo Walter Hughes Jr. and Rotary District Governor George Karnes met with the Maasai tribal leaders about the need for education in Kenya. 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