Partnerships lay at the foundation of Our Moon’s success. In particular, we look to build relationships with universities around the world, who can offer scholarships to talented Zambian students to pursue their education. In return, these students are constantly looking for ways to contribute back to their society, to bring about positive change. It’s all […]
Introducing Vic
Ever wondered what it takes to be a charity trustee? Who can do it and what does it involve? The topic of trusteeship, and what being a good charity trustee requires, has recently been a hot topic for the media. There has also been growing discussion around the idea of getting younger people involved as charity […]
Helen’s Challenge: A 10k on every continent
Helen is off around the world – part holiday to visit her son who is playing cricket in Australia for six months, and part visiting universities in Abu Dhabi and North America to promote Our Moon and its students. Helen decided to do a challenge to raise funds to help to meet Our Moon’s target […]
Meet Helen!
Our Moon is made up of a small team of volunteers and trustees who are passionate about seeing young African students succeed in education. We have a wide variety of roles from research and social media, to fundraising and mentoring students. In the next series of blogs we’ll be introducing you to the team, starting […]
How Facebook Saved the Day
So picture this. She is stuck three hours from home, on a dusty road in a small broken-down bus jammed with hot bodies, music belching at too many decibels to think. A Facebook message pops up on my screen. “It’s hopeless. I won’t be home in time. And even if I am, my dad will […]
Why ‘Our Moon’?
How the Name and Logo came about No matter where we are, we all see the same moon. Regardless of beliefs, colour, race, gender, class – our moon is the same moon seen by everyone in the world. It is a symbol of equality and connectedness. It reminds us that in spite of physical distance […]