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…
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…
