News
Stories and updates from Hazel's Footprints Trust, our Partner Schools, Educational Projects and Footprinters (volunteers).
Accomplish Children’s Trust impact report: St Agnes classroom block transforms lives
Fri, 19th Sep 2025“Certainly the benefits this new classroom block will bring to so many students in the future are huge.” These words from Accomplish Children’s Trust perfectly capture the significance of what…
Kidogo Kids update: impacts beyond the classroom
Fri, 19th Sep 2025“The impact that your donation is having has been way beyond what we had imagined. It has brought stability to the school with all the benefits that that entails. Happier…
From Island Dreams to Laboratory Reality: Funzi’s New Science Lab
Thu, 18th Sep 2025“It’s amazing to be part of the first class to study in the new lab – a great experience and eye-opening.” These are the words of Fauzia Abba, a Grade…
Awamu opens doors at Hazel’s STEM Library for Kampala girls
Fri, 8th Aug 2025“My dream is to become a biomedical researcher and support my community during outbreaks like Ebola, COVID-19 and Mpox. I want to help change the course of development in places…
A new chapter: Team Kenya’s STEM and library project completion
Tue, 25th Feb 2025Thanks to a grant of £14,500 from Hazel’s Footprints Trust, Team Kenya has successfully completed a renovation and extension of the Learning & Resource Centre (LRC) at Twende Pamoja, Ndhiwa,…
Kidogo Kids have a year of ups and downs in Nairobi
Sat, 1st Feb 2025During the summer of 2023, Hazel’s Footprints Trust made a grant of £3,600 to Kidogo Kids, supporting disadvantaged children in Nairobi slums, Kenya. The grant was provided to pay for…
Classroom complete at Tubarere School, Rwanda – photo update
Fri, 6th Dec 2024We are thrilled to see photos of the completed classroom at Tubarere School, Rwanda. Aid for Education developed this project following a grant from Hazel’s Footprints Trust just six months…
Oscar McNicol’s first report from Thailand
Sat, 2nd Nov 2024Oscar McNicol is currently volunteering in rural Thailand, at a school teaching English, supported in part by a Footprinter Grant from Hazel’s Footprints Trust. Oscar has arranged his volunteer project…
St Agnes classroom block completed ahead of schedule!
Tue, 29th Oct 2024In late 2023 we provided a grant of £8,500 to Accomplish Children’s Trust to fund a new classroom block. In June 2024, we heard of the speed at which the…
First bricks laid for new classroom at Tubarere School, Rwanda
Wed, 9th Oct 2024In June 2024, Hazel’s Footprints Trust provided a grant for £9,086 to Aid for Education to build a new classroom at Tubarere Nursery and Primary School. The foundations have been…
RedEarth’s Girls’ Hostel: Expanding Educational Opportunities in Rural Uganda
Mon, 23rd Sep 2024Thanks to a grant of £3,400 from Hazel’s Footprints Trust, RedEarth has successfully completed Phase 1 of a girls’ hostel complex at Bishop Willigers Secondary School in rural Uganda. This…
Smart Box is the perfect solution for learning at StreetKidsDirect, Guatemala
Tue, 10th Sep 2024In 2023, our Trustees agreed to fund the purchase of an innovate set of 20 laptops for Street Kids Direct, a charity working with vulnerable and at-risk children in Guatemala…
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…
Support for all at Kitazigurukwa Special Needs Unit
Sat, 31st Aug 2024Through the Chilli Children Project, Kitazigurukwa Special Needs Unit, Rukungiri, Uganda, has received funding of £2,700 for three teacher’s salaries for the 2024 academic year. The grant ensures that children…
St Agnes classroom block is a bright beacon
Tue, 11th Jun 2024Accomplish Children’s Trust is halfway through building a new classroom block at St Agnes school, funded with a £8500 grant from Hazel’s Footprints Trust. The classroom is already in use!…
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…
Trustee Ben bikes up the Giants of the Alps
Fri, 8th Sep 2023Ben Newman certainly takes the title of most avid cyclist amongst the Trustees of Hazel’s Footprints and, indeed, amongst the wider Hazel’s Footprints community. He has, once again, completed a…
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…
