At the Knighton Manor Open Garden event this weekend as well as fund raising for the 10th Anniversary trip to visit the South Sudanese refugees in Uganda there is a special appeal to replace the latrine at the CRESS funded Clinic. You can also support this appeal online at through our Virgin Giving Account of...
Ms. Cicilia Prosy is a 22 years old pregnant mother with three children between 3 and 6yrs old and 3 other orphans living in a small village of Matu. Since she lost her husband, she decided to settle in the bush so that she can practice agriculture on a small scale to feed her children...
Knighton Manor, a 14th century Manor House set in the heart of the Chalk Valley, will be opening its gardens to the public to raise money for local charity, CRESS (Christian Relief and Education in South Sudan). The gardens will be open on Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th of June, between 2pm and...
1000 Mosquito nets were bought with part of the generous donations from the Broad Chalke Lent Project. On the 28th and 30th of May the mosquito nets and training were delivered in Imvepi and Matu refugee camps. These are the first 2 trainings of 8 planned sessions, further training will depend on funds becoming...
Julious Abate is the new Agriculture officer with CRESS in Arua helping Mame Yunia support the women’s groups to grow vegetables. Julious is interested in all issues and concepts of agriculture. He smiles and chats readily, but is also concerned for his father, wife and three children who live in Imvepi refugee camp. Here he...
We have arrived safely in Moyo after a few delays having had to skip the visit to Goboro. We have had a good evening meeting with the women of DOKK and are all set for our trip tomorrow. Chatting during the group photo with mama Noel, the mother of Noel the CRESS Savings Groups officer,...
Another interesting day. The wind is blowing so maybe rain on its way soon. It is late hence the delay in all the veg gardens. Agricultural training Here I am with Mama Yunia, CRESS Agriculture officer, after conducting my training for all the agriculture and project office teams and other staff. I focused on comparing...
Livy ( Olivia Jones ) from Ebbesbourne Wake has travelled out to Northern Uganda in her role as CRESS agricultural adviser . Livy and the CRESS Uganda team travelled to Imvepi camp – her first port of call was to Agnes the widow of Rev Emmanuel Amule – sadly Rev Emmanuel died last year only...
Livy ( Olivia Jones ) from Ebbesbourne Wake has travelled out to Northern Uganda in her role as CRESS agricultural adviser. Olivia arrived safely in Entebbe to stormy and noisy weather again! The morning was calm and sunny so she visited the market. She later visited Entebbe Botanical Gardens with guide Rafiki which means friend...
On Friday 10th May 10.00am – 2.00pm Church Farm House, Coombe Bissett, Salisbury, SP5 4LR Join us for coffee, cake and a browse. A popular selection of stalls and all proceeds to buy essential medicines for our CRESS clinic.
