The 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 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.
Read MoreWe have recently received a donation from Australia that was designated for the work in India.
Read MoreHere are some photographs we received last week from Philip and Margaret, our project coordinators in Uganda.
Read MoreBut when going to school does not come automatically – when you are deaf and cannot go to your local school and your family do not have the money to send you to the only secondary level boarding school which accepts deaf children in the Province – then school becomes more important to you.
Read MoreThe team in Hanoi have sent this short update:
Read MoreMy trip to the Ukraine last week was heartbreaking and exciting, all at the same time.
Read MoreI am sat on a small stool in our open porch area with the heat pouring through the open walls and the dust and wind whistling around, as once again I embark on trying to share a few thoughts and moments from our visit to The Kings Village in Ghana. This is my 15th year and Terry’s 11th year working out here.
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