"It was even better than I expected"
In late December 2017 and early January 2018, a group of 27 young Australians spent three weeks in Vietnam building two houses and a number of toilets for families in need.
"The people are so wonderful"
A group of high school boys from New York City spent their winter recess in Guatemala doing all they could to improve the lives of the people in a poor village high in the mountains.
The students of Orvalle among the small farmers of Tororo
Orvalle, a high-school for girls in Madrid, celebrated its 40th anniversary last year by co-operating with a training programme for eighty Ugandan women under the auspices of the NGO, Harambee.
Touched by mercy
When Pope Francis declared 2016 to be an extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, we in Strathmore School were both excited and anxious. Excited because a Jubilee Year in itself is a novelty – a once in a lifetime experience.
A Glance at ISSI Nursing School in the Congo
Since 1997, the Higher Institute of Nursing Sciences (ISSI) has trained nurses to provide quality, personalized care for patients and their families. These interviews with those who organize and benefit from ISSI offer a closer glimpse. ISSI also receives financial support from Harambee International.
Fighting Malnutrition in Tanzania
An article published in the November 10 edition of “Avvenire” in Milan. The Campus Bio-Medico University in Rome is heading a joint effort with other universities and institutions to promote nutritional literacy in a poor district in Tanzania.
Social work in a slum in Nairobi
A number of Spanish schools have been taking part in Harambee scholarship projects.
STREET CHILDREN: more than meets the eye
We see them. They fight in the streets, they beg, they wash cars. We see the mothers with babies and babies without mothers. We see old and young, clean and dirty alike. We see them leaning on our cars, some blind, others on wheel chairs. We see them. They fight in the streets, they beg, they wash cars. We see the mothers with babies and babies without mothers.
Netherhall Residents Sing at Mass in London Prison
"Visiting prisoners has been for many of us not only an act of mercy, but a humanising experience of stepping into a world, like our own, in need of redemption."
“The African Woman wants to advance without letting anyone fall behind”
Antoinette Kankindi, Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at Strathmore University (Kenya) has been awarded the Harambee 2017 Prize for the Promotion and Equality of the African Woman for her project “African Women Leadership”, an initiative aiming at “unveiling the leadership” of women of her continent, “without letting anyone fall behind”.