So the countdown has begun for Oak Academy to Malawi 2019! Tuesday was a busy day of packing suitcases full of resources and all things we have been donated from our wonderful friends and family ready for the trip of a lifetime! We got our first team photo; and cannot…
(By Ryan) Today marked our last day as a whole team together here in Rwanda, before we all begin our journeys home over the next couple of days. This morning marked our earliest wake-up call of the trip so far – Saturday¹s are not a day for lay-ins here in…
A picture says a thousand words, so here are some pictures from Rwanda that tell their own story about our final day at Catch Up School.
Friday 26th – By Sarah Joy Our final day at Catch-Up School (also called Comfort Primary School) came all too quickly. We headed off in the morning with our bus laden with all our final lesson resources and everything else we had used over the week that will be left…
(By George and Beth) We were warmly welcomed back to the Catch Up School this morning and we quickly got settled into the nursery classes for the first hour. In our class, Ryan told the story of Dear Zoo, once through on his own and once with the children joining…
Blog 24/10/18 Today was an early start as it was our first day at the catch up school. We started the day with some last minute preparations for our lessons, filled up our cases with all our equipment and got onto our mini bus. Filled with excitement, the bus was…
by Sarah Curtis and Martyn Green Today the CRED team returned to the juvenile detention centre to spend some time in the classrooms and workshops with the young people. Firstly we met the prison director Vincent and handed over the donations that the team had collected. The donations included; two…
Written by Ryan and Simon So first offsite day today. Up earlier than yesterday because we had a long way to go to get Nyagatare – apparently it would take about three hours. Clearly they have Dorset miles in Africa too. But the journey was very interesting, albeit long, the…
(by Beth and Sarah Joy) Our day started with a lovely cooked breakfast, so we were fully fuelled and ready for what we were sure would be an emotional morning as we were heading to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre. What an overwhelming experience, and for those of us who…
