Several International Days have been marked recently: The International Literacy Day (September 8th), World Teacher’s Day (October 5th), Day of the Girl (October 11th) and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17th). All of them quite significant to Children in Crossfire Tanzania’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) initiatives aiming to give every child a…
Derry at 04:00 on a Friday morning is, predictably, deserted. Yet outside Saint Columb’s College stood a group of weary-eyed individuals, weighed down with luggage and yawning into the cold night air: the only (half-awake) vestiges of life to be found in the city. We were all excited, of course, but little did we know…
Great news from the classrooms of Tanzania. An update from Fursa Kwa Watoto (Opportunities for Children). One of the pilot projects we funded with our partners in Tanzania has been a great success. The aim was to provide an improved and stimulating learning environment in pre-primary school education. It is a four year programme and the…