Every week Mother Teresa Children’s Centre hosts a group for Young Carers, children who care for other children. They’ve recently written a play which aims to teach other children in their community about the dangers of Cholera, a water bourne disease which can kill. They are pictured here performing to a huge audience, we at…
Triplets Trinity, Triphonia and Treeza were born in Chilomoni Township in November 2013. With three other children in the family, and no income, severe financial difficulties caused major concern to the Child Welfare Team. Mother Teresa Children’s Centre, were approached to help. This Krizevac funded centre has been able to provide clothes, beds, bedding, a…
Thanks to Transport for London, these brand new shiny “Boris Bikes” have arrived to help transform Chilomoni. Three months ago the Krizevac team loaded them up into our 17th shipping container of the year, “We’ve turned pedals, handlebars, lifted and loaded 1830 bikes this year”, Zoe Kasiya, Resources Manager for Krizevac told us, “it’s a lot…
We’d like to introduce two wonderful people to you. Adina Curca and Deborah Lawson are the latest volunteers to join team Krizevac. They’re offering 6 months of their time to share their skills and knowledge of early years development to the Care Givers at Mother Teresa Children’s Centre in Chilomoni Township, Malawi. Debbie is a…
Many thanks from all at Krizevac Project to the team at JCB World Headquarters, Rocester, for their kindness towards children at Mother Teresa Children’s Centre. Suvi Toropainen, Marketing and Communications Manager for JCB Africa and Middle East contacted Krizevac to say they would like to donate some special JCB toys as a Christmas gift to…
Many charities spend a lot of time, effort and money on complex planning, evaluation and make an academic study of development. We’re trying to spend our time, effort and money on action which transforms the lives of the disadvantaged. “It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do…
On a recent visit to Malawi, I was tasked with ordering 3000 little cloth bags from the Beehive Tailors in ChilomoniTownship. The order was from Mobal who wanted to gift the bags to their customers as a thank you. Since 2007 Krizevac Project has collected over 2000 sewing machines which were collecting dust in attics…
Staffordshire-based businesses have risen to the challenge of supporting the growing storage needs of Krizevac Project, with M.J. Barrett of Uttoxeter, providing a huge warehouse behind TESCO, rent free! Krizevac Project UK Coordinator, George Furnival, expressed gratitude to Andrew Hodgkinson, site Manager for M.J. Barrett. “With increasing donations of bikes and books, our Chairman’s sheep…
Gavin Wickham, Operations Director of Britain’s most successful forklift truck company, Briggs, was delighted to hand over the keys of a robust and reliable forklift truck to Resources Manager, Zoe Kasiya last week. “This forklift is a real godsend,” Zoe told us. “Our volunteer teams have been lifting and shifting growing volumes of equipment, often…
The British Army may be finding it difficult to recruit reservists, but willing and able volunteers are responding in their droves to the Krizevac Project’s rallying cry for help. Fourteen able recruits are now serving in the Uttoxeter Krizevac warehouse under the watchful command of Zoe Kasiya, Krizevac Resources Manager. “We’ve been appealing in the…
Malawian student, twenty two year old Rudo Mhango, has developed a 3D video game called ‘Project Nyasa’ in his local language, Chichewa. One of over two hundred college students at the John Paul II Leadership and IT Institute, Rudo is achieving world-class software development in the middle of an impoverished African township. JPII LITI was…