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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...

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...

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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...

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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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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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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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Mar 14, 2018

Tanzania Day at Seaton Sluice

Pupils at Seaton Sluice First School had a fantastic day learning about Tanzania by singing songs, painting pictures, dressing in the...

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May 19, 2017

Fifth time top of the region!

Hoja Secondary has once again achieved excellent results in the National Examination of Secondary Education and has been awarded the best...

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May 3, 2017

London Charity Dinner

COCO hosted a London Charity Dinner on 20th April 2017 which successfully raised enough money to build and equip a girls' dormitory at...

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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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Sep 30, 2016

Latest News from Mercy Primary & Regent Farm’s Partnership

The friendship between these two schools has been thriving for over 12 months now – and is set to grow even stronger ... One is based in...

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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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Mar 1, 2016

Mercy Primary & Regent Farm Partnership

Mercy Primary School is one of COCO's partner schools under the 'Schools for Life' programme. The school is situated in an idyllic...

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