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Easyfundraising for Giakonda Solar Schools

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If you do a lot of online shopping, here’s a way you can help us at the same time at no cost to yourself. Sign up with easyfundraising.org.uk and nominate Giakonda Solar Schools as your chosen cause.

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Whether it’s your weekly shop, travel abroad or insurance renewals, shop via easyfundraising.org.uk and the retailer will donate commission to Giakonda Solar Schools.

Find your retailer here https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/retailers/
and start shopping.

Swanfrica Network meeting

Category : News , zambia

I attended a most useful workshop today at the Environment Centre, Swansea. Thanks to Swanfrica and Women4Resources for organising it.

Representatives of various Wales-based charities working in Africa met together to share ideas and experiences and see how we could work together more closely. We identified common themes of education and training, and trading relationships.
Swanfrica workshop
Another focus to the day was to support budding entrepreneurs by setting up a mentoring scheme called GWEN.

Donated computers arrive in Lusaka

Category : News , zambia

Good news that the boxes of donated computers and laptops (despatched months ago via itschoolsafrica) have arrived in Lusaka and will be picked up shortly by Charli Mangalazi of Siavonga High School.

Equipment that people in UK might just throw away, can be refurbished by us to perform well in Zambia. If you have anything of the kind, please consider donating to us.

 

Synology DiskStations for Siavonga

Category : News , sponsors , zambia

We have long been fans of Synology DiskStation NAS storage stations and, in July 2015, set one up in the offices of Siavonga Nutrition Group.  It meant that all users could save their work centrally and share resources more easily.

We recently met Synology UK at a trade event and discussed our project with them. Imagine our delight when they donated us two ex demo DiskStations. We are in the process of setting them up ready to send to Siavonga High School,and Siavonga Basic School.

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Hub Cymru Africa Summit 2016

Category : News , sponsors , zambia

Yesterday we attended the Hub Cymru Africa Development Summit at Liberty Stadium Swansea. The event brought together representatives of many charities and voluntary organisations in Wales whose projects were linked with Africa.

There were talks by people like the inspirational Nassra Juma Mohammed, Head Coach of the Zanzibar Women’s Football Team; and opportunities for networking and looking at the various exhibition stands.

We were pleased to be exhibiting as well as Howard leading a discussion group on the role of Technology in Development.

Also during the course of the day there were performances from the Oasis World Choir and the wonderful Ballet Nimba.

Cat Jones opens HCA summit

En route for Siavonga

Category : News , solarpower , sponsors , zambia

Thanks so much to SolarPlants of Baglan Bay for their generous donation of eight solar panels for our project in Zambia. They’ve now been picked up and have started the long journey to Lusaka via Durban. It will be mid- December before they arrive!

Director of SolarPlants handing over panels
Solar Plants Director Daniel Crossland with Howard Kirkman of Giakonda Solar Schools.

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