The cycle of prostitution is a deeply complex crisis fueled by systemic poverty, inequality, and gender-based violence. For women trapped in the industry, the path to a different life is often obstructed by a history of trauma, neglect, and a lack of the support systems necessary to survive outside of…
Joseph Siame was born in 2008 and comes from Northern Province, Zambia. He is the 5th born in a family of eight children. Sadly, education has always been difficult for the family, as none of his siblings managed to complete school. Most dropped out around Grade 5 or Grade 6…
For 43 years, 83-year-old Hellen lived in a cramped, 10×10-foot shack in Kibera—one of Africa’s largest informal settlements. But for Hellen, the lack of plumbing or electricity wasn’t the hardest part. It was the isolation. Following the tragic loss of her two children in infancy, and the subsequent death of…
By Benjamin Smith In January 2026, I began a two-month volunteering placement in Jilu, Dolakha—a remote and beautiful village in Nepal. From the moment I arrived, I was welcomed with warmth and kindness by my host family, school staff, and the wider community. What followed was an incredibly enriching experience…
Huge congratulations to some of the students at St Joseph School in Nallajeerla, India, which is supported by CRED Partner FIAM. They recently got the results of the national exams taken by all grade 10 students across the country. The following is the news that Janaki sent through, which underlines…
written by Bishnu Bhatta, Director of PSD-Nepal In August 2025, PSD Nepal launched a community-based plantation initiative in the hills of Dolakha, planting 1,000 saplings with local families. The plantation focused mainly on Sichuan paper, walnut, Avacado, Lauthsalla (Himalayan Yew Fruits) and lemon trees, chosen for their long-term environmental and…
Written by Pius, director of GNPDR Street-connected children are often seen as a public security problem instead of children in need of protection, healing, and opportunity. In Rwanda, many children living on the streets are periodically chased by security people in plain clothes, rounded up, and taken to rehabilitation centers…
Great news for the nursery school children in the Nkhata Bay area of Malawi. The Stepping Stones / Butterfly Space team have just opened a new nursery school – Majika nursery in Chisombe village near Nkhata Bay. This makes six functioning nursery schools in the Butterfly group, and at each…
Hope has lived all of her life in Acholi Quarters with her mum, her two biological brothers, and variable foster siblings as her mum has taken in different children over the years when their family circumstances broke down. Her home has always been some variation on a 3m square room,…
On Wednesday 13th May, 9 of the 11 CRED partners gathered at central location in Nairobi to travel together to the Links Africa Hub in Embu district in the foothills of Mount Kenya for 3 days of fellowship, learning, building relationships, deepening friendships and journeying together. Those who were there…
