AbleChildAfrica Welcomes our Newest Staff Member

As you might have noticed, we are a few days behind on this month's newsletter! We celebrated our 30th Anniversary Gala Dinner on the 7-November and have had a few new staff members start. It has been a busy few weeks in the AbleChildAfrica office. Read below for an introduction from our newest staff member, Lauren, and check back next month for pictures from our Annual Gala Dinner!

Annual Review 2014

AbleChildAfrica is excited to announce that we launched our 2014 Annual Review at our 30th Anniversary Gala Dinner last week, check out a digital copy on our website and let us know if you would like a hard copy.

Welcome Lauren!!

Lauren Watters joined AbleChildAfrica this month as Programme and Partnership Manager. After completing her MA in Development Studies at the University of East Anglia, Lauren worked as an International Development Research Portfolio Manager for the Economic and Social Council (ESRC) where she gained over two years' experience of project supervision and grants management.

Lauren is also the Co-founder and Co-director of FACE Uganda, a small NGO working towards the empowerment of women in rural Uganda. Lauren has also spent some time working in the East of Ghana volunteering for the Volta Aid Foundation, a community based development organisation.

In her spare time Lauren volunteers with the Woodcraft Folk, an inclusive youth group organisation, and enjoys running and yoga. She hopes to be fit enough to join in with one of the upcoming challenge events for AbleChildAfrica!!

Welcome to AbleChildAfrica, Lauren!!

Little Rock Inclusive ECD Centre

We are very proud to announce that our partner, Little Rock Inclusive ECD Centre, is holding their 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament on 21-November. It is so exciting to see our partners creating local, independent fundraising initiatives. If you or someone you know lives in Kenya please consider attending this event and supporting their work. Follow this link for more information

Thanks Tough Mudders!

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Thank you to the amazing AbleChildAfrica Tough Mudder team who braved the Tough Mudder London South course on 25 October! We raised an amazing £1377 to support our work with disabled children in Africa!!

Challenge Events

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We had a great Tough Mudder team this year and hope to have a bigger one for the next event! If crawling through mud and live electric wires isn't so much your cup of tea, we have a variety of other challenge events throughout the year including the London Marathon and London Triathlon.

Interested in getting involved or want more information? Email Sarah@ablechildafrica.org.uk

Give as You Live

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AbleChildAfrica has teamed up with Give as You Live to allow you to donate to us for free when you do your online shopping!

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