Village By Village News

Another sucessful meeting of our Trustees was held at our CEO’s home which included Mr Paul Broom and Chair Dr Nick Swift. During the meeting were joined by volunteer Tom Mutton. Who anounced he was cycling the lenght of the country and was doing it fundraise
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Anna and Neil arrived in Ghana with Alex, Lou and Andy to start work on our latest projects in the villages of Ghana. Our three hardy volunteers spent their first day in Accra the capital of Ghana changing money and just acclimatising to the 30C + weather and constant sunshine, a bit of a shock from the snow and cold of England…….

This afternoon we hire two taxis for the trip up to the village. Our trusty land rover, Gordon was blowing clouds of blue smoke out of the engine so we are hoping Maeve our second vehicle housed in our base camp in the village  will not let us down.

After a worrying week of bad weather, snow blocked roads and icy pavements we finally arrived in London the night before our flight.

We had a very successful meeting with Penny from Ashanti Development and we are now looking at ways to work in partnership.

last meeting about our schools project before we head off

CEO Neil Kerfoot and Head of Communications Anna Kotsonouris are flying to Accra on Friday 15-1-2010.

With the support of three volunteers the group plan to bring clean water to a village in poverty and document other villages in need of support.

Trustee Paul Broom and Head of Communications Anna Kotsonouris have been involved in a short video aimed at recruiting new high net worth donors and volunteers. The video was made as part of the Big Give promotion.The video can be viewed at  Millionaire’s Month. For more information about the Millionaire’s Month project go to http://www.millionairesmonth.org.uk/

The Dunkirk spirit lives on! The cancelled Overland trip planned for 2010 is back on as the group are shipping their Land Rovers out to Ghana in containers on the back of a ship. It is this attitude that build the empire…    Good on you.

Details to be confirmed……………..

Due to the high threat from terrorism in Mali the Overland trip leaving the UK in Jan 2010 is now cancelled. After a long debate it was decided that on advice from the Foreign Office it would be unwise to travel across Mali. It is with regret we offer our condolences to those who have put so much time, money and effort in to making this event happen.

As a charity we will be without much needed funds and support . Lets hope the trip can be rearranged later in 2010

Tom’s trip to Ghana with Village by Village on the gapmointh.org scheme had such an effect on him he returned home and shortly after shaved his head to raise even more money to build latrines in the villages he lived and worked.

See us naming Tom’s latrine

The money Tom raised from his head shaving built that latrine..

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