The all new Hazel’s Footprints Website By Bill Scott Aiton Welcome to our fantastic all-new website. A huge huge thanks to Pete Moore for all the hours of work he has put in to get it up and running. I’m not sure he realized what an undertaking he was volunteering for but you’ll all agree I’m sure what a great job he has done. We only hope that Hazel appreciated what an amazing and loyal group of friends she had around her at school and […]
The Building Work When our centre in Kianda village of Kibera slum (Nairobi, Kenya) closed for Christmas holidays, building work for our new Transition classroom and microfinance office began. We had bought the land a couple of months prior to the building work starting and were waiting for the compound to be clear of chil-dren before we began the work. In the space of a week the structure was up, built and almost finished. Although the building is basic, it does the job and will […]
Wednesday 14th August. 2013 Despite the weather looking decidedly ropey, just over 50 intrepid rounders players took to Inverleith Park in Edinburgh for the first ever HFT Rounders Tournament. With most not having played since their school days there was much arguing over the rules and a couple of umpires got some stick over their decisions. However, with the Thistly Cross Cider chilling and the BBQs heating up the tournament got off to an enthusiastic start. It would be fair to say that everyone found […]
I am sat writing this at my desk back in Devon. I safely arrived in the UK on the 7th of July 2013, from there went straight to a canal boat where I spent a six days with friends, this was the best thing I could have done to come back to the UK. It gave me space to absorb everything that I had seen in my six months and a place where I was not bombarded with questions by people – how was your […]
