Euro Militaire had many interesting people on board manning the stands over the weekend – amongst them was actor Jason Salkey - you may know Jason through the hit television series about the fictional British soldier fighting in the Napoleonic wars called “Sharpe” – Jason played in the series as Rifleman Harris. As well as giving away a prize at the event he was there for a more personal reason.
Jason was representing a charity founded by his co-star in the series Mr Daragh
O’Malley called “The Sharpe’s Children Foundation”
This charity was conceived through the casts’ experiences in filming in many of
the lesser well off areas of the world.
While filming the Sharpe
series over a seventeen year timespan at various locations in Portugal,
Ukraine, Crimea, Turkey and India the actors of Sharpe witnessed many
atrocities against children. While filming Sharpe’s Challenge and Sharpe’s
Peril in India, actors witnessed little children living in the gutters of
Jaipur and Jodpur in Rajasthan and on the streets of Kahjurho in the state of
Madhya Pradesh, living in the most horrific circumstances.
On meeting the representative of the foundation Ms. Yvette Leavy I learned all about the charity and its aims to bring these often orphaned and destitute children up and out of their poor surroundings and to – just like Sharpe - give them a chance at a normal through self-betterment. By establishing Sharpe’s Shelters early education centres - the first will be in Rajasthan, India - the actors of Sharpe feel they have found a unique way to make a real difference to the lives of destitute and forgotten street children.
To better explain the foundation’s aims and to look at the Foundation’s great
work please do click on www.sharpeschildren.com and see if you can do something to help. Congratulations
to Euro Militaire exposing us this
important charity!
Now to the second part of photos of the show - There are more parts to come all this week including
more figures, dioramas, armour and other oddities from the show – not to
forget some of the characters from the event. Click on below for the pictures of the excellent models on display…
