The start of February in Uganda is a significant time for young people, and for the children in Acholi it is no different. The first Monday in February marks the start of the new school year. So whether the child is starting school for the first time, or moving up…
AHISDO and CBISDO are two of our CRED Partners based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They now function as separate community-based organisations, but both have their origins in a previous NGO IHA-UDP, making them somewhat related! Child and elderly sponsorship feature highly on the programmes of both organisations, as they seek…
Christmas is coming, and this month we focus on programmes that enable project beneficiaries to have a meal, which for many will be the only one they eat that day As you prepare to celebrate Christmas, would you consider donating the cost of your Christmas Day meal, so that others can…
Some photos and words to give more insight into the work of our partner I Live Again Uganda, and the incredible work that they are doing regarding trauma counselling and trauma recovery for many communities in the north of Uganda. And if you want more – go to https://vimeo.com/280090321 for a…
Nkuru Business and Vocational Training College in Mityana, Uganda has been up and running for almost 1 complete academic year now, and all is going very well. The college is pioneering some new ways of learning, particularly by Ugandan standards, utilising a Whole Brain Approach to teaching and learning, and…
A picture says a thousand words – so they say. Therefore, apart from this brief introduction to the following photos, words won’t feature, and the images can do all the talking. The Voice School Trust is CRED’s Tanzanian partner, based in Usa River township in Arusha District. As well as…
Spurgeons Academy, which is part of Spurgeons Childcare Kenya, is a partner of CRED Foundation located in the Kibera informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya. It’s managing director is Kenyanito Dudi, and over the years many CRED Teams have visited the school to deliver educational activity weeks, and be life-transformingly inspired…
Makeda, is a nine years old girl who lives in Ethiopia, in a mid-size town 30km from Addis Ababa. She was born with cerebral palsy but despite this she attended school for a year and half, carried there on her mother’s back every week day, morning and afternoon. Unfortunately, when…
‘I am now a qualified teacher!. How does it feel???? Excellent. I have been teaching for the last ten years but I can now say I know what I’m doing and have found my calling. I have joined up the force of lifelong learning and love being back at Stepping…
The final week of May 2018 saw our Rwandan partner GNPDR, headed by Pius Nyakayiro, co-hosting an International Conference on Human Rights and Prison Reform in Kigali alongside NGO International CURE. The conference explored reconciliation, restorative justice practices, alternatives to imprisonment, and other issues in the criminal justice context, while…
