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Thursday 31 January 2013

Nepali kids at Children's Park

A lovely group of volunteers took the kids from our Nepali partnership project to a Children's Park in Kathmandu the other day. This is a rare chance for a day outing for the kids and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves there. 




Monday 28 January 2013

Great Study Success at Ugandan Placement Site

As many of you know, the school year in East Africa runs from January and November. Now our partnership site in Uganda has got the results for their end of year exams from November.
The children who completed their primary school in 2012 did very well: nearly half of them received a distinction, which means that they can attend excellent secondary schools and are also more likely to received sponsorship towards their school fees.

In rural Africa, the only way forward in life in order to get a proper job and to move on with one's life is to do well at school. The fact that the children did so well in their exams means that they are more likely to be able to support themselves and their families in the future and to move out of poverty.

Volunteer East sends their best wishes and congratulations to the students and the school staff for making this happen! 

Friday 25 January 2013

Current Contact Details for Ugandan Partner

Some changes have yet again taken place in the Management Team of our Ugandan partner. The previous Manager, Emmanuel Norman Nakhokho, has re-joined the team after the rest of the team members were missing his input into running the project. Volunteer East is confident that this change will make the running of the project smooth and the project will flourish yet again.

The current contact details for the project are as follows:

- Emmanuel Norman Nakhokho (Manager) = Email: nakhokho@gmail.com; Phone = +256 790 848011

- Joy Nakhokho (Assistant Manager) = Email: nakhayenze@gmail.com; Phone = +256 706 567 388 

Monday 21 January 2013

Improved Work with Domestic Violence in India

The gang rapes that have happened in India recently have shocked the whole world. Unfortunately, thousands  of women suffer from different forms of violence on a daily basis in India. Our partnership organisation in Chennai is doing what they can to assist such women. 

Below is a recent update from the NGO's Manager on how they face such issues: 

'We had to handle a difficult domestic violence issue and tried to counsel the family, drunken and  violent husband when things went out of hand. These family was having issues for very longtime and also was getting counseling for medical and family issues but again for last 3 days wife and younger child of 5 years couldn't take more...
We had to call women's helpline 1091 and Women Police Station, Adayar  044-24415732,044-23452586  the Tamilnadu police patrol responded within 10 minutes and was on site and took over the situation.
We hope things would become better in this step.. need to help the child's education and husband's treatment.'

Elijah Mathew Wood, the Director of the LeedIn Trust 

Friday 18 January 2013

Youth Development Centre in Pakistan Looking for Volunteers

Our partnership organisation in Pakistan is looking for enthusiastic youth development workers for their Youth Development Centre in Murree, Pakistan. You would be in very secure hands, with your own hotel room, private transport and driver being provided to all volunteers. The voluntary role would involve educational work with the youth.

Please see their website for more detailed information:

http://www.peef.org.pk/YDC.asp

Monday 14 January 2013

Recipes from South Asia

Following the popularity of the post on recipes from East Africa from last week, here is some recipes for those who are missing spicy South Asian  foods. Dalh, chapatti, roti and other delicassies from the Asian continent are pretty easy to prepare and make delicious alternatives to European-style cooking.

Enjoy the flavours and dream of South Asia as you do!

Spicy lentil dahl:
http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/soupschilistews/r/lentildahl.htm

Roti:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/roti_31237

Chapatti:
http://indianfood.about.com/od/breadrecipes/ig/How-to-Make-Chapatis/

Paneer:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/oct/25/mattar-paneer-cheese-peas-recipe

Spinach paneer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/paneerwithspinach_86756

Biriyani:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/biryani

Curry:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/vegetable_curry

Thursday 10 January 2013

Recipes from East Africa

So many times when volunteers come back from their placement sites, they comment on how they miss the food from the respective countries!
So, for those who are missing food from East Africa, Volunteer East has compiled a list of sites that hold the secrets to some yummy African food - Enjoy!

Excellent site for recipes from different East African countries:
http://eastafricanrecipes.com/

A mixture of recipes from the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia:
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/world-cuisine/africa/east-african/viewall.aspx?page=1


A recipe for the much-loved chapati that everyone seems to be missing!
http://www.kadirecipes.com/2012/05/12/east-african-chapati-recipe/







Tuesday 8 January 2013

Best Wishes for the New Year to All of Our Supporters

Volunteer East would like to thank all of its supporters, volunteers and friends for their on-going encouragement, assistance and belief in what we do - Thank you for all of your efforts over the past couple of years & may your 2013 be filled with love, peace and happiness!