I am delighted to announce that this week Our Moon CEO Helen Leale-Green will be paying a visit to Zambia, promoting Our Moon’s aims and ambitions, whilst bringing together Zambian communities in the quest for knowledge. So, what will be happening? Highlights include: Tomorrow’s Leaders ForumsThree Tomorrow’s Leaders Forums (TLFs) in three centres across Zambia, […]
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Introducing Me: Our Moon’s Newest Blogger
Hello all! My name is Rachel, a 19-year-old from Kent currently studying English Literature at the University of York. When I’m not reading (a rare occasion) I am learning French, acting as a Sport’s Officer on the Alcuin JCR committee, running long distances or petting dogs How did you first hear about Our Moon? My […]
Collaboration among peer charities
One of the things that I have come to love, since setting up Our Moon, is the camaraderie between fellow small international development charities. From pooling our knowledge on the Small International Development Charities Network Facebook page set up by Victoria Hancock Fell and Operation Sunshine helping me in shipping text books to Zambia, to Baraka Community Partnership’s match funding of a student scholarship, Deana […]
Precious, an Our Moon scholar, enjoys a day with Baraka Community Partnerships
Precious Kalungu, one of Our Moon’s current scholars writes about a recent outing organised by barakacommunitypartnerships. “It was an honour being given an opportunity to be part of the audience of intellectual speakers. I was at a meeting organised by Baraka Community Partnerships, an organisation that partly funds my Our Moon scholarship. Each year, Baraka gets […]
Helen attended this year’s HALI Indaba in Rwanda
Janet Heinonen of East Africa Scholars Fund writes about our time there. Talent Is In Abundance: HALI Indaba Reflections The recent HALI Indaba in Rwanda, an engaging gathering of passionate, professional advocates for HALI students, had many “glad to know that” moments. Here are a few of mine: • Why context is important on the CSS/Financial […]
Standing up for the ‘boy-child’
There is so much being discussed in the international development arena about supporting the girl-child. But what about the boy-child ? The many challenges that face the girl-child are now well documented and, due to the SDGs, funds are flowing to support many initiatives to help girls to stay in school, combat gender based violence […]