(written by Helen Harrison whilst on a visit to Nepal) Having visited the plastic bottle collection site in Langtang district of Nepal recently (see previous blog), it was wonderful to later be able to visit the first PET recycling centre in Pokhara where all of the bottles are processed and…
When in Nepal recently I (Helen) visited a few projects run by PSD-Nepal, the CRED Partner that I was visiting. The first of these was situated in the Langtang district of Nepal, high up near the border with China, the project focuses on addressing the scourge of plastic waste –…
By Kenyanito Dudi, IDAK Foundation In the heart of Katwekera, a bustling and densely populated area within Nairobi’s Kibera slum, lives Winda Anoro. Winda is a portrait of resilience—a devoted mother and wife whose entrepreneurial journey began with nothing more than a deep need to provide and a meager KSh…
by Ella Potter, age 15, who visited Uganda with her dad Dan I tried to just stretch my leg out from under myself and the group of small children around me looked at me wide-eyed, as if worried I was about to leave them. It felt strange to be getting…
One of the projects that CRED Partner Butterfly Space has been supporting for many years is the distribution of baby baskets to new mums in the Nkhata Bay area of Malawi. The baby baskets are loaded with all the essential items that a young mother and her new-born baby might…
(all identifying details have been altered to protect identity. Written by a member of Ellilta staff). A Young Heart Misled Jenny, a 41-year-old woman from Addis Ababa, was born to a soldier father and a gardener mother. As an 8th grader, she fell in love with a man who pursued…
One of the programmes supported by FIAM is providing support to 18 elderly people, each of whom is widowed and essentially abandoned by their family, leaving them with nowhere to call their home. The 18 live as part of a larger community of 30, and it was a delight to…
At Wasare school in rural Kenya, CRED Partner IDAK Foundation has supported the implementation of a feeding programme, such that all the children are able to get a hot meal in the middle of each day. For some students, this meal is the difference between being able to complete a…
written by Aaron Chilunjika, from Chisomo James is a 17 yrs old boy coming from Nakonde in Northern province of Zambia. He is a double orphan, coming from a family of 5 children and he being the 3rd born. When both his parents passed he was taken in by the…
(written by Bishnu Bhatta, PSD Nepal) 1. Introduction In August 2025, PSD Nepal, with generous support from the CRED Foundation, implemented a large-scale community-based tree plantation program in Ramechhap District. The initiative aimed to restore degraded hillsides, enhance local livelihoods, and mitigate monkey-induced crop destruction through the planting of 1,000…
