15.07.13
Dragon Boat Race
A group of intrepid volunteers took part in the Tower Hamlets Rotary Club Dragon Boat Race on 21st July 2013.
10.07.13
Pedalling for Pencil Power
Our marketing partners Totality entered a charity bike ride on behalf on FIGS in July 2014
29.05.13
Private school links up with newest nation
A COUNTRY where more than a million children do not go to school and the majority of lessons take place under trees may seem like a world away from a private school in York.
29.05.13
Mount School York to help set up South Sudan Girls’ School
The Mount School in York is to help establish a new boarding school in the world’s newest country, South Sudan...
29.05.13
A new Africa is being developed in Milton Keynes
Business boffins in Milton Keynes are working on developing a new model of management development in sub-Saharan Africa...
28.05.13
South Sudan Minister Asks for Help to Bring Education to Girls
Families in South Sudan ask a lot of their daughters. Girls as young as 6 or 7 fully participate in running of the household along with their mothers, doing everyday chores, cooking, cleaning and fetching water...
24.05.13
The Ibba Girls School project: overcoming challenges in the world’s newest country
As the newest country in the world, and emerging from over a quarter-century of civil war, it is fair to say that South Sudan is a country facing many challenges – not least in educating its children. This week, it was heartening to hear how, through determination, co-operation and ambitious vision, one region is meeting those challenges head on.
22.05.13
South Sudan initiative aims to keep young girls in primary school
A UK-backed project in Western Equatoria state seeks to ensure domestic and social factors don't deny girls an education
15.05.13
Edith Galliers Ran London & Prague Marathons
Edith Galliers, convenor of the FIGS London is a regular runner and decided to set herself the challenge to do two marathons in a month.
