About 4 or 5 years ago, in a coffee shop in Southsea, Simon Paylor and myself dreamt about being able to bring together all the CRED Partners in one place, so that they could share with each other, inspire each other, learn from each other, and build network and relationships.…
The children at the GNPDR Catch Up school finally have water on tap, thanks to the generosity of some UK donors who raised enough money for a rainwater harvesting system to be set up. Until now there has been no reliable running water at, or near the school, and staff…
Saturday March 3rd 2018 will forever be an auspicious date in the life of Nkuru-Nziza Foundation, our CRED Foundation in Uganda, because it was the day that the first intake of students and their parents attended the Orientation Day, to mark the opening of the Nkuru Business and Vocational Training…
Daniel Mpanduzi, our Tanzanian CRED Partner, is one of 14 children – 9 girls and 5 boys. Within the family order he came roughly halfway and of the sisters 5 are older, and 4 younger. He grew up in the western part of Tanzania, near the shores of Lake Victoria,…
In February 2017, the first NNF Dragon’s Den competition was held in Bakijjulula, with a small CRED team acting as dragons. Open to all microfinance scheme members, it was an opportunity for individuals to pitch an idea to the ‘dragons’ and hope to come away with a pot of money…
Jane was one of the first people to receive a loan from the Missing Link Microfinance project when it launched in the summer of 2016, thanks to generous donations from CRED supporters. Based out of the house of John’s dad, in Bakijjulula near Mityana, where the Nkuru Vocational Training College…
One year ago the idea of this college hadn’t even been fully conceived – there were vague thoughts about something along the vocational-training lines, situated possibly at a location linked to one of the Nkuru-Nziza projects, but precise details were certainly not in existence. Now 12 months later, here we…
Christmas Day can be tough when you live on the streets, and especially if you are a child living rough. But for some young people who, for various reasons, are living on the streets of Lusaka in Zambia, Christmas this year had more fun and laughter than they were expecting,…
Hello, I trust this finds you well and that there is space in your lives for the peace and hope of this Advent season to come to the surface. I thought that you might find it interesting to read a summary of all the CRED partners, for your prayers and…
CRED Foundation is delighted to announce that we have a new Partner: The Voice School Trust in Tanzania. The Voice School Trust (TVST) is a school near Arusha that was founded in January 2013 by Daniel Mpanduzi. Daniel’s desire has always been to build a society in which no one…
