Reflections from Helen Harrison as she came to the end of a recent partner visit to four African nations: The final leg of my African 4-nation, 5-partner visit was to CRED partner Daniel Mpanduzi and The Voice School, a secondary boarding school in Usa River township in Arusha region of…
The Nkuru Vocational College in rural Mityana has always been at the forefront of pilotting new ways of doing learning Founded by John Njendahayo, the focus from the start has been about holistic, and project-based learning, as well as embedding all the programmes firmly in the local community. As a…
Thanks to the tireless work of the staff and volunteers at Chisomo in Lusaka, Zambia, life isn’t forever hopeless for children who find themselves living on the streets of the city. This can be shown by the following two images. Both are of youngsters who, in September 2021 were living…
‘Leading by doing is one of the powerful success tool at The Voice School Trust’ says Daniel Mpanduzi, founder of TVST in Arusha District, Tanzania, who can be seen here leading the task of creating a driveway on land adjacent to the school. The land is the site of a…
The following photos show for themselves just how happy the youngsters from Acholi Quarters have been to finally be able to return to school after almost 2 years of school closures in Uganda due to Covid. Whilst some schools provided online lessons, and some parents were able to afford private…
The demand for education is high in Malawi, especially for good quality education as can be found at Stepping Stones Int’l Primary School in Nkhata Bay. The school, which was founded by CRED Partner Alice Leaper of Butterfly Space, is so popular that plans are already underway to expand it…
NB; names have been removed to protect identity Over the past few years, and particularly in recent months, we have been hearing from J, and via news outlets, of how the political landscape in India is changing. It is becomingly increasingly linked to religion, with the majority religion of Hinduism…
In Zambia, the norm for secondary schooling is to go to a school that is away from where your home is and attend as a boarder. So, the start of a new term for secondary school students involves packing up the required belongings and travelling a distance. For the older…
When Uganda went into lockdown back at the start of the pandemic in March 2020, like so many countries, all of the schools and nurseries shut down. For some children, they were able to access on-line learning, but for the majority of children, and all nursery age children, education stopped.…
The end of last term was one of great celebration for the oldest students at Stepping Stones Int’l Primary School in Nkhata Bay, a partner of CRED Foundation. The students had, a few months earlier, taken their national school leavers certificate, which they need to pass to be able to…
