You can read all about our latest trip to Nyandiwa by clicking the link to download the PDF report below. Trip to Nyandiwa January 2012
A recent sponsored 5 Km run in Bramhall Park has raised over £1,000.00 for Rowley Projects. This is enough to sponsor a University student through the” Hope beyond Form 4″ scholarship scheme……. A great big THANK YOU to everyone who took part. You’ve really made a difference to the life of a Kenyan student.
The offical opening of Oogo Pre School took place during Angela and Stephen’s recent visit. The school block was funded by the Bramhall Methodist Church Rainbow Appeal. The children are all thrilled and can be seen waving proudly to their friends in Bramhall. During the opening ceremony Angela and Stephen were presented with 3 live chickens.
You can read all about our latest trip to Nyandiwa by clicking the link to download the PDF report below. Trip to Nyandiwa October 2011
In Autumn 2010 Bramhall Methodist Pre School was partnered with Oogo Primary School in rural Kenya. The Pre School have sent out uniform, books and educational equipment to the children in Africa. Oogo School is in a very poor area, it’s so remote it can only be reached by foot. It is the first time the children [...]
Eccles Singers Community Choir is a mixed-gender choir of amateur singers, currently with around 45 members. It has been performing together since 2003, and became an independent choir in September 2010. The choir is open to anyone who enjoys singing – no audition is needed, nor is any musical knowledge. All you need is the [...]
Waiting to Jump – Dave, Matthew, Robert, Nicholas Pilkington, Elizabeth Gladwin. My lads decided that they wanted to mark my 60th by doing something different and jumping out of a plane at 10,000ft seemed to press the buttons. They also decided to ensure that I didn’t chicken out by jumping with me. So on the [...]
Walking with the Lord- Our Kili Experience By Rosemarie Birch. I would like to share briefly with you, a little of our experiences whilst climbing Mount Kilimanjaro last September. We were gently ‘nudged’ into the trip by our daughter’s plans to visit her friend teaching in Tanzania and climb Kili while she was there. With [...]
This trip seemed to come hard on the heels of the last one and was short and packed. There were some tremendous rainstorms in the evenings which were good for the crops. However, food prices have more than doubled since February and people are noticeably thinner. Our tank filled up quite well. We took the [...]
We’ve been back from Kenya just over a week now but life caught up with us so the report’s a little later than usual. (I’m writing this in Milan on a weekend visit to our first grandson, William.) The weather was unusually dry this time with just a couple of late night rains with some [...]