by Zambezi | May 13, 2017 | Blogs
A huge thank you to everyone who made the ceilidh night such a big success last night at Houghton-le-Spring Golf Club. The Mussel Square Boys (with guests Keith, Geoff and Isabelle) played wonderfully all night, including their new composition “Zambezi...
by Zambezi | May 13, 2017 | Blogs
On Wednesday 10th May two of our trustees (John and Joanne) had an enjoyable evening giving a talk on our work to the ladies of the Framwellgate Moor and Pity Me Women’s Institute, just outside Durham. The ladies were very generous and donated £103.65 to Zambezi...
by Zambezi | May 13, 2017 | Blogs
WONDERFUL NEWS! We have today heard some fantastic news from Zambia about what occurred on Zambezi Sunrise’s first birthday. By a wonderful coincidence, the first 8 children started at the new Linda Sunrise Pre School. We hope that the numbers will soon expand....
by Zambezi | May 13, 2017 | Blogs
To mark our birthday we thought that we would share this Zambian newspaper article with you about Clement and the launch of his CD ‘Blessings’. The production of the CD was enabled by Zambezi Sunrise Trust supporters. The article is about the launch night...
by Zambezi | May 13, 2017 | Blogs
The 8th May was the first birthday of The Zambezi Sunrise Trust. A huge thank you to all our wonderful supporters from all around the world. Here is a message from some of our friends. http://www.zambezisunrisetrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Thank-you-2-1.mp4...
by Zambezi | May 7, 2017 | Blogs
Nicola Short, one of our trustees, held an event on Saturday 6th May. Jo Levy @ Madam JoJo Creative is a North East based Creative Consultant with over 25 years of experience gleaned in various high profile fashion retail and styling roles. Jo shared a few case...
by Zambezi | May 7, 2017 | Blogs
A huge thank you to everyone who supported the Zambezi Sunrise Fish Supper at the Monk’s Haven Café in Whitby, North Yorkshire on Saturday 6th May. The proprietors, Ian and Helen Sleightholme put on a wonderful night together with their volunteer staff. It was...
by Zambezi | May 7, 2017 | Blogs
On Friday 5th May one of our trustees, John, spoke to the pupils of Durham School at their chapel service to thank them for the support they have given to the Zambezi Sunrise Trust. Durham School has supported Zambezi Sunrise through chapel collections as well as...
by Zambezi | May 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
International Volunteer HQ May 2 at 1:17am · Here’s an update from our IVHQ Volunteer of the Year finalists, John and Joanne Gillette, who returned to Zambia for 10 weeks this year. Through their charity Zambezi Sunrise Trust, they were able to supply textbooks to...
by Zambezi | Apr 12, 2017 | Blogs
On Friday 31st March one of our trustees, Joanne Gillette, did a sponsored skydive over the Namibian desert to raise funds for Zambezi Sunrise. Taking off from Swakopmund on the coast, she jumped from 10,000 feet. A 35 second freefall was followed by a parachute...
