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HATW 30 year celebration event

We are so grateful to all those who came to the event in November at Bridges Community Centre, Monmouth, and to those who volunteered their time to help make it a success. The event was... Read more »

NLC tailoring

Partner update: New Life Centre, India

New Life Centre | India

The New Life Centre School incorporates a Vocational Training Centre which operates in the afternoon when the school day is over. Local women complete a Tailoring course at the VTC under the guidance of Chumpa... Read more »

large group of students

Partner update: HATWJ and schools, Rwanda

HATWJ and Partner Schools | Rwanda

You’re a sky full of stars ‘You’re a sky full of stars’ is a joyful ballad by the British Rock Band, Coldplay. Its lyrics are full of hope and positivity, depicting an image of someone... Read more »

Around the horseshoe desk

Partner update: Disability Community Centre, Kenya

Disability Community Centre | Kenya

The DCC has continued to provide essential and much needed support to children with disabilities at Irindiro Special School in Meru County. The delivery of specially designed horseshoe tables and chairs to the school earlier... Read more »

NLC

Partner update: New Life Centre, India

New Life Centre | India

I have always been impressed with the holistic education in the New Life Centre school and, as a retired teacher, I recognise how invaluable it is to get to know all the talents of the... Read more »

30 years pallabi

Celebrating 30 years: Pallabi’s story

New Life Centre | India

Pallabi is a former student of the New Life Centre, Sarberia, India. Using snippets from her regular updates over the years, project coordinator, Tess Molloy tells us Pallabi’s story.    Pallabi’s story It has been... Read more »

Children eating in Classroom

Project update: “It’s hard to learn when you’re hungry”, Rwanda

HATWJ and Partner Schools | Rwanda

HATW has continued to support Muko school to provide much needed food to street children in Bugarama, Rwanda. This invaluable support is now providing 328 street children with two meals a day, seven days a... Read more »

Group of people with a loaded pickup truck

Partner update: Disability Community Centre, Kenya

Disability Community Centre | Kenya

Previously HATW has supported our local partner, the Meru North Disability Community Centre (DCC) with the provision of new wheelchairs and specific staff training on the assembling and fitting wheelchairs. Through the DCC, valuable support... Read more »

Tess and Lyn with some of the children

Volunteer’s report: Visit to New Life Centre, India

New Life Centre | India

By Lyn Helyer, Volunteer My 7th visit to the New Life Centre in Sarberia last November began, as always, with being met by a waving & smiling Alindra Naskar, head of the Centre. I was... Read more »

MK Kids

Lunches Project Update February 2024

Maluba Kasensa | Zambia

By Jane Powell | Operations Manager Kasensa is a community-based project that supports people in the surrounding compounds in Monze, Zambia. It is run by caregivers who live in these compounds signposting vulnerable youngsters to Kasensa.... Read more »

A student using one of the laptops provided

Christmas Appeal Update – January 2025

Kenya Special Schools | Kenya

Hands Around the World (HATW) has been implementing projects in Kenya since 2003. Our projects provide essential and much needed support to children with disabilities attending special schools in Meru County, Kenya. Recently HATW partnered... Read more »

Children supported with new wheelchairs at the DCC

Partner update: Disability Community Centre, Kenya

Disability Community Centre | Kenya

By Alex Kirkwood | Grants Manager In our last update we brought you news of HATW’s efforts to provide new wheelchairs to the DCC, with associated staff training, in collaboration with the mobility charity Motivation... Read more »