By Helen H Normally when we take teams to Acholi quarters in Kampala the focus of the programme is providing educational activities for the children who, for financial reasons, aren’t able to go to school. We do also always spend a bit of time with the ladies learning how to…
The Mercury-free Gold mining technology that I wrote about yesterday, and its links with fairtrade certification continued in the visits that we made today. Yesterday we visited SAMA – an alliance of small-scale miners in the Sinyonja area, and the ones who look after the ‘Wonder Machine’ or Gold Kacha.…
I’m in Uganda with a group of friends, visiting some projects that relate to CRED partners, and doing various bits of partner support work as we go round. Today we journeyed from Kampala eastwards, to an area about 8 miles from the Kenyan border, where small-scale artisanal gold mining takes…
Our lovely friend and CRED Partner Janaki Menni was in the UK for 4 weeks during September / October and spent her time visiting friends old and new, and speaking at a large and varied number of events. She shared the story of Faith In Action Ministries, and the different…
Pastor Edmond is a CRED partner who lives and works on the Thai Burma border. He is from one of the minority groups in Burma, and he has devoted his life to supporting people from this group on both sides of the border who fled persecution during the oppressive Burmese…
Stepping Stones School is a primary school being set up by Alice Leaper to provide high-quality education to local children in Nkhata Bay, an area of Malawi that has no other equivalent educational opportunities. It is due to open in September 2016 with an intake of 4 year groups –…
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…
