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20th August 2025Sewing a Brighter Future!
Back in June, our International Desk Officer Stephen Cooper spent 12 days in Uganda, where we work with ARUWE (Action for Rural Women’s Empowerment) and their project, “Stitching a new tomorrow: supporting vulnerable girls and young women with education and income-generating skills in Nebbi District, Uganda”. As we do in…
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20th August 2025Newsletter August 2025
Welcome As summer begins to wind down and we look ahead to the cooler months of autumn and winter, we find ourselves reflecting on a season filled with both challenges and remarkable progress. Across our global network, the past quarter has been a testament to the resilience, innovation, and compassion…
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18th August 2025Local families, real impact
With schools out for summer, we delivered six weeks of free holiday activities to over 100 local children and their families. Hosted at The Roundhouse, the programme featured hands-on cooking classes using surplus food collected by the charity from local supermarkets, greengrocers, bakers and allotments. Families cooked and sampled dishes…
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26th May 2025Newsletter Summer 2025
Welcome Welcome to our summer newsletter! I hope that you have been as buoyed as I have been with the wonderful sunshine we’ve had across the UK in these recent weeks. It’s incredible the impact sunshine can have on one’s outlook, encouraging joy with the promise of more to come…
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30th April 2025Against All Odds: The Unstoppable Mothers of West Pokot
In April, our Chief Executive Jamie spent ten days in Kenya visiting communities in West Pokot County and seeing first-hand the transformation occurring in the lives of many hundreds of people there. We began working with the Centre for Indigenous Child Rights (CICR), a small grassroots community organisation in 2022.…
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20th May 2024“Firmly Planted” – Agroforestry for Sustainability in Malawi
Welcome to our May news update! This month we are excited to bring you an update from our project: “Firmly Planted” – Agroforestry for Sustainability in Malawi This one-year pilot project is operated in Partnership with the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian General Assembly (CCAP-GA). You are probably aware of…
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29th February 2024Tailor made for success – Jenefer
Meet Jenefer! Jenefer (18) lives in Mambi village, Pajur Parish, in the Nebbi District of Uganda. She is the 4th born in a family of 8 children (2 boys and 6 girls). Her parents are peasant farmers who grow traditional crops for upkeep of the family. They grow groundnuts for…
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23rd November 2023Tackling Climate Change by Planting Trees
Tackling Climate Change by Planting Trees Signpost International is committed to addressing the issues of climate change in all areas of our work. This ranges from using environmentally friendly products at our offices in Scotland to planting trees in Kenya to promote climate change awareness and to off-set any carbon…
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22nd November 2023New latrine gives Willy’s daughters back their education
Meet Willy! Willy Grace Canifua lives in Atido Village in Nebbi District, Uganda. He is married with 11 children (6 girls and 5 boys). Signpost International, working in partnership with ARUWE (Action for Rural Women’s Education), has been able to install a borehole and new latrine facility at…
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12th October 2023Hope for Docus and her family through learning sewing skills
Meet Docus! Docus (22) lives with her parents and siblings in Nyekakura Village in the Nebbi District of Uganda. She is a substinence farmer and helps her family around the home and in the garden. Thanks to funding from BFSS (British & Foreign School Society), we were able…
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