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…
Spurgeons update, September 2017: There has been much discussion and negotiation recently with the national train authorities and the Kenyan government regarding future options for Spurgeons Academy relating to buildings and associated space. This is due to the impact of the expanded train line that has cut through the Spurgeons…
Solar phone charging – a good news story from Acholi Over the past few years I have had the privilege of visiting with, and supporting, the Lubanga Ber group in Acholi Quarters, and seeing them grow from a disparate, surviving, not very hope-filled group to the empowered, visionary, cohesive group…
Betty – mother, wife, and Ugandan small-scale gold miner. And yesterday she told me how her life has changed for the better over the past few months, thanks to wonderful piece of kit called a Gold Kacha. Betty’s role within the gold mining process was to do the sluicing of…
