An Update from Arise School
4th November 2016
Modern technology, often frustrating and challenging for those of us who were not brought up on it, enables us to keep in regular contact with Arise School and developments there. We thought you would enjoy reading the extracts below which are taken from a longer update we received recently from Frank. “First of all, […]
Cronton Children and Church Continue to Champion ACE!
29th October 2016
For over 18 months now, the children and staff of Cronton C of E Primary School have warmly welcomed us into their assemblies to tell them about our efforts to build Arise School. They have not only listened to us but have been amazing in their commitment and ongoing efforts to fundraise for ACE […]
Helping the Local Community to Help Themselves
21st October 2016
From the outset, one of the underpinning principles that we wanted to see reflected in the development of Arise Community School was real ownership by the local community – their school for their children and their community. We wanted the buildings to be used as a resource by the local community when not in use […]
Arise Children on Safari!
14th October 2016
Two weeks ago, our volunteer at Arise School, Liz, went on safari with some of the Arise children. None of the children who went would otherwise have had this opportunity. Liz sent us the piece below: “At 7am on Sunday, 2nd October, 10 children from Arise school, 3 staff and I set off on a […]
Walking Israel for ACE!
7th October 2016
Yes, you read that right! Bex and Gil, the intrepid couple who very recently undertook “Scoot the Loop”, a unique challenge to raise money for Arise Community School (see our blog of 12th. August, 2016), have recently arrived in Israel to start yet another another unique challenge for the charity. In Bex’s words: ‘We have […]
“Poverty at a level I have never witnessed previously”
30th September 2016
Until recently, volunteering was very much the privilege of the younger generation. For those of us of more mature years, there was rarely the opportunity to take time out to volunteer when we left school or college, whether as part of a gap year or for a shorter period. Now, like ourselves, the “baby boomers” […]
“New Walter” – or how €60 has changed a young man’s life!
23rd September 2016
Regular readers of our blog will recall that medical students from the U.K. visited Arise School recently whilst in Tanzania as part of the Kilimanjaro Community Support Project (KiCS). One of them, Ariadne, has since given one pupil, Walter, a young man aged 12 years old, a wonderful gift that has changed his life. Ariadne […]
50………and Still Counting!
16th September 2016
When Arise School opened in January 2013, it was our shared aspiration with Frank and his family that the school should be open to any child in the local community, irrespective of the means of his or her family. In order to make that possible, in the very early days, we launched our Sponsorship Scheme. […]
Meeting Emerging Needs at Arise School
9th September 2016
Since Arise School opened at the beginning of 2013, it has grown rapidly from one classroom, one teacher and 11 children to four classrooms, seven teachers and more than 210 children. The major need is for more classrooms and, thanks to the success of our “Buy a Block” appeal, three more are currently under construction. […]
“Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud!”
2nd September 2016
In the last couple of years, one of the things that has given us so much pleasure is the work we have done in several local primary schools to fundraise for ACE. Not only have the children and staff of the various schools embraced the charity and raised money for the children of Arise School […]
