When you live in a slum, and your house is about as tiny and basic as they come, built right up next to a ‘river’ that has no floodplain to overflow into, and the house is made of sticks and mud with a tin sheet for a roof……. For the …
Chisomo Shelter for Street Children is based in Lusaka, Zambia and has been in existence since 1993; it was registered as a Zambian non-profit organisation in 1997. Since that time, Chisomo, which means Grace when translated into English, has been providing much needed services for children who find themselves living …
Nkuru Business and Vocational Training College, set up by CRED Partner John Njendahayo, opened its doors to prospective students and parents as well as local residents recently. There was much interest in the range of course available for students age 18 and up, as well as for the children who …
One of the programmes that GNPDR has been running for a couple of years now is the Mercy Mattress project, and it continues to go from strength to strength. At the heart of the project is reconciliation between genocide victims and perpertrators, and this comes about through the genocide victims …
Ellilta (previously known as Women-At-Risk) in Ethiopia have three categories of programs that they run – rehabilitation for the women wishing to exit prostitution, outreach and intervention to those who are vulnerable and at risk of entering prostitution (including many children of the programs) and prevention, where they seek to …
The children of Stepping Stones Primary school in Nkhata Bay, Malawi, had a lovely post-Christmas party thanks to money raised by CRED supporters. The money was raised through the CRED Christmas appeal, and the children were given some delicious, nutritious food at their lunchtime breaks in school as a result. …
Nkuru Business and Vocational Training College in Uganda, which has been set up and run by CRED partner John Njendahayo, has started welcoming its youngest students ever through its doors! Age 4 – 6 years, they are pupils at the Kids Joy Nursery School which has opened up in the …
International Women’s Day 2019 has taken the theme of #BalanceforBetter, to raise awareness of the ongoing need for a more gender-balanced world. After all, it seems fairly sensible to assume that a balanced world is a better world. This led me to think through the CRED portfolio of partners, and …
Attending school for the pupils at GNPDR’s Comfort Primary School in Kigali, Rwanda, isn’t just about getting a much-coveted education. It is also an opportunity to receive some equally coveted nutritious food, as shown below where the children are enjoying a fresh egg. For several of the pupils at the …
Jess lives in Zambia. She is 10 years old and living on the streets of Lusaka. She went to the streets a few months back, because she says that life at home just got too tough. Her dad isn’t around at all – in fact Jess doesn’t even know who …
