Footprinter Reports
Jamie Blaikie: final report on return from Roatan, Honduras
Sat, 15th Sep 2018Jamie Blaikie is just back from a year in Roatan, an island just off Honduras. He’s been teaching in a village school and has done it all with bucket loads…
Izzy Richards: Off to Otjikondo School, Namibia
Wed, 22nd Aug 2018Izzy Richards is just about to leave for Otjikondo School in Namibia she has been awarded one of our Footprinter Grants for volunteers heading to educational projects in disadvantaged communities.…
Jamie Blaikie: 2nd Report from Roatan, Honduras
Sun, 6th May 2018We are over the 8 month mark. A completely ridiculous thing to think about. For me – Jamie Blaikie – it is such a crazy thought as I have become so…
Jamie Blaikie First Report from Roatan Island, Honduras
Sun, 31st Dec 2017As we head into 2018 I thought this would be a good time to tell you about our first few months in Central America. I’m volunteering as a teacher at…
Catherine Roy-Stanley’s First Report from Ghana
Sat, 11th Nov 2017After nearly two months in Ghana, I can safely say that the mad way of life here feels almost ordinary. Power cuts, taxis with doors falling off and the absence…
Hector Wotherspoon’s final report from Ghana
Wed, 13th Sep 2017As I sit here back home in my comfortable kitchen, its hard to believe that only four weeks ago I was standing up in front of a class of 55 pupils.…
Erin Milne: Footprinter Report from Malaysia
Thu, 13th Jul 2017My first placement was at MRSM TAR, which was located on the East coast of Malaysia. After a few weeks of being at the new school, we were eventually given…
Lucy Mytton’s Second Footprinter Report – India
Sat, 20th May 2017Hello, I welcome you find out more about my Art Workshops and life in India, let me tell you about the last 3 months. India bursts with colour, through the…
Murray Watson: Second Report from Guyana
Sat, 13th May 2017Murray Watson reports on his volunteer year at Sand Creek Secondary, Guyana. Time to write from Letham Day 110, again I’m in Lethem – 3 hours from Sand Creek. This…
Stephanie Smith: Final Report from South Africa
Sat, 4th Feb 2017Stephanie Smith writes her final report on her experience volunteering in Ngcizela, South Africa. My life in Ngcizela Yho, (this kind of loosely translates to a sigh in English) is…
Lucy Mytton’s first footprinter report (India)
Fri, 20th Jan 2017Its nearly one month until I get on the plane and fly east to India for one whole year. I will be running art projects and workshops for the whole 12…
Hector Wotherspoon: Footprinter off to Ghana
Wed, 11th Jan 201715 days to go and counting! Im so excited to be heading out to Ghana in the New Year. Woah, hold on a minute.. Ghana? I thought he was going…
Stephanie Smith: 3rd report from South Africa
Mon, 21st Nov 2016So at the end of my last report I said that the end of the third term would show the fruits of our labour and I believe that is just…
Kitty Thomson: 1st report from Honduras
Thu, 20th Oct 2016I am happy to say that this is my first Footprinters report from within my country Honduras! For those of you who do not know, my name is Kitty Thomson…
Louisa Crookshanks: Final Report from Malaysia
Sun, 9th Oct 2016On the 20th August last year I got on a plane headed to Malaysia about to start the greatest adventure of my life so far. I spent a whole year…
Jem Warner: Final Report from Rwanda
Tue, 12th Jul 2016After finishing at the Excel school, I then started working at the Rwamagana Protestant school, a secondary school. Here I taught Maths to slightly older students, whose English was very…
Stephanie Higgins: 3rd Report from Uganda
Wed, 18th May 2016I cant believe how much time has flown since my last report! It is now the second term of teaching at Ruth Mother Care school in Nansana, Kampala. This term…
Jem Warner: Rwanda Report April 2016
Sun, 8th May 2016I’ve come to appreciate a few more of the quirks of Rwandan life. People insist – with rigour – that there is ‘no problem’, when sometimes there quite clearly is.…
Louisa Crookshanks – second report from Malaysia
Thu, 24th Mar 2016I can’t believe that’s it’s been 3 months since I last wrote a report like this and I am now halfway through my year in Malaysia. I can now completely…
Iona Smith: From Namibia to Swaziland
Fri, 11th Mar 2016Iona tells us what happened when her volunteer visa in Namibia wasnt quite as it should beand how she bravely soldiered on with her plan to support education with a new…
Stephanie Higgins – second report from Uganda
Tue, 8th Mar 2016Since my last report, we have been very busy at school preparing for the end of term graduation before the children break up for the Christmas holidays. This meant that…
