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Dignity, Opportunity, Hope – A Challenge
You know that feeling you get at the end of the month? Pay day comes and you look forward to spending the money that you have earned. There are always bills to pay to ensure you have somewhere to live...
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My second day with Vision Africa
We had our breakfast meeting to discuss priorities for Vision Africa across its different projects. There are so many factors to consider; feeding programmes, education, sustainability, irrigation on a...
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Inspiring Kibera
Not sure where to start, this stage of my visit has been particularly inspiring and inciting given the location and the people that I have met. We visited Kibera; one of the largest townships in Africa...
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Seed of Hope and Village of Hope
A quieter start to the day, grateful for a light shower of rain in the evening which seems to keep the mosquitoes at bay during the night. The mosquito net is good but when they’re buzzin’ you’re not...
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Time to reflect and to focus on the future
And so I completed my first visit to the children, the staff and some of the supporters of Vision Africa. I am inspired by the opportunity to work with such a group of young people to develop their...
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More inspiring young people
Debs and I visited Kibera this week to meet up with Vincent to discuss some project proposals. You may recall that a few weeks before Christmas a freight train had derailed in Kibera and there had been...
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Naïve Student to Empowered Employer – Naomi’s Story
This week, I’m handing over to Florence from Seed of Hope for the story of transformation. Naomi is one of the graduates who has come from far and although I’ve met her on several occasions, Florence...
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Inequality – Blog Action Day Post
The aim of Blog Action Day is “to unite the world’s bloggers by posting about the same issue, on the same day, in order to raise awareness and trigger a positive global discussion around an important...
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Generations of Hopelessness – Can we change it?
I have come to realise that our work is almost as much about changing parents’ mind-sets and world views as it is about transforming the opportunities available to their children. I am sitting in...
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Advent Calendar 7th December
Anyone else spent Sunday in the kitchen? Today our advent calendar celebrates the skills taught at Seed of Hope. Originally the programme only offered training in dressmaking…which evolved into...
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