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Posted on November 5, 2016
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Nearly £400 was raised at the ACT Annual Golf event in September. On Thursday 8th September thirty budding golfers headed to Surrey Down’s Golf Club, Kingswood in Surrey to put some holes while raising money for ACT. The occasion was the ACT Annual Golf Event which takes place in the second week in September…
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Posted on October 25, 2016
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Meet Zambian medical student Liness Mulenga The 18 year anniversary of Croydon-based charity, African Child Trust (ACT), provided the opportunity to invite ACT sponsored child, Liness Mulenga, to travel from Zambia as ‘special guest’, to participate in the anniversary celebrations. The biennial event took place on Saturday 8th October at New Life, Croydon and was…
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Posted on October 16, 2016
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On Saturday 8th October, we celebrated our 18th year! The Past Mayor of Croydon, Patricia Hay-Justice (2015/16), alongside a representative of the Uganda High Commissioner and other dignitaries were in attendance at New Life, Croydon where the event took place. The African Child Trust works with local African communities to relieve poverty and advance development…
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Posted on September 2, 2016
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… Oscar Is Off To University A-Level results day has recently passed here in the UK. Perhaps a family member or someone you know received their results and found out if they had achieved the all important AAB or ABB to go to the university they wanted. Here at the ACT office we were celebrating…
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Posted on August 26, 2016
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In a recent edition of the BBC’s Crossing Continents, Ed Butler’s ‘Stealing Innocence in Malawi’ highlighted the tradition where men are paid to have unprotected sex with girls after their first menstruation as a cleansing ritual. The title of Butler’s article accompanying his podcast described the practice for what it is -‘The Man Hired to…
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Posted on August 19, 2016
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Malawi, known as the “warm heart of Africa” is the land of Lake Malawi, the “lake of stars”, which has the largest number of fish species of any lake in the world. But this beautiful country and its joyful people with a culture of dancing is also one of the poorest and most underdeveloped countries…