News
Stories and updates from Hazel's Footprints Trust, our Partner Schools, Educational Projects and Footprinters (volunteers).
Otjikondo in the time of Coronavirus
Mon, 22nd Feb 2021Hazel’s Footprints sends £10,000 to Otjikondo School in Namibia every March, to mark Hazel’s birthday. Otjikondo is very close to our hearts so it’s always so rewarding to hear how…
Katy Watters reporting on a year at Otjikondo cut short
Wed, 24th Jun 2020Katy Watters went to Otjikondo, Namibia expecting a full on year. It was cut short by the pandemic, but it’s pretty clear she got what she came for! Well done.…
Izzy Richards on her last weeks at Otjikondo
Mon, 7th Oct 2019Izzy Richards completes a fabulous year at Otjikondo School in Namibia where she has volunteered teaching children for a year. She wrote to us before she set off, after her…
Katy Watters on Project Trust training for Otjikondo
Wed, 7th Aug 2019Finding Project Trust Nine months ago, it would have been difficult to imagine that I would even come close to spending an entire year overseas. I went on a Project…
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…
Izzy Richard’s Second Term at Otjikondo
Thu, 25th Apr 2019Parents’ Day Project We’ve spent most of this term getting ready for the Otjikondo’s annual “Parents’ Day”. It’s a day where parents and guardians of everyone in the school are invited…
Izzy Richards: First Term at Otjikondo
Sat, 2nd Feb 2019So here I am, very nearly 3 months into my gap year, and what a 3 months it has been. It is very easy to say there is never 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.…
Iona Smith: From Namibia to Swaziland
Fri, 11th Mar 2016Iona tells us what happened when her volunteer visa in Namibia wasnt quite as it should beand how she bravely soldiered on with her plan to support education with a new…
Iona Smith – First Report from Otjikondo
Tue, 24th Nov 2015I have now been living in Otjikondo for just over two months and so far my time here has flown by. In my first post I thought I would give…
Anna Haas final footprinter report
Wed, 30th Sep 2015The last couple of months at our project, Mitchell House were very busy. We had a June/July holiday that lasted about three weeks so by the time we…
Kirsty Scott – Final Footprinter Report from Otjikondo
Thu, 17th Sep 2015In my last report I mentioned the school drama Scheherazade. This was performed on Parents Day (in July) along with us displaying the learners work in the art room and…
Footprinter report: Kirsty Scott in Namibia
Wed, 10th Jun 2015Another term has passed; time is flying as fast as ever. The Yellow team won Sports Day, after it was almost rained off, and received their hard-earned ice-cream. Our Project…
Footprinter report from Kirsty Scott in Otjikondo
Sat, 14th Feb 2015I have now been in Otjikondo for almost 5 months and hope once I describe my day to day life here and some of the things I have been doing,…
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…
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…
Katie Ingham – Footprinter report from Namibia
Thu, 22nd May 2014Here’s Katie’s third report from Namibia I dont even know where to begin! It may sound clichéd but it does seem like only yesterday when I was writing my last…
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…
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…
Final Report – A Must Read by Jordan Wilson
Tue, 20th Sep 2011I dont quite know where to start with this report. Im going to be honest with you though – I arrived back from Namibia yesterday and honestly, my last few…
New Footprinters chosen, Otjikondo donation and Namibia Calling
Tue, 23rd Aug 2011Huge developments have been taking place since the last update along with the regular HFT work of supporting Gappers and helping out with the running of Otjikondo School in Namibia.…
