By: Bishnu BhattaDirector – Partnership for Sustainable Development The world is becoming increasingly industrialized, with pollutants and contaminantsreleased into the environment constantly. Nepal and the South-Asian region arenoticeably polluted. As such, more deliberate and increased efforts are required tocreate positive environmental & social change. Partnership for SustainableDevelopment (PSD) is a…
‘Everywhere there is so much destruction, obstruction and inconvenience being faced by churches and Christian activities from Hinduthwa groups like RSS and VHP organisations. Due to the persecution on Christianity, many leaders were feeling disappointment on their ministry field.’ But a perfectly-timed message from the New Wine International team, delivered…
Ellilta-Women at Risk started out with a focus on supporting women who wished to exit prostitution, and that is still a key focus of its work. Each year, approximately 120 women enrol on the rehabilitation course run by Ellilta. It takes 9-12 months in total, and there is a rolling…
The Hopeful Haven community initiative is based in Acholi Quarters and is run by members of the Lubanga Ber co-operative, which CRED has been linked to for several years. Hopeful Haven provides informal educational opportunities for some of the children who are unable to attend mainstream school, because they can’t…
Nepal has a lot of plastic waste – and when I say a lot, I mean really a lot! It’s one of the negative side-effects of having so many trekkers coming through, drinking from plastic bottles, and not wanting to carry their waste. Each bottle thrown away on its own…
Ellilta-Women at Risk started out with a focus on supporting women who wished to exit prostitution, and that is still a key focus of its work. But an additional element is the support given to the children of those women, many of whom are very vulnerable to following the same…
Construction students at the Nkuru Vocational college have been hard at work putting their practical knowledge to good use recently, and as a result, a local medical facility is now able to house a doctor. Namutamba Children’s Rehab Centre is situated about 5 miles from the college, and until recently…
The founder, Terry Garde, of our partner organisation, Foundations for Mining (F4M), has just returned from a two week trip to Zimbabwe. During his visit he had numerous meetings with Foundations for Farming, known there as Pfumvudza, which is a Shona word for Spring. There is a wish in Zimbabwe…
Here follows some information sent through by Bishnu, our partner in Nepal, about the work that PSD-Nepal are carrying out to help with promoting and developing community gardens, even where the only open space is on the roof! Community and School garden in Nepali context Nepal has been an agricultural…
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…
