It’s not uncommon to hear parents in Medfield, Massachusetts say that the reason they moved to town was the schools. It’s true that Medfield schools have an outstanding reputation. But it’s not just high test scores and an award winning music program that make them special. Character Counts Teachers in Medfield work hard to cultivate [...]
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Honoring Bill Bicknell
(1936-2012) Bill Bicknell was a passionate, driven and articulate man who accomplished many things in his life. He was a teacher not only in the classroom, but in the school of life. I will never forget the evening I sat across the table from Bill and told him the story of Babylon, C4C’s oldest child, [...]
New Partnership
Since 2002, we have worked closely with an agency called Tsungirirai in Norton, Zimbabwe, but as Tsungirirai’s leadership and programming have changed over the years, we have kept our eyes open for other non-governmental organizations doing work in line with our mission and vision. We were thrilled to accept a grant from Chiedza Child Care [...]
Dale Street School Raises $12,100!
Very generous 4th and 5th graders at Dale Street School successfully raised $12,100 to help orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe. On November 21st, students participated in a “Hunger Luncheon” where they donated $2 and ate only a bowl of rice for lunch. Over the next few weeks, groups of children organized additional money making [...]
A Day You Will Never Forget?
On the 30th of October 2008, the sky was vivid blue and had a hot wind blowing the dust. I woke up in the morning feeling very weak. My mind was so stressed with my mum’s illness because she was no longer able to eat. That morning we had a wonderful conversation. I did not [...]
Lisbon Makes It
It’s somewhat unusual to see cars in Norton. Most of the vehicles speeding past are combies (small minivans packed with more humans than seems possible), so it was with some surprise that I noticed a clean white Buick pull up in front of Vitalis’s house. When I looked, I realized that the driver of the [...]
In Memory
Coalition for Courage admits children based on leadership skills and academic standing. We do not inquire about a child’s HIV status. Unfortunately, due to lack of access to HIV drugs, some children born to HIV positive mothers are infected at birth. When we discover a child is HIV positive, a portion of sponsorship funds pays [...]
Graduates!
Coalition for Courage has now existed for long enough that a number of “children” have graduated and become gainfully employed, a feat that is quite amazing in a country where the unemployment rate is over 80%. According to the CIA World Factbook, Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate is 95% (2009 estimate that “also reflects under employment; true [...]
Update on the Pad Group
In July of 2010, volunteer and long time C4C donor, Bridget McBride taught a group of 60 girls how to make washable pads. This past August, I got to sit down with the girls to see how their income generating project had fared over the past year. I was hopeful that they might have made [...]
Heather’s Trip to Zimbabwe
I’ve been all over Africa – from the remote Namibian coastline to the glacial peak of Mount Kilimanjaro – but nothing quite compares to my trip to Norton this past July. Since Liz and I landed in Harare at night, my first look at Zimbabwe was all that could be seen in the headlight beams—mostly [...]