It’s been an eventful week. A different week to what we had expected but nonetheless we have made a small yet significant difference to those we have come into contact with.
Read MoreJune has sent through some photos of the children working hard at the Amatelaz Homework Centre. The children all attend school and then after the school day come along to the Homework Centre. What incredible commitment and determination!
Read MoreWhat a fantastic way to kick off the new school year. This week, I visited the year 8s at Chilwell School to receive a fabulous donation.
Read MoreDeaf adults and staff at Nzeve teach sign language in short workshops and in the evening at a sign language course. Last term we taught 30 policemen, 35 people wanting to be sign language interpreters, 20 college students and 150 school children.
Read MoreHaving finished my A levels in June this year, I was then faced with 3 months of freedom from studying before starting university. I’m not someone to sit back and relax for three months, despite the stress and hard work that the last two years of college threw at me, so I was keen to see if there was some way I could volunteer for Operation Orphan.
Read MoreThe summer of 2016 finally arrived just in time for Packing Week, as we predicted it would! With temperatures in the 30’s we worried about how the team would cope but soon realised that we didn’t need to worry at all!
Read MoreThis term has been a good one with every child giving her best. Their interest in sewing has been amazing. This project has helped them a lot and an added advantage to Jane and Most because they are also doing sewing as a practical subject at School.
Read MoreHandsome, Rutendo and Newton are attending almost every week . Wellington was sent back to school by the cousin brother and is now attending school in Masvingo. He was suppose to finish his plumbing course this coming third term.
Read MoreWe love getting reports back from the Nutrition Centre in Ghana. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. So see for yourselves the difference this amazing project is making.
Read MoreWith the busy time in the warehouse as we approach packing week for Keep a Child Warm we wanted to celebrate all the wonderful people who have been helping us.
Read MoreWe were thrilled to have John and Julia Odie with us on Monday. Julia, with help from her husband and a whole heap of friends, has been collecting warm winter clothing for the last few months.
Read MoreIt’s been a really exciting start to the new term at the Amatelaz Homework Centre in Mutare, Eastern Zimbabwe!
Read MoreWe recently met a new Iraqi refugee family that was in an especially difficult situation. Ten people lived in one house, and the house had muddy walls and horrific smells.
Read MoreThe children at the Friendship House have completed their first school term. The report below is from those who have invested huge amounts of time and energy into caring for the children.
Read MoreWithout our amazing volunteers, we would be nothing! It’s because of the investment and time people give to Operation Orphan that we are capable of so much.
Read MoreWe’ve been excited to see developments happening in Sierra Leone as the next two homes for the children are built.
Read MoreKeeping children healthy, both physically and emotionally, is critical. Hope for Life is on the front line in Zimbabwe doing everything they can to make a real difference.
Read MoreWe were delighted to have recieved a £2,000 donation from the NG Network this week for Ghana, and the work in the Nutrition Centre.
Read MoreOur new partners in Iraq sent the following update:
Read MoreWe continue to see children being admitted to the Nutrition Centre in Ghana at such a late stage of malnutrition, and to be honest, some of them having no hope.
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