Mondo receives regular feedback about our partnerships from the ground from staff, trustees, our country teams, volunteers and the local communities with whom we work. Here, you can keep up to date with the progress of our projects, and see how our initiatives are making an impact in remote communities on education and livelihoods. We place a special emphasis on learning with and from all of the amazing people we have met along the way, so see how their stories have impacted our strategy.
Namaste, Jambo and Hello to our Mondo supporters! We have some fantastic news to announce, after a period of ‘Due Diligence’ we have just made a short step across...
Jambo, Namaste and Hello to ALL our Mondo supporters as we head into the Xmas and New Year celebrations! It has been an eventful and great first 6 months...
A BIG hello to our Mondo supporters and thank you for keeping up to speed with our work in India, Nepal and Tanzania! Firstly, we would like to welcome...
Welcome to the first newsletter of 2023. Many thanks to all of you who donated to our RIBS school campaign last December and to the legacy fund for...
Welcome to Mondo’s autumn newsletter. A few weeks ago HELP in Nepal celebrated their 12th anniversary since founding, looking back over their development from a small group of...
Welcome to Mondo’s summer newsletter. There has been lots to celebrate in the last few months, with a third cohort of Saathi teachers ready to take to their...
Welcome to our first 2022 newsletter! Here at Mondo we are all hoping that the new year will see less Covid disruption and we will have a chance...
As the new year starts, the spread of the Omicron variant is bringing challenges to our programmes, with vaccination rates far lower than hoped in all our project...
Welcome to our autumn newsletter. While conditions remain difficult in all our project areas with a surge in Covid cases over the summer in Tanzania, and further landslides...
Improving Primary Education in rural Sindhupalchowk According to the Impact study, 2021 Saathi teachers have significantly improved their classrooms compared to the baseline data. Despite starting late in the...
Thank you for taking the time to read our summer newsletter! Sadly, since I last wrote, the Covid situation in India and Nepal has worsened considerably, as I...
Welcome to our first 2021 newsletter! While Covid continues to affect all our programmes, we are so grateful for your support which allows us to continue working with...
The 30 children in the pre-primary class at Satkanya school were delighted when they saw their new classroom refurbished by Mondo. The school was badly damaged in the...
As we come to the end of the year, we wanted to give you an update of how our projects and communities are faring across Nepal, India and...
Welcome to Mondo’s autumn newsletter! This has not been the year any of us planned, and the communities we work with continue to suffer from the spread of...
Six months since lock down measures were introduced in the UK and around the world, we wanted to give a brief overview of what is happening in with...
Our Saathi teachers are currently in lock down in their homes but this hasn’t stopped them working hard. They have been developing short videos for each primary subject...
This three months has been a challenging time for Mondo, as it has for so many charities, and we thank you for standing by us. While many of...
While schools in the UK are struggling to provide stimulating and appropriate work for pupils during the lock down, spare a thought for schools in India and Nepal. Mondo...
Mondo has been supporting women in Northern Tanzania since 2005 and we have already transformed the lives of over 1200 single mothers living with HIV. We provide women with...
As the impact of Coronavirus is being felt across the world, I wanted to keep you up to date on how this is affecting Mondo’s work in Nepal,...
This spring newsletter was mostly written before the Covid-19 crisis hit both the UK and Mondo’s partner countries. As you know, the development of this emergency has spread...
In the second of our blogs from our Saathi teachers, we bring you Jyoti’s story, showcasing interactive learning methods and how children are being supported to use their...
In the first of our blogs from our Saathi teachers, Nitin tells us about he brings peace and calm to the classroom, to generate a perfect environment for...
HELP have published their annual report for the last year, setting out a summary of the initiatives being undertaken with communities in rural Sindhupalchowk. The report covers stories...
We’ve been thinking very carefully about our approach to education in Nepal and NE India. We’re proud to share our vision for educational improvement and aspirations for our...
We are delighted to bring you our autumn newsletter. In the spring and summer editions we led with Tanzania and Nepal so here I’d like to start with...
We’re delighted to bring you our summer newsletter! Read on to find out what we’ve been up to in India, Tanzania and Nepal. I (Anna Brian) took over from...
“A picture is worth a thousand words”…. but only costs 20 pence! When 35 year Faustina, tested HIV positive a few years ago her dream of being...
Mountains, by their very nature, can be difficult to climb and, as any mountaineer will tell you, acesending a mountain takes patience, resilience and the ability to work...
On Saturday 16th February 2019, we are delighted to host a special evening “Music for Mondo. Held in the intimate surroundings of St Michael’s Chester Square, Central London,...
By Mark Adams – Mondo Volunteer working for 9 months in the Mondo Schools Kalimpong & Darjeeling. Mark (right) with some of the teachers in Mondo schools. I arrived in...
The esteemed cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead, reflecting on her schooling in 1920’s America wrote, “My Grandmother wanted me to have an education, so she kept me out of...
Welcome to the Mondo Autumn Newsletter. We’ve got so much to share with you about Mondo’s life-changing work and are so grateful for your ongoing partnership with us....
Since 2010, we have been supporting promising students from low income families to continue their education and take the Plus 2 (equivalent to A levels). This summer, we...
The AWASA (AgustaWestland’s Apprentice and Student Association) visit to Nepal saw a group of 7 trainees head to Nepal to visit the community of Bhotenamlang where two years...
Michael Dennison, an education specialist, tells us about his experiences visiting Mondo partner schools in Nepal and India in May 2018. I recently retired after a 45-year career in...
Liz (a student mentor/counsellor) and Robert (a retired electronics engineer) tell us about their experiences working and living in a remote village in the Helambu Valley, Nepal. Nothing prepared...
Josephine tells us about the highs and lows of her time working as a volunteer at Alpha Nursery School, based in a remote village in the Himalayas Last time...
Welcome to the Spring edition of Mondo’s newsletter. We’ve so much to share with you about the life-changing work we are developing with local partners in Nepal, Tanzania and...
In Part 2 of this update on PIQUE, Hirsh Cashdan tells us more about how the schools have taken to the methodology and what is next for PIQUE....
Trustee, Hirsh Cashdan, tells us about Mondo’s work encouraging and enabling schools to take charge of their own destiny. Background to Mondo Foundation’s Support of Schools Mondo Foundation has been working...
Anna Brian, our Programmes Manger, recently visited schools in NE India and reports on the start of a new school year after a tumultuous 2017. 2017 was a difficult...
At the end of 2017, experienced social researcher, Sherrelle Parke volunteered to travel to Tanzania (at her own expense) and undertake a 3 week impact assessment of Mondo’s...
Earlier this year Mondo’s CEO Stephen Carrick-Davies was invited to join the committee of the recently formed British and Nepal NGO network (BRANNGO). This network, run very much by...
Anyone who has had to pick up the tiny shards of glass from a smashed car windscreen will know how rough they feel on your fingers as you...
Earlier this year, 15 students from Loughborough University spent 10 days working in and around the girls hostel we constructed in Timbu. In helping to prepare the hostel to...
Sometimes the simple, but important words “Thank You” can get lost in the noise of the season. So, as well as wishing you season’s greetings at this time of the year,...
Stephen Carrick-Davies, CEO of Mondo Foundation, asks what would radical education reformers of the past make of education initiatives being developed in some of the poorest regions of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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 and hope that these stories will...
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...
Follow the visit of one of our trustees, Hirsh, to Nepal as he works to introduce our Quality Education Project to schools in Nepal. He also took some...
Follow the visit of one of our trustees, Hirsh, to Nepal as he works to introduce our Quality Education Project to schools in Nepal. He also took some...
As people all over the world start show that they are Being Bold For Change, we wanted to reflect on how our projects change the lives of hundreds...
We hope this finds you really well and enjoying 2017 so far! Another few months has flown by since our last newsletter, and we wanted to bring you up...
Mondo’s grants and loans programme continues to change the lives of HIV positive women in Northern Tanzania by giving them the chance to set up and run their...
Ruth, one of our trustees, visited our projects in Kalimpong with the aim of working with the local teachers to help improve standards of education and engagement. Here,...
Ruth, one of our trustees, visited our projects in Kalimpong with the aim of working with the local teachers to help improve standards of education and engagement. Here,...
2016 has been a big year for us: we’ve continued to support our flagship projects, grown as a charity and have grand plans for the coming year. Before...
Ruth, one of our trustees, visited our projects in Kalimpong with the aim of working with the local teachers to help improve standards of education and engagement. Here,...
Louisa Ingham, a recent volunteer at our projects in Nepal, talks us through her exciting adventure in the Helambu valley. At dawn on Wednesday 5th October Chiring, Mohan and...
Jayanti, who recently volunteered at Lovebuds School near Kalimpong, talks about her contributions to the school. If you’ve missed it, catch up on Part 1 and...
Read about Jayanti’s impressions of teaching as a volunteer at Lovebuds School near Kalimpong. If you’ve missed it, catch up on Part 1 of her story. What...
Jayanti, who recently volunteered at Lovebuds School near Kalimpong, tells us about her time teaching at the school and her exciting experiences as a volunteer. Here, she describes...
Emma and Patrick, two medical professionals, recently joined our country manager, Jimmy Lama, on a trek through the Helambu region in which MondoChallenge Foundation and the Helambu Education...
Ever since Mondo started supporting schools in the Darjeeling District of North East India we have been training teachers in ways to improve their interaction with the children...
Two medical professionals recently trekked through Helambu, seeing the work our local team are doing first hand in a series of walks through the valley. If you’ve missed...
Emma and Patrick worked their way through the Helambu valley. In this blog, they talk about their trip through the hills, from Pading Village to Dabchung Village. If...
Emma and Patrick, two medical professionals, recently joined our country manager, Jimmy Lama, on a trek through the Helambu region in which Mondo and the Helambu Education and...
Scholarship season is now in full swing at Mondo local partner HELP’s office in Kathmandu. The Helambu students seem to have taken the earthquake last year as a spur...
Late last year we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nepali government that we would rebuild as necessary 15 of the Helambu schools which Mondo has...
Nitish Upadhyaya, one of our trustees recently visited Nepal and tells us his story. Here he tells of his return to the Helambu Valley. If you haven’t read...
Nitish Upadhyaya, one of our trustees recently visited Nepal and tells us his story. Here he tells of meeting with various development agencies. If you haven’t read it...
Nitish Upadhyaya, one of our trustees recently visited Nepal and tells us his story. On his third visit to the country, he saw first hand the devastation caused...
The final part of our CEO’s trip to Nepal saw him attend teaching training sessions organised to help schools improve the quality of their education offering. Catch up on...
Our CEO’s visit continued with the opening of our first new school since the earthquake. Catch up on the story so far if you’ve missed Part 1,
Our CEO continued his visit to Nepal where he saw first hand the work being done by our local teams to help rebuild schools. Catch up on the...
Read about our CEO’s recent visit to Nepal where he saw first hand the devastation caused by the earthquake in April 2015 but also the hope that Mondo’s...
A few weeks ago we ran a set of training workshops for head teachers and teachers of the Mondo Foundation-sponsored schools in Darjeeling District, West Bengal India. These...
We asked, Pranita, a headteacher at Sacred Heart School in NE India to give us her take on her role in the community and the work she does...
Our CEO continued his visit to Tanzania, this time heading to the markets to meet more of our grant and loan recipients. If you’ve missed the earlier blogs,...
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