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NEWSLETTER March 2016 Dear Loyal Supporters Barn Dance Firstly a huge THANK YOU to all involved in our fundraising Barn Dance last Saturday, donating, preparing, serving, dancing and clearing. Special thanks to the wonderful Steve Upstone and band ‘Myckryck’ and caller Malcolm, who have supported us so well for so many years. […]
NEWSLETTER November 2015 Dear Loyal Supporters Health education We have been receiving enthusiastic reports this month about how much the community are enjoying the Health Education Classes that we have been running. Our local staff Laangakwa and Embapa initially did a baseline study of women and men of all ages and positions in the community. […]
I have just returned from a really productive week in Ngorongoro. The aims of the visit were: to spend time in the community hearing about both current realities and future aspirations to meet other organisations supporting health initiatives and community-led development to see the ‘visible’ projects such as the new preschool we funded, and less […]
During the Tostan training we visited some of these vibrant villages and spoke with the people who have been transformed through the Tostan CEP. Here are some of our pictures…..
In March Laangakwa and I (Rachel) went to Senegal as participants in Tostan’s (www.tostan.org) first training workshops. Molly Melching (Tostan’s founder and CEO) and her team were inspirational in imparting their aim of ‘Dignity for All’ and teaching the methodology for their ‘Community Empowerment Program’ (CEP). This program gives non-formal education in the local […]
Our WTWT Barn Dance on February 28th raised a wonderful £2011. Many thanks to all who helped with the evening, to the amazing band Myckryck and to all those who attended, bought raffle tickets and danced the night away. The money raised will be used to fund the Community Health Education Programme, which will enable […]
Dear Loyal Supporters I have just returned from a great visit to Tanzania, where we ran training for our local Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs). I was really excited about this, because being a midwife myself I am aware of how much TBAs can contribute to ensuring the safe delivery of women and their babies. The […]
NEWSLETTER January 2014 Dear All Happy New Year! Following on from our last newsletter I am now able to report that the training we ran in Monduli in December, at the community’s request, went very well. It was enthusiastically received, with much participation from all attending. It was on the sensitive issues of sexual […]
NEWSLETTER September 2013 Dear Loyal Supporters I have just returned from another moving and useful visit to our projects in Ngorongoro, Tanzania. This time our children came with us, which was really helpful. We were able to discuss things together with our co-ordinators Ponja and Embapa and to hear about community plans for the best […]
NEWSLETTER January 2013 Dear Loyal Supporters Having started with clean drinking water as a priority to help the Maasai people in this area, we are increasingly finding that successful education is crucial for them. This will enable them to be able to solve their own difficulties and climb from poverty. I have recently returned from […]
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2012 Dear Loyal Supporters Thank you once again for your fantastic support. It has enabled us to continue with and expand our projects to relieve poverty in Irkeepusi. I’m delighted to report that things are progressing well in several areas of our work: Microfinance loans The four groups of women and one group […]
Newsletter June 2012 Dear Loyal Supporters Many thanks for your encouragement and support over the last 6 months. Your many donations have enabled us to continue with our projects for poverty relief. Our barn Dance raised £2538 and the clothing collected so far has raised £300. Well done! I have just returned from another successful […]
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