'Redressing the balance' in Soroti and the surrounding areas.

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Redressing the Balance

Indoor Market of Local Crafts and Delights

On Saturday, 7th December 2024, 11am – 4pm, is the Global Challenge Christmas Craft Fair. We have 20 stalls signed up, with a variety of handmade goods plus crafts made by a local special needs school. We boast a fantastic raffle/tombola, mulled wine, live music from Kirsty Sings and we are even hoping to have …

Information Event

On Sunday 10 November we will be hearing all about the latest Global Challenge trustee visit to Uganda.  From 1pm you can enjoy an African meal of Rice, beans or chicken. From 1:30pm there will be a presentation involving photos and videos from October’s trustee visit to meet the staff and pupils at Crossroads Secondary …

Recipe for Success!

One of our supporters, John Simmonds, has suggested a brilliant fundraising idea…creating a recipe book! We, at Global Challenge HQ, think this is a tremendous idea and are asking for recipe donations. Recipes, along with photos and drawings, will be compiled and then produced into a booklet to be sold in aid of Global Challenge …

Hair-Styling NOT Hair-raising!

The August haircare event held at Jill K’s Hair Studio in Ramsgate raised over £200 which will go towards helping to pay the salary of one of the teachers at Crossroads Secondary School in Soroti, Uganda. Our thanks go to Senior Stylist Katiie Jade who donated her time and all the money raised from the …

Grow your…SUNFLOWER!

Something has grown very special indeed out of the “Grow Your £1.00” Challenge from last Easter 2024. Two young lads from Queens Road Baptist Church youth groups bought a packet of sunflower seeds with their £1 and went on to plant and grow some beautiful sunflower plants. The plants were sold and £38.07 was raised! …

Dressed to Impress the Audience

Linda McCann treats us to another of her fascinating talks…this time recommended for the broad minded! Linda will entertain us with recollections of shows gone by, costume disasters and triumphs, and working with “the stars” as their personal dresser. As before, Linda will bring along an array of costumes and accessories to highlight and demonstrate …

CALLING ALL MAKERS AND ARTISTS!

Would you like to have a stall at our 2024 Christmas Craft Fair at Queens Road Baptist Church,  Broadstairs, on Saturday 7th December, running from 10am to 4pm? This is our second market and we will provide 6ft x 2ft tables @ a cost of £10 PLUS a donated product from your stall for our …

Crossroads Secondary School Update

There are 323 pupils on role at the school at present. The teachers are busy meeting the deadlines of UNEB (Uganda National Examination Board) school-based assessments on: CAs (Continuous Assessments), AOIs (Activities of Integrations) and Project Work. The Crossroads students in classes S.1, S.2 and S.3 have had field studies for Geography and Entrepreneurship. The …

Bibles Purchased

Remember the Global Challenge Bible Appeal where we were encouraged to “Give a Bible for Easter” to provide 200 bibles for the pupils at Crossroads Secondary School in Soroti? Well, an Amazing £835 has been raised! Global Challenge have added extra funds from our Gift Aid pot and been able to send money out to …

A Goat Named Fred (Possibly?)

Our thanks go to Sue Wharlley who, for her birthday, asked family and friends to not get her any gifts but put money towards buying a goat for the Global Challenge Livestock Project. She received over £300!!! A petition has gone out to have a goat named Fred. As one Trustee exclaimed “We can buy …