Blogs

The Mo and Jo Team from Curry Rivel

Last updated 20th December 2011 - 11:54

Joanne and Maurice have just sent out their 8000th parcel to British troops in Afghanistan. With generous donations from well wishers and local businesses, Jo and Mo boost soldiers' morale, and receive daily letters of thanks from the front line. Recently awarded the Local Hero Award at the Western Gazette Pride Awards 2011, Jo and Mo will be blogging about the contact they have from soldiers, their impending documentary on Dutch television, and their other amazing experiences

Chris Mosler from Frome - Mums in Mozambique for Save the Children

Last updated 3rd June 2011 - 06:25

I am flying to Mozambique with Save the Children to help make some noise ahead of the global vaccines summit in June. One in five children worldwide don’t receive vaccinations of any kind, this leaves them vulnerable to life threatening diseases like pneumonia and measles. I will be following a vaccine from the London along ‘the cold chain’ to a rural community. Vaccines need to be kept cold in very challenging circumstances under the blazing sun and I will be seeing how that is achieved!

A group of students from King's Bruton, Somerset climb Mount Toukbal, Morocco

Last updated 14th July 2010 - 14:30

Having signed up for the King’s Gap Year Programme which ultimately will take them to serve in one of India’s largest orphanages, a team of 14 boys and girls from King’s Bruton begins its summer with a sponsored ascent of the two highest peaks of North Africa. We hear direct from the trek the highs and lows of this challenging task...