CBISDO is one of CRED’s earlier partners in Ethiopia. I can never remember what the acronym CBISDO stands for (I know, shame on me!), but I do know that it is a very wonderful little community based organization that is working in one of the poorest ‘woreda’ of Addis, and making a…
Written by Janaki This is the story of a child named Sathwika, who transformed her life from being a household cleaner to holding a software job through education.She was born into a backward-caste family, which was both poor and large. Sathwika had one younger brother. Her father worked as a…
Written by Helen I’ve visited Ellilta several times now over the years, and they never cease to leave me feeling humble, in awe, and totally inspired. Started 27 years ago by a dear friend Serawit (Cherry) Friedmeyer, the focus from the start is as it is now – to work…
A week of delivering training in Ethiopia complete In October, myself and a friend Jude delivered some training to a group of 30 – 35 Ethiopians, all of whom have roles working for Ethiopian charities that focus on supporting children living with disabilities. these are my reflections on that week. It has…
By Helen Harrison In Amharic, the Ethiopian language, Berhan means ‘child’, and Lehetsanat means ‘light’ or ‘lighten’. The focus of the organisation Berhan Lehetsanat (hereafter BL) is to bring the light of hope to disadvantaged children, and to lighten their load. Primarily this is through working with disabled children and…
This year, CRED Foundation is taking part in the Big Give’s Christmas Challenge. Starting on GivingTuesday, November 28th, there are 7 days to make a donation to the campaign. Every donation made during this week will be doubled, whilst match funds last! Save the date and double your donation! November…
Over the past year, some significant changes have taken place at Spurgeons Academy, as facilities have been developed for the inclusion of the new Junior Secondary School (JSS). This is all due to a change in curriculum and overhaul of the education system in Kenya that has been slowly rolled…
Vanessa is 9 yrs old and lives in Acholi Quarters with her mum, her grandmother, 3 younger siblings, and 4 cousins. Her father died last year, and the mother of the cousins (Vanessa’s maternal aunt) is also deceased. Vanessa used to go to school. She was in P3 when her…
Students from all the year groups at Kids Joy nursery and primary, plus the Nkuru college students, joined with other members of the local community recently to take part in a 7km fun run to raise money for the Namutamba Children’s Rehabilitation Centre. Namutamba is a nearby charitable organisation that…
The children who are in Spurgeons Academy lower primary classes recently enjoyed a school outing to two locations in Nairobi. Their first port of call was to the city’s domestic airport where they were able to see some of the planes coming in to land. This airport only has small…
