International Day of Peace 2014 and other peace initiatives

One day is not enough – but we have to keep trying, being an optimist. What does shock me is the amount of interest there is in war -whether in the media, politics, the war and weapons industry – even in charities such as ‘hope for heroes’ which has huge fundraising power. Are there no

International Literacy Day 2014

Just been working with teachers in Zambia -some have ZERO reading books in their classroom and many have less than 10. This is an area with their local language of Bemba, so a few reading books in English is not going to help when they come to having to take a leaving exam in English.