Every country has its own set of child development ‘milestones’ and in Uganda, one of those is the graduation day ceremony that is held for all children as they complete nursery school and prepare to progress to primary school. Each nursery school will hold the graduation ceremony in their own…
written by Bishnu Bhatta, director of PSD Nepal ‘The early childhood group environment has a very crucial role in children’s learning and development. Young children are in the process of rapid brain development. We as an adult should acknowledge our minds rapidly develop with every new experience. Their external and…
In 2020, Spurgeons Childcare Kenya celebrated 20 years of existence. To mark the achievement, a celebration event was planned. However, Covid-19 got in the way, and the celebration had to be postponed. Finally, in December 2022, the event took place. Global Care International, who oversee the child sponsorship programme at…
The following story is written by one of the ILA team in Uganda. Names have been changed and the photo is from general stock, to protect identity. ILA is a partner of CRED Foundation, and this story shows yet again just how life-transforming is their work. Jacob’s story: While our…
An update from Pius, director of GNPDR: Hello, I hope this finds you doing well. I just want to give you some updates about the GNPDR street kids programme. I am thrilled to report that we have been able to reach out to 53 children over the last 3 months. 35…
Vocational students across Uganda have recently been sitting the national exams to gain their DIT qualifications. DIT (Department of Industrial Training) is the Ugandan national examining board for vocational qualifications, and so all students must sit the DIT exams at a registered and approved examination site. For the first time,…
I Live Again Uganda (ILA) have recently been conducting a series of workshops in a rural Acholi community with a large group of Pastors and Ministry Leaders. The workshops have helped to equip the leaders to support their community members more effectively with regard to trauma counselling and mental health.…
Bishnu Bhatta, Director of PSD-Nepal, recently attended the Grand Challenge Annual meeting in Belgium where he gave a presentation about the work of PSD. Attendees at the meeting included representatives of the Bill Gates foundation, the Wellcome Trust, USAID, EU donors and many more, so it was a wonderful opportunity…
The following is a section of an email that was recently sent out to some key supporters of the work at Spurgeons Academy. It gives an insight into some of the issues that staff and students are grappling with as they approach the end of term. Spurgeons-specific issues The grade…
With food prices rising across the world, everyone is looking for ways to reduce their food costs. And that is the case in Acholi Quarters as much as anywhere else. You might think that growing your own crops in an urban shanty-town / informal settlement is unlikely, where the land…
