News
Stories and updates from Hazel's Footprints Trust, our Partner Schools, Educational Projects and Footprinters (volunteers).
Footprinter Report: Scott Chandler
Wed, 11th Dec 2013One of the best things about an experience like this is you get a chance to discover the person within you. This experience I have found has been a new…
Cameron Welsh Footprinter Report: Bangkok and an introduction to Phana
Fri, 29th Nov 2013My year began with what seemed like the shortest car journey in history and before I knew it my bags were checked in and it was time to say goodbye…
Katie Ingham – footprinter report from Namibia
Tue, 26th Nov 2013‘Life isnt about waiting for the storm to pass, it is about learning to dance in the rain.’ Well hello again, so I have been here in Omaruru for just…
Time really does fly! – Footprinter Report by Anna Clarke
Tue, 17th Sep 2013I always think time flies is a very overused expression but if I had to pick a phrase to sum up the past two months then this would definitely be…
A celebration of the new school at Kisimenyi – Brilliant video from African Promise
Tue, 17th Sep 2013A celebration of the new school at Kisimenyi from African Promise on Vimeo. Last week we received a link to this wonderful video of Kisimenyi School in Kenya from Charles…
Final footprinter report: Gemma Eastman in Guyana
Tue, 17th Sep 2013The most amazing year of my life so far has come to a close, as I have now returned from my time teaching with the charity Project…
Jamie Snedden: footprinter final report
Sun, 8th Sep 2013Hello, my name is Jamie Snedden and I’m 18 years old. This time last year I was sitting in my school theatre, sweating my way through a particularly awful physics…
Update from Madaraka Community School in Kenya
Sun, 8th Sep 2013(We’ve received this report from the Madaraka School in Kenya – £3000 which is money well spent by the sounds of it!- Well done to Hannah Headden and all those…
Sam Williams: final footprinter report
Sun, 8th Sep 2013Arriving back home after twelve months away was a strange feeling indeed. In some aspects it feels like yesterday since I was here but when I think back over the…
Update from HFT HQ – Summer 2013
Sun, 18th Aug 2013The all new Hazel’s Footprints Website By Bill Scott Aiton Welcome to our fantastic all-new website. A huge huge thanks to Pete Moore for all the hours of work he…
Kianda Transition Class Report
Sat, 17th Aug 2013The Building Work When our centre in Kianda village of Kibera slum (Nairobi, Kenya) closed for Christmas holidays, building work for our new Transition classroom and microfinance office began. We…
A wee Flinga Bat and a Field!
Thu, 15th Aug 2013Wednesday 14th August. 2013 Despite the weather looking decidedly ropey, just over 50 intrepid rounders players took to Inverleith Park in Edinburgh for the first ever HFT Rounders Tournament. With…
Time to rest by Anna Davis
Thu, 8th Aug 2013I am sat writing this at my desk back in Devon. I safely arrived in the UK on the 7th of July 2013, from there went straight to a canal…
Eilidh Lamont: Initial report
Mon, 29th Jul 2013Initial Report- Eilidh Lamont On September the 7th 2013 I am moving to Ghana, on the west coast of Africa, to volunteer on behalf of Project Trust. Im leaving my…
Katie Ingham: Initial report
Mon, 29th Jul 2013It somehow seems fitting that I am writing my first report, sitting in the same chair that I was in this time last year, when I first began applying for…
Cameron Sinclair: Initial report
Mon, 29th Jul 2013I am getting prepared to leave for India in one weeks time. I am so excited to get out into the unknown and explore a completely different culture. I am…
Cameron Welsh: Initial report
Wed, 3rd Jul 2013?????? (Hello) My name is Cameron Welsh; I am 17 years old and have just finished my sixth and final year at Blairgowrie High School (near Perth in Scotland). In…
Rosie Dowell: Initial report
Wed, 3rd Jul 2013In June 2011, I attended a selection course on the remote Hebridean Isle of Coll for a charity called Project Trust. Project Trust send about 300 17-19 year olds oversees…
Footprinter pre-departure report by Anna Clarke
Mon, 1st Jul 2013So here I am my first official report as a Hazels Footprinter! The past week has been pretty busy with graduating, leaving Durham, saying goodbye to friendsetc… but now that…
Lewis Murray: Initial report
Thu, 13th Jun 2013Gap Year: working with adults who have mental and physical health problems and learning difficulties in a charitable residential centre in Johannesburg (Joburg) In 9 weeks time I will be…
Scott Chandler: Initial report
Wed, 12th Jun 2013Societies can never reach their apex unless the populace is selfless and philanthropic. This is a belief that I hold onto. Most people assume philanthropy requires excess amounts of wealth,…
