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…
This story from Chisomo in Zambia is definitely a cause for celebration and thanks. A Lusaka company calledGrow Drip (Home – Grow Drip Zambia (grow-drip.com)) is generously providing Chisomo with an irrigation system and seedlings for their children’s shelter at Makeni. The aim is to help them to become self-sufficient…
CRED Trustee Steve Bridgeman, and his wife Jane, talk about their sabattical which they are spending with Chisomo project, in Zambia ‘Hi! We are Jane and Steve Bridgeman, from Littlehampton in England. We have both taken sabbaticals from our work in education in the UK and are spending the year…
This morning you left for work: picking up your car keys and headphones on your way out, ring finger already tapping against a mug of machine brewed coffee in anticipation of your favourite tune, you waved goodbye to your children safe in the knowledge that life for you and your…
This morning you left for work: picking up your car keys and headphones on your way out, ring finger already tapping against a mug of machine brewed coffee in anticipation of your favourite tune, you waved goodbye to your children safe in the knowledge that life for you and your…
When Covid hit in March 2020, and most of the world went into lockdown, one of the aspects of life that was hit the hardest was schools. Across the world, children everywhere suddenly found themselves unable to go to school, as the buildings were closed and everyone told to stay…
Beloved Brothers and Sister in Christ, I am writing you the FIAM news which are having praises and prayer request. Still we are working for Covid-affected areas and people because that is so important still. We still need to be providing food and needs to those very poor 1737 families…
St Joseph’s School in Nallajeerla is run by our Indian CRED Partner Faith In Action Ministries. Set up by FIAM’s founder, Janaki Menni, over twelve years ago, it has been providing high quality education to children from the local district ever since. Some of these children are orphans and or…
