Educational Projects News
20 Years of Hazel’s Footprints Trust
Tue, 3rd Sep 2024August 2024 marked 20 years of Hazel’s Footprints Trust. It is, of course, rather bittersweet as two decades have now passed without Hazel. Naturally this month every year is cause…
Staff housing well underway at Uphill Junior School
Wed, 24th Jan 2024After breaking ground in October 2023, there has been lots of progress on a new staff accommodation block at Uphill Junior School, Western Uganda. In 2023, Hazel’s Footprints Trust granted…
The Uphill Trust breaks ground
Sat, 28th Oct 2023In May 2023, we agreed to provide a grant of £15,000 to the Uphill Trust. The funding will go towards a staff accommodation and a sanitation block at Uphill Junior…
Girls’ Space, Rwanda: 2023 graduates
Mon, 9th Oct 2023In 2021, we agreed to support a fabulous vocational training programme for 16/17 year old girls in Rwanda. The £6,000 grant covered the salaries of three staff members who run…
Smartbox project with Street Kids Direct in Guatemala City
Wed, 27th Sep 2023We have just received some photos from Street Kids Direct, showing new computers purchased with the support of a £4,700 grant earlier this year. Street Kids Direct’s Mentoring Programme Street…
Report from Open Way Pre-Schools in Ethiopia
Mon, 1st May 2023In 2022, the Trustees of Hazel’s Footprints extended our support to 9 pre-school classes in Ethiopia by funding teachers’ salaries for a further 2 years. We have been supporting this…
3 years of support at Pamoja Leo
Tue, 21st Mar 2023Three years ago, just before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, we offered grant funding to a fantastic charity called Pamoja Leo. The charity operates from its Early Childhood & Development Centre…
Brightlingsea Classrooms shine in Ghana
Wed, 21st Dec 2022We are really pleased to hear from Jemma Williams, Founder of Porridge & Pens Ghana, on her return from Brightlingsea school. Regular readers of our news will know that we…
Finishing touches on classroom renovations at Chanzige A school
Fri, 21st Oct 2022We’ve just had a lovely update from Champion Chanzige on further progress with a classroom which was renovated over the summer. In May of this year, Hazel’s Footprints Trust provided…
Porridge & Pens – new classrooms on track at Brightlingsea
Thu, 29th Sep 2022In recent years, we’ve built a strong relationship with Porridge & Pens, operating in Ghana. We’ve funded two years of the headteacher’s salary at Brightlingsea Academy and, prior to that,…
Team Kenya: libraries and teacher training supported with £5k grant
Thu, 11th Aug 2022Early in 2022, Hazel’s Footprints Trust awarded an educational project grant of £5,000 to Team Kenya, a UK charity working in Ndhiwa, rural Kenya. Team Kenya supports girls in accessing…
Kianh Foundation: day centre reopens after Vietnam lockdown
Sun, 13th Mar 2022The Kianh Foundation in Vietnam benefitted from grant funding for the salary of the Lead Teacher of the Big Bears class at Dien Ban Day Centre. The centre provides education…
Kibasila Primary School classroom renovations
Wed, 1st Dec 2021In June 2021, Hazel’s Footprints Trust provided a grant of £6,500 to Champion Chanzige for the renovation of two classrooms at a primary school in Tanzania. The school is Kibasila…
Kianh Foundation: update after 12 months of grant funding
Mon, 13th Sep 2021A year ago, the Kianh Foundation in Vietnam benefitted from grant funding for the salary of the Lead Teacher of the Big Bears class at Dien Ban Day Centre. The…
Ngambenyi School all set for 2021 with COVID-safety
Thu, 25th Feb 2021As schools start to return in Scotland this week from another COVID-lockdown, we are thinking about all of the schools around the world which are less fortunate. For most of…
Pamoja Leo helping children to stay in education through COVID
Wed, 3rd Feb 2021Hazel’s Footprints has been supporting Pamoja Leo, an amazing charity operating in Tanga, Tanzania. Pamojoa Leo works to support orphaned and vulnerable children who struggle to access education. Hazel’s Footprints initially…
Porridge & Pens: A letter from the pandemic
Sun, 24th Jan 2021Last month, we received a letter from Jemma Williams, Founder of Porridge & Pens, to update on school life in Ghana amid the global pandemic. In 2020, we agreed to fund…
Open Way education continues through the pandemic
Tue, 1st Dec 2020Hazel’s Footprints Trust has been supporting an incredible organisation, Open Way, which operates in rural Ethiopia, since 2017. We provide funding for the salaries of 9 pre-school teachers. Overall, Open Way has…
EdUKaid: Completed school renovation at Mkwajuni Primary, Tanzania
Sun, 20th Sep 2020Last year, Hazel’s Footprints Trust provided an Educational Project Grant to EdUKaid to support renovations at Mkwajuni Primary in Tanzania. The grant of £9714 paid for the renovation of seven…
Tanzanian Secondary School has been “Made with Hope”
Thu, 16th May 2019Last summer, we made a “third aim” grant of £8,900 to a wonderful UK-based charity called Made with Hope. A brand new school, CHETI Secondary, is now open thanks in part to this…
Porridge and Pens build 4 classrooms!
Wed, 13th Feb 2019In 2018, Hazel’s Footprints “third aim” grant funding supported the construction of 4 new classrooms at the Brightlingsea School, Kumasi, Ghana. Here’s an update from our partner on-the-ground, Porridge and…
