At Nkuru Vocational Training College, the majority of the students attend for two years to learn a vocational skill from scratch. The four main vocational skills on offer are: catering, construction, fashion and design, and hair and beauty. The nature of the qualification means that at the end of the…
Early November, Helen and Simon visited GNPDR in Rwanda and spent some time at their programmes. Here are some reflections of Helen following the visit. Today we spent the morning with a group of about 25 young people some of whom are living on the streets of Kigali, and some…
Written by Helen AHISDO was one of Creds early Ethiopian partners, and a sister organisation to CBISDO It is a community based organisation in one of the poorer parts of Addis Ababa and for many years has been supporting elderly and child residents who are most in need through a…
CBISDO is one of CRED’s earlier partners in Ethiopia. I can never remember what the acronym CBISDO stands for (I know, shame on me!), but I do know that it is a very wonderful little community based organization that is working in one of the poorest ‘woreda’ of Addis, and making a…
Written by Janaki This is the story of a child named Sathwika, who transformed her life from being a household cleaner to holding a software job through education.She was born into a backward-caste family, which was both poor and large. Sathwika had one younger brother. Her father worked as a…
Written by Helen I’ve visited Ellilta several times now over the years, and they never cease to leave me feeling humble, in awe, and totally inspired. Started 27 years ago by a dear friend Serawit (Cherry) Friedmeyer, the focus from the start is as it is now – to work…
A week of delivering training in Ethiopia complete In October, myself and a friend Jude delivered some training to a group of 30 – 35 Ethiopians, all of whom have roles working for Ethiopian charities that focus on supporting children living with disabilities. these are my reflections on that week. It has…
By Helen Harrison In Amharic, the Ethiopian language, Berhan means ‘child’, and Lehetsanat means ‘light’ or ‘lighten’. The focus of the organisation Berhan Lehetsanat (hereafter BL) is to bring the light of hope to disadvantaged children, and to lighten their load. Primarily this is through working with disabled children and…
This year, CRED Foundation is taking part in the Big Give’s Christmas Challenge. Starting on GivingTuesday, November 28th, there are 7 days to make a donation to the campaign. Every donation made during this week will be doubled, whilst match funds last! Save the date and double your donation! November…
Over the past year, some significant changes have taken place at Spurgeons Academy, as facilities have been developed for the inclusion of the new Junior Secondary School (JSS). This is all due to a change in curriculum and overhaul of the education system in Kenya that has been slowly rolled…
