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“If we want to see confident, future-facing teachers in our schools, we need to ensure that they are not isolated in that journey”

“If we want to see confident, future-facing teachers in our schools, we need to ensure that they are not isolated in that journey”

The article below is from our partners in South Africa If you believe you could help in their work learn more here Through practical workshops and real-time classroom engagement across our forty-two partner schools, we work alongside teachers to build essential digital skills and integrate technology into their classrooms.  If we want to shift education in a meaningful and lasting way, we’ve learned that we cannot focus only on the learners who come through our programmes. We also need to…

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Morocco – a new project and old friends

Morocco – a new project and old friends

Last October Mariama and I spent a busy week in Morocco.  We were there to meet potential new partners for people and places in the village of Amlougui, to visit Education for All who we have been working with for many years, and so that I could introduce Mariama to the people we work with in Morocco and take her to see the projects in action. Our first stop was at the village of Amlougui, where we stayed for three…

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Siem Reap is still the same…stunning peaceful and a vibrant culture

Siem Reap is still the same…stunning peaceful and a vibrant culture

As many of you will be aware there has been unrest on the Thai Cambodian border – but Siem Reap is safe and we are confidently sending volunteers as I type this. This from our partners “We are pleased and relieved to confirm that the ceasefire agreed between Cambodia and Thailand on the 27th of December is still in place.  A key Cambodian demand was the release of 18 soldiers who’d been detained since July.  These were returned on the…

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Honouring Mike McHugo of Education for All

Honouring Mike McHugo of Education for All

Sallie first met Mike in 2009 and we just knew we could work together. Mike is now stepping down from day to day trustee work – here’s the announcement from Education for All – we want to say a huge thankyou to Mike and wish him well in his new role. After many years of service as Chair and as a Trustee, of Education for All Mike is stepping down from the Board – a shift that recognises both EFAM’s…

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What I love about being a people and places local partner

What I love about being a people and places local partner

Written by Fatou Hydara, people and places local partner in The Gambia To tell you a little about myself, my name is Fatou Hydara, I was born in Essau village in the North Bank region of The Gambia, completed my primary education at Essau Lower Basic School then went on to Berending Upper Basic School, 10km from her home, completed high school at Essau senior secondary school. Throughout my education I undertook extra-curricular activities, including awareness-raising groups including peer health…

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Visiting a possible new partner in Senegal

Visiting a possible new partner in Senegal

When Sallie and I were in the Gambia is January, we took the opportunity to go with Adama, our colleague and partner in The Gambia, into the neighbouring country of Senegal to explore the possibilities for us working there too.  The Gambia and Senegal have close ties in the field of responsible tourism and Adama had identified possible new partners and projects for us to look at. We travelled south from the Gambia into the beautiful region of Casamance in…

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Well deserved recognition for our partners in The Gambia

Well deserved recognition for our partners in The Gambia

When we started people and places – 20 years ago – we decided that we wanted to work with people who were already doing amazing work in their communities. Our partners in The Gambia represent this perfectly. Their lifelong commitment to empowerment through tourism has been recognised again as winners of the African Travel 100 Global Leaders Award. Congratulations Dr Adama Bah and Sheik Tejan Nyang – we are blessed to work with you Adama Bah in this interview shares his…

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‘We’ve got all our girls back again now!’

‘We’ve got all our girls back again now!’

Dianne’s report after her recent visit to Morocco Our partners in Morocco, Education for All (EFA), are delighted that things are starting to get back to normal after last year’s devastating earthquake.  When schools and boarding houses were destroyed by the earthquake right at the start of the school year last September the government moved students and teachers to various other schools in Marrakech, and there they stayed for the whole of the 2023-24 school year.  EFA were eventually able…

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A placement with the potential to genuinely save lives

A placement with the potential to genuinely save lives

Very few children in The Gambia know how to swim, despite the fact that the majority of people live close to the coast or the river.  Traditionally they are taught to fear the water, rather than how to stay safe in and near it.  Last year we heard of the death by drowning of Robert Jarjue, one of the first children to enrol at Mary’s Little Lambs School.  He was a clever and joyous child with a bright future. Aged…

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Requests from our partners – can you help?

Requests from our partners – can you help?

We can place volunteers with a great variety of skills and experiences and we always look forward to finding out about new volunteers and creating a match with a local project which is beneficial to both volunteer and the local community.  At the moment, in particular, we would love to hear from potential volunteers who could: Link up online to listen to children read and to read with them – Diana’s placement described above was so successful that teachers and…

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