Founders Day at the Meg Foundation Not knowing what to expect I woke up on the Tuesday with a certain amount of excitement about the days activities, so after washing and dressing I walked through the volunteers accommodation and into the nursery class at the front of...
Hannah and Niall visit the Meg Foundation My arrival at the Meg Foundation was not one that will be forgotten easily, the staff greeted me with such open arms and warmth I felt at ease almost immediately. When Niall arrived a few days after me our adventure in Rwanda...
August 2011 Dear Friends, I hope the summer is treating you well and that life is good. As you will all know, we have had some troubling times here in the UK and I am about to leave my home now to go where there is real deprivation, real need and very probably real...
June 2011 Dear friends, I hope you will enjoy this letter from Chris known as the ‘bead man’ for his love of the beads made by some members of our community. He is a great friend and the people at the project love it when he is there and continually ask me when...
May 2011 Building our boundary wall. Two years ago we built a wooden boundary fence at the back of the property. We had some problems with intruders and at the time it was all we could afford to do. However it has not proved to be as secure as we would have hoped and...
Our gifts from the UK In late 2010 we received a large number of gifts generously donated by many supporters in the UK and brought to us as a part load of a container provided and paid for by the National Police Aid Convoy Organisation. We are so very grateful for...
February 2011 Dear friends around the world, I hope you will enjoy these pictures of us at work and play this term. It is so lovely to see the children and the adults coming to school each day with big smiles. We are happy! New nursery children who are now settling...
January 2011 Happy New Year, or Umwaka mushya as we say here. We have started our new school year with 140 children in our nursery. There are now two new Nursery 1 classes and one each of Nursery 2 and 3. The new children are gradually setting in to an unfamiliar...
Vincent’s Story Below are two magazines from Vincent who has spent a month with the Primary3 and Primary 2 children for holiday fun. I know they have thoroughlyenjoyed themselves and I know that Vincent has worked tirelessly forthe children, they are very lucky...
December 2010 At the end of a very busy year I thought you might like to read about a few people we are helping at the project and how we are making a difference to their lives. First, the boy who fainted in class two years ago because he had not eaten over the...
