News
Stories and updates from Hazel's Footprints Trust, our Partner Schools, Educational Projects and Footprinters (volunteers).
Ngambenyi – a “model” school in Kenya
Sat, 1st Sep 2018We are so happy to hear from African Promise that Ngambenyi Primary School in Kenya, the rebuilding of which was fully funded by Hazel’s Footprints, has been recognised as a…
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…
Amazing film showing the completed Ngambenyi school
Sat, 20th Jan 2018We were so excited to be sent this film by our partners African Promise - it's of Ngambenyi Primary School in Kasigau, south east Kenya. This is a school which Hazel's Footprints Trust was able to fund in its entirety and it's fair to say we all had goosebumps watching this.
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…
Finished building project in Madagascar
Tue, 21st Nov 2017We are really pleased to get word last week of the completion of another one of our Third Aim projects, this time in Madagascar. In summer 2016, Hazel’s Footprints agreed to contribute £10,000…
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…
Computer room completed in The Gambia
Wed, 11th Oct 2017We were really pleased to see photos of the new computer room at Bakau Newton Lower Basic School in The Gambia. This is the result of funding via an Educational Project grant…
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.…
Superb New IT lab at Ngumbe School, Malawi
Sun, 20th Aug 2017Earlier this year, we agreed to fund a project with IT Schools Africa in Malawi. We provided a third aim grant of £1,300 to refurbish the IT lab at Ngumbe Community Day School. …
Excellent progress at Hunar Ghar school, India
Sat, 12th Aug 2017We fund two teachers at Educate for Life’s Hunar Ghar school, India We’re delighted to provide you with an update on how things are going at…
Points of Light Award from Number 10!
Tue, 25th Jul 2017We are so touched to announce that Joan and Bill Scott Aiton have just received a lovely letter from Theresa May. The letter was to tell us that Hazel’s Footprints…
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…
Ngambenyi school completed!
Sat, 20th May 2017We are so excited that the building of Ngambenyi Primary School in south east Kenya is now complete! The project was funded entirely by Hazel’s Footprints (£110,000) thanks to incredibly…
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…
Grant-funded Hunar Ghar pupils get top marks!
Thu, 11th May 2017We’ve just heard some incredible results from Hunar Ghar school in rural Rajasthan. Every single pupil in Standard 5 class has been awarded an A grade in recent state board…
Murray Watson: Early Days report from Guyana
Sat, 4th Feb 2017Murray Watson lets us know how he’s getting teaching maths and science in Sand Creek, Guyana. To say he’s working with limited resources is an understatement, but he (and the…
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…
