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How small charities can work together to create greater impact – Mondo CEO, Stephen Carrick-Davies, talks about how collaboration can bring great dividends. Theodore Roosevelt got it right when he said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” How many times in our social and professional lives do we get pulled down into the corrosive spiral of comparison? It’s not just young people who can feel drained by the ‘Boast by Post’ social media culture; it’s permeating into our education system and...
It’s easy for those of us in senior leadership to look back nostalgically on our formative experiences of starting work. Whether that was in the 1960s when politicians told us we “never had it so good,” the 1970s when it was still possible to go straight from school at 16 into the work place, or the 1980s when tertiary education was still free. Despite the economic booms and busts we believed life would generally get better and it was normal...
One of our trustees, Ruth, reflects on her visit to Kalimpong earlier in the year. Having developed our PIQUE programme in NE India last year, Ruth returned to see how the schools were progressing. Returning to Kalimpong is so relaxing. I know what to expect, who I am working with and have my favourite places to return to. Santa comes to meet me at Bagdogra and we talk non-stop all the way up the mountain. His enthusiasm is infectious...
On Saturday, 16 September we took part in the ‘Walk For Nepal’, alongside around 70 other volunteers from three other NGO’s doing incredibly important work in Nepal. We banded together, our Mondo team, to fundraise for the valuable work we do supporting girls education projects and to show solidarity with all the incredible work done by Bridges Nepal, Child Rescue Nepal, Many Ogilvy Hands and International Needs UK. The day kick-started early at London Bridge station, whilst we...
Summer is the time where we award our next round of scholarships for students from rural locations in Nepal. Read about how this year’s cohort have been selected! Since 2010, Helambu Education and Livelihood Partnership (HELP), Mondo’s partner in Nepal has been supporting deserving, needy students from government schools located at remote villages in Helambu region who pass their secondary school exams to attend the equivalent of sixth form college – which, unlike the schooling to this point, is not free in...
We join Rosemary, our local monitoring and liaison officer, on her visit to Kwa Iddi, a township not far from the hustle and bustle of Arusha, as she’s sees the impact our small grants and loans programme for women with HIV has had on recipients. If you missed Rosemary’s first blog on her visit, you can catch up here! We move on to meet Janeth Jacob who is at home. She rents a room near the main road where she lives...
We join Rosemary, our local monitoring and liaison officer, on her visit to Kwa Iddi, a township not far from the hustle and bustle of Arusha, as she’s sees the impact our small grants and loans programme for women with HIV has had on recipients. From the rice paddies of Masaranga, to the cabbage fields of Olmiringiringa from the kiosks of Ngaramtoni to the bustling market of Kwa Sadalah – I spend several days a month together with either Erneth or Glory,...
Thank you for your ongoing interest in and support for Mondo’s life-changing work. We’ve got some great news to share with you this month including: Mondo’s brand new website, our CEO Stephen’s first visit to our projects in Nepal, our new campaign to raise funds to support girls’ hostels in the region, and two important ‘save the dates’ for your diary! Mondo’s new website is live! The website has been re-designed to provide a much clearer picture of the work Mondo has...
Stephen’s article was first published in the Huffington Post on 18 July 2017. The London Family Planning Summit held in London last week was heralded a major success. At least $2.5 billion was committed for reproductive health services. New partners and countries signed up to the 2020 targets and the fundamental rights of women and girls was once again justly championed to a world which seems increasingly macho and cruel. At the same time, four and a half thousand miles away...
Join one of our trustees, Hirsh, as he journeys through the Helambu Valley to visit our school construction projects. We have been working since the earthquakes in 2015 to re-build and re-construct 15 schools in the Valley. Catch up on Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3! Up early and indeed the views are fabulous. I love to see the sun rise and touch first the tops of the mountains before gradually lighting up the whole landscape. Today is International Women’s...
