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COCO's News

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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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Aug 21

Thank you, Stowe Family Law

COCO is hugely grateful to Stowe Family Law for their recent generous support! We were delighted to receive their donation towards our...

Jun 7, 2023

What is Long-Term Impact?

By Lucy Liddle We use the phrase #LongTermImpact all the time. But what does this actually mean... As always, sometimes an example is the...

Apr 3, 2023

Women of Kitale: Breaking the cycle of poverty

By Rebecca Brett & Lucy Liddle Mamma Caroline and her Family - Photo Credit to Nick Spollin Why Kitale? For the women in Kitale, life can...

Mar 2, 2023

For the Love of Reading

By Rebecca Brett & Lucy Liddle It's 8pm on the 1st March and children across the UK have only just remembered to tell their parents that...

Jan 29, 2021

A Whole New Year

May 21, 2020

Digital Teacher Training with the Commonwealth Education Trust

Our partner schools in Tanzania are currently closed, but that doesn't mean we have stopped working to improve the quality of education!...

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...

Mar 17, 2020

Climate Change and Schools for Life

COCO is committed to reducing harmful impacts on the environment. To do so, COCO incorporates environmentally friendly and sustainable...

Feb 17, 2020

Well done Mshangano Secondary!

There's some friendly competition going on among Schools for Life partners in Tanzania. Watch out Hoja Secondary, Mshangano Secondary are...

Feb 4, 2020

Planting Futures Campaign

#4amfor40p Imagine standing in a line at 4am to get the chance to work for 40p from 4am until 6pm. That’s 14 hours, that’s 2.8p per hour....

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...

Sep 24, 2019

PreSchools for Life!

Pre-school education is a very important stage of a child’s development, by the age of five, 90% of a child’s brain has already...

Aug 6, 2019

The Importance of Gender Empowerment through Education and Opportunities

One of the many interlinked issues that COCO is working to alleviate is gender inequality. Such discrimination is often deeply ingrained...

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...

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...

Dec 18, 2018

Menstruation and Education

By Lucy Graves, COCO Volunteer COCO believes that education is vitally important in creating opportunities for breaking out of the cycle...

Dec 10, 2018

CHALLENGING THE NARRATIVE: CHILD MARRIAGE IN TANZANIA

Ending child marriage is not one of COCO's main aims, however no one aspect of development can be looked at in isolation, everything is...

Nov 21, 2018

Ward Hadaway Saves Mshangano Secondary!

Mshangano Secondary was saved from closure last month, thanks to the fantastic team runners at Ward Hadaway who raised funds in the their...

Nov 19, 2018

World Toilet Day 2018

By Valtteri Nurminen, COCO Volunteer Today we celebrate the World Toilet Day for the fifth year. The day aims to raise awareness that...

Nov 17, 2018

International Day for Tolerance

Today is the International Day for Tolerance, a day when the world celebrates toleration, acceptance of difference and peaceful...

Nov 13, 2018

New classroom at Mercy Primary!

A massive thank you to everyone who donated to the Mercy Classroom Appeal earlier this year. We are delighted that the classroom is now...

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