Today was interesting; I met the children for the last time in the kindergarten. They were nice. I played games with them for example, 1-2-3-4 games, which were based similarly to Simon, says but for each number there’s a set action. Overall it was a great experience and I hope…
Today was our second day in teaching the Acholi Quarters and the children are really beginning to get comfortable with us and form very special bonds. We all really enjoy seeing the smiles on the children’s faces and the short amount of time we are here will have such an…
Hi all, I’ve managed to upload a few photos from our time at Acholi Quarters yesterday. All being well there will be another post from the team later if we have a connection. We will post daily if we can, but please don’t panic if we miss a day! Team…
Our second day started with an early start. Well for some on us anyway! After a quick breakfast, we headed out to the close by kindergarten. Although, we planned our activities the night before, we had no idea what to expect nor did we know any of the language. We…
Today was our first day teaching in the Acholi Quarters. It was great to see how engaged and enthusiastic the children were and how keen they were to get going. Although, behind the scenes it was more tough as each group had the wrong set of children so planned lessons…
Today is finally the day that we travelled to Bulgaria. We all had to meet up at school at 3am and most of us hadn’t slept at all. In the minibus the suitcases were packed up very highly at the back, so that at every bend and turn the suitcases…
OKAY, SO WE ARE HERE SAFE! Even after two stops, one in turkey which was planned and another in Rwanda which we weren’t aware of, it was a very long flight but we made it – even if we did lose one case on the way! Some of us went…
In this season of graduations, when students are finishing their academic year and preparing to move on to the next stage of studies, or in some cases finish with the formal education system for the foreseeable, we thought you might like to see a couple of photos of Graduation ceremonies…
Last Thursday, our founder received his MBE from HRH Prince Charles, in recognition of his work in Fairtrade Gold and with gold mining communities in South America and Africa. Congratulations, Greg Valerio MBE! You can read more about the day on Greg’s blog: Stranger than Fiction – Larger than Life…
2016 is a special year for CRED Partner Ellilta-Women at Risk (EWAR) as it reaches its twenty-year milestone of working to bring Ethiopian women out of prostitution. We wish to help celebrate this milestone by sharing some of the stories of the ladies impacted. Aynalem is in her early 30’s…
