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Check out the latest COCO news for everything from reports on new class rooms in East Africa to fundraising in the North East of England.

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Oct 26

Community Fish Project Changing Lives in Kenya

By Caitlin Clark & Lucy Liddle Your support has enabled Niaver CBO to create a community fish project that will support the provision of...

Jan 11, 2021

Work with us in East Africa!

COCO's partners in Tanzania (Hoja Project) and Kenya (Viagenco) are recruiting MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning)...

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Mar 24, 2020

A BIG ask from COCO

As the world enters uncertain times, we at COCO are doing our best to continue as usual so that the schools and communities we work with...

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Oct 10, 2019

Volunteering at COCO – Barbara Pressendo

My name is Barbara and I’ve been volunteering at COCO for four weeks as a fundraising admin. I study Theology and Religion at Durham...

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Aug 2, 2019

Interning at COCO: Dominic Scruton

Over July 2019 I commenced on a 3-week internship at COCO in Digital Marketing. I have also just finished my undergraduate degree in...

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Jul 19, 2019

The Importance of Community-led Development Projects

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” Community-led development projects...

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May 20, 2019

Walk the Wall 2019

Walk the Wall 2019 took place on Saturday 18th May. It was a fabulous day, with 100% turnout and £3,000 worth of fundraising. We made...

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May 21, 2018

20 years since COCO’s journey began!

On the 20th of May 1998, co-founders Steve Cram CBE and Jim Panton ran the Bosnia Comrades ultramarathon - and COCO's journey began!...

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Oct 16, 2017

My First Day As A COCO Volunteer – Lorenzo Wareham

Hi, my name is Lorenzo and I have just started volunteering at COCO as part of the career development module for final year students at...

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Aug 7, 2017

Perse and Sarah’s Internship Blog

We are currently students at the University of Sunderland; studying a Social Science and Sociology degree, and were given the opportunity...

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Mar 27, 2017

Volunteering at COCO – by Joe Smith

My name is Joe, a final year history student at Newcastle University. As part of the university’s final year Career Development Module,...

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Jul 13, 2016

Work Experience at COCO – by Lucy Penhall

My name is Lucy and I was doing my work experience at COCO. I really enjoyed my week at the office as everyone was so friendly and kind,...

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Aug 11, 2015

Guest Blog: Our Communications and Events Intern Rebecca Churchill

My name’s Rebecca and I’m currently interning as a Communications and Events Officer at COCO! I had always really liked the idea of...

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Jan 11, 2015

Hello 2015!

Happy New Year everybody! We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. We had a fantastic start to the year with one of COCO’s...

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