Student Emma Huntly will travel to South Africa in her summer holidays to work with deprived schoolchildren.

The 19-year-old, of Manor Road, South Hinksey, Oxford, will travel to the remote town of Nelspruit, in the north-east of the country, in her summer holidays to teach in a township primary school for the second time in two years.

She will be working for the Tentelini Project, which was established in 1998 to send undergraduates to Tentelini Primary School in the town to work as teachers, develop awareness of Aids and do structural work on school buildings.

Emma, a second-year anthropology student at Durham University, said: "I want to do it because I really feel that any effort we can make will make a huge difference to the children.

"I felt that the teaching I did last year made a big difference to the children's language and confidence and it's great to leave a permanent legacy there by helping build and repair schools."

This year, organisers have raised money to re-route the drains at Tentelini, which run through the centre of the school. The Tentelini project has expanded to other schools in the area and organisers are looking for funds to pay for building work and equipment.