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…
In October, I (Helen) had the joy and privilege of spending an afternoon with some of the members of the Lubanga Ber group in Acholi Quarters, which essentially means catching up with good friends. But it was not just a time for chatting, but also a time for me running…
Tree Planting has been taking place on the land of 4 families whose children attend the Kids Joy nursery here at college. The trees were paid for by voluntary donation from each nursery child’s family, and the land for planting on was offered by the 4 families. The trees were…
In May, work began on writing a 12-week course for prisoners at Nkhata Bay prison, Malawi, where about 180 men are housed. The course, which is linked to the wider programme of projects overseen by Butterfly Space, set out to deliver Bible teaching and life skills training. In September, a…
Experience of Volunteers We – Anna, Ellie, Molly, and Libby – are English volunteers through Bristol Volunteers for Development Abroad (BVDA) who have come to Nepal to work with our partner PSD with the aim of making a sustainable difference in a rural community in the Baglung district. We arrived…
