News
Stories and updates from Hazel's Footprints Trust, our Partner Schools, Educational Projects and Footprinters (volunteers).
A Happy Start to 2015 from Team Kenya
Tue, 10th Feb 2015The New Year brings new students applying for sponsorship. Team Kenya is currently campaigning to send 20 girls to school with the #TeamKenya20 campaign. Check it out on our Facebook,…
Footprinter report: Naomi High in Honduras
Fri, 30th Jan 2015Time has gone really fast since I wrote the last report and a lot of things have changed. I have changed Host families as we both thought it was a…
Louis Pilard: footprinter report from Senegal
Sun, 25th Jan 2015Footprinter Report #1: Imagining the Future Its happened before. You spend so much time preparing to go on a journey or work on a project, whether its travelling, university or…
Photo Gallery from Wakadogo
Wed, 24th Dec 2014We’ve just received some more photographs from Wakadogo. They tell us: ‘The library now has desks, chairs, bookshelves, solar power and computers. We will now spend the next few weeks…
Footprinter report: Emma Patton in Malawi
Wed, 24th Dec 2014Unlike other African countries Malawi has always been known to be relatively safe in comparison. The Warm Heart of Africa where the people are always friendly and welcoming, it certainly…
More News from Wakadogo!
Wed, 10th Dec 2014You can read the latest newsletter from Wakadogo here.
Kirsty Scott Initial Report
Wed, 10th Dec 2014This is my first report as a Footprinter as I set off to Namibia tomorrow (Ahhhhh!) with the charity Project Trust. In order to embark on this adventure I had…
Footprinter report: Naomi High from Honduras
Sun, 30th Nov 2014So Ive been here in Honduras a few months now and I think Ive just about got used to living here. The thing that Ive found about living in a…
Footprinter report: Tim Hibbin – September & October Newsletter
Mon, 10th Nov 2014Ive got a lot of thinking to do The last couple of months have been a very busy couple of months. September started off with 5 new volunteers coming to…
Charity update from Future Hope Montessori School August 2014
Wed, 24th Sep 2014Hazel’s Footprints is excited to be supporting The Vipingo Village Fund in Kenya with a £10,000 grant. Here’s a little bit more about the work they do. The Vipingo Village…
Ceri Thomas Report 3: Settling in to Fijian life
Wed, 24th Sep 2014Bula (Hello) again from Fiji. I am now 7 1/2 months in to my volunteer placement here. As you may have read from my last report l was originally only…
Klaire Connor, Zambia: Initial Footprinter Report
Wed, 24th Sep 2014On 27th November 2014 I will head off to Zambia for a year, my Gap year away will be full of challenges and opportunities. Getting ready and preparing for a…
Final Report: Lewis Murray in South Africa
Wed, 24th Sep 2014This is my final report about my volunteering year in South Africa. I have been home for a few weeks now and I think I am just about getting used…
Rosies Year in Uganda Final Report
Thu, 18th Sep 2014My last few months in Uganda were probably the best of my life so far. My partners and I kept so busy as we were intent on getting everything ticked…
Katie Ingham – Final Report
Thu, 18th Sep 2014How do I conclude this year? How do I manage to put this year into words? I will struggle but I will try My main thought is I CANT BELIEVE…
Footprinter report: Tim Hibbin: July & August Newsletter
Sun, 10th Aug 2014The last two months have been a bit of a crazy roller coaster; there have been good times, bad times, and even a few alarming times. Ive been getting…
Cameron Welsh in Thailand
Thu, 24th Jul 2014Thailand Rocket Festival by Santo Chino on Flickr Month 10 (June) Kutchum & Phana Rocket Festival, Kevins mum visits and School Show The beginning of June was very hard for…
Emma Patton: footprinter report from Malawi
Tue, 8th Jul 2014So much has happened recently in the village that Im going to need to keep things short and sweet to fit it all in for a proper update of my…
Tim Hibbin: footprinter report from South Africa
Tue, 8th Jul 2014Pietermaritzburg Sunset by Pieter von Marion At the beginning… I have been in South Africa for almost 3 weeks, and already I have seen lots, learnt lots, have been challenged…
Cameron Welsh in Thailand
Tue, 24th Jun 2014Sunrise at Ko Pha Ngan by Oliver on Flickr Month 9 (May) End of Holidays, Returning to Phana & Work and the Military Coup The last two weeks of our…
Highland Fling Tickets Now On Sale!
Sun, 22nd Jun 2014Tickets for the HFT Highland Fling are now on sale! ***Ticket sales have now closed*** Tables of 10 or 12 can be purchased at £110 per person until 31st…