News
Stories and updates from Hazel's Footprints Trust, our Partner Schools, Educational Projects and Footprinters (volunteers).
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…
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…
Katie Hughes – a year cut short by the pandemic
Fri, 24th Jul 2020Katie Hughes had a Footprinter Grant for her primary school teaching placement in Chile. Here is her final update – in her words “Unfortunately my time in Chile came to…
Richeldis Brosnan updates on her first 4 weeks in China
Mon, 7th Oct 2019Richeldis Brosnan reports on her experience in China so far, four weeks into her time volunteering with Project Trust. This report follows her previous report on her thoughts before she…
Rachel Azzopardi’s thoughts as she heads to Otjikondo
Sun, 28th Jul 2019Rachel Azzopardi has been awarded a Footprinter Grant to head to Otjikondo School in Nambia for the 2019/20 academic year. Otjikondo School is very special to Hazel’s Footprints as this…
Ellen Whitehouse on her imminent trip to Zambia
Sat, 8th Jun 2019Ellen Whitehouse was awarded a Footprinter Grant in May for her volunteer trip to Zambia. She will be teaching maths, computing and science at a school in Petauke, which is…
Nik Janus on his fundraising boost for China
Thu, 6th Jun 2019Nik Janus will be heading to China this year to volunteer in teaching. We were delighted to support this local chap with a Footprinter Grant. Good luck Nik! Nik Janus…
Katie Hughes is heading to San Alfonso, Chile
Sat, 1st Jun 2019We have awarded one of our Footprinter Grants this year to Katie Hughes. She’s heading to San Alfonso in Chile to teach English at a primary school. It sounds like…
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…
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…
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…
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…
