Monthly Archives: April 2012

The secret to success

Posted on 24/04/2012 by Rachel

December doesn’t seem five minutes ago. We were busy shopping and making preparations for the 27 sponsored students to start their new school year.   Four months have flown by. Over the last month we have been busy visiting all the … Continue reading →

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The road to Kabila

Posted on 19/04/2012 by Mark Topley

I’m on holiday this week, so it’s a short post! In preparing for the training programme for our new Dental Programme Administrators, I had to trawl through some of our early images, and came across this one. It’s one of … Continue reading →

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The power of perspective

Posted on 12/04/2012 by Mark Topley

A few months back, I hosted one of our donors from the UK. She was a very interesting person representing a large foundation and she was well travelled. We were chatting in the car on the way to visit one … Continue reading →

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The price of compassion

Posted on 10/04/2012 by Ian

I wrote this blog last week after an amazing experience, but due to technical difficulties, it’s a week late going up on the blog… Apologies for the delay! Last Saturday was an amazing day in so many ways! Over 36 … Continue reading →

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Why compassion needs to be intelligent

Posted on 05/04/2012 by Mark Topley

I believe too much aid, and volunteering in particular, is directed by simplistic sympathy and not enough intelligent compassion… This week I have written my blog on Huffington Post – you can view the post here… Bookmark on Delicious Digg this … Continue reading →

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