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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...

Apr 3

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...

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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....

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Jul 23, 2019

WAIGES Project

We have exciting updates on the success of the WAIGES (Women’s Agriculture and Income Generation Enterprise for Sustainability) Project...

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Apr 26, 2019

Plant Hope This Spring

Spring is in the air and we are surrounded by regrowth and renewal. Please support us by renewing hope for the community in Bwayi. In...

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Mar 19, 2019

Ilion! Let’s learn Kalenjin

By Valtteri Nurminen, COCO volunteer This is already the sixth blog of our series celebrating the International Year of Indigenous...

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Feb 26, 2019

Supa! Era supat? Time to learn Maasai culture and Maa language

By Valtteri Nurminen, COCO volunteer This is the third blog of our blog series introducing various East African local languages, as COCO...

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Feb 20, 2019

Idhi nade? Get to know the Luo language and culture.

By Valtteri Nurminen, COCO volunteer This is the second blog of our blog series celebrating the International Year of Indigenous...

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Feb 6, 2019

COCO Celebrates International Year of Indigenous Languages

This year the world celebrates the International Year of Indigenous Languages. It is celebrated to raise awareness of the importance of...

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Jan 31, 2019

Jeff to cycle Kenya for COCO!

One of the faces of North East TV is helping an international children’s charity by tackling a 200-mile cycling challenge in Africa later...

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Dec 7, 2018

Happy Jamhuri Day!

Today, Kenya celebrates Jamhuri Day. The day has a double meaning, in 1963 it marked independence and freedom from the British Empire,...

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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...

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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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Nov 6, 2018

Victoria Cycle Challenge – Will Whitaker

Well, we did it. 280(ish)kms across the unpredictable Kenyan terrain, from the (almost) flat planes of the Maasai Mara to the well-paved...

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Sep 14, 2018

Mercy Primary Classroom Progress

A HUGE thank you to everyone who supported our appeal to build a new classroom at Mercy Primary School in Kenya. Previously, students...

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May 1, 2018

Jess’ visit to Kenya

Jess recently visited Kenya and wrote an opinion piece about her visit which was published in The Journal. In case you missed it, here's...

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Mar 20, 2018

International Day of Happiness – Lorenzo Wareham

The International Day of Happiness is a United Nations observed day which aims to promote the pursuit of happiness as a fundamental human...

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Feb 1, 2018

Mercy Fishpond Update

The fishpond at Mercy Primary School is now complete! The fish are due to arrive any day now, and then the fishpond will be up and...

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Jan 18, 2018

10,350 meals!

Maasai Academy in Kenya established a Food Forest to grow food for their students and to generate income for the school. The garden is...

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Jan 10, 2018

Marginalised Groups – Gender

COCO's belief is that every child should have access to good quality education, regardless of their race, gender, religious beliefs,...

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Jan 5, 2018

Highlights of 2017

In 2017 your support helped to achieve so much in East Africa, here is one highlight from each of the past 12 months. If you want a bit...

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