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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Sep 27, 2018
Throwback to Kidron School
In honour of #ThrowbackThursday, we thought we'd feature one of our past project partners and look back on what we achieved. This week,...
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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 20, 2018
International Women’s Day – Lorenzo Wareham
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8th in honour of movements towards equality and women’s rights. The first...
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- Feb 1, 2018
Marginalised groups – LGBTQ+
This is the final installment in our marginalised groups blogs, rounding up research done with our partners in East Africa to see how...
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- Jan 29, 2018
Marginalised groups – beliefs
This is the third blog in a series looking at results from recent research undertaken with partners in East Africa to determine how COCO...
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- Jan 23, 2018
Marginalised groups – disabilities
This is the second blog in the marginalised groups series. COCO recently undertook research with our partners in East Africa to determine...
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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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- Dec 18, 2017
Christmas in Uganda, by Lorenzo Wareham
Christmas in the UK and the wider western world is a time of relaxation spent with family where eating, drinking and gift giving are the...
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- Nov 23, 2017
Health Day Event
To generate income to invest into the local community, we are making use of Mbamba Bay’s main asset – the beautiful surroundings! Mbamba...
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- Oct 11, 2017
#DayOfTheGirl
“We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” – Malala Yousafzai Today is International Day of the Girl, so a perfect time to...
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- Apr 19, 2017
Food Forest makes Kids are Kings Nursery self-sustainable!
We are very excited that Kids are Kings nursery in Tanzania is now fully self-sustainable! Previously the nursery was not able to...
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- Nov 22, 2016
COCO in 2016 – Guest Blog by Joe
2016 was COCO’s best ever year. The most money ever was spent on charitable expenditure, thanks to the generosity of everyone who...
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