Fundraising for Street Children
Volunteers from the Global Xchange Programme have arranged a discussion session on the street children issues in Bangladesh in MacKay’s Hotel on the 26th November. Two hour-long program-featured speeches of the guests, presentation on development issues with the special emphasize on street children. All the members of the Rotary Club were present [...]
A number of Global Xchange Team 79 volunteers (Sonu Rani, Isaba, Bilkis Rumman, Sampa, Tahrima Khan, Anerin, Sylvester Michael Modhu, Muhhammad Umar Khaiyam and I) prepared and presented Diwali – major Hindu festival – to Keiss Primary School children. Diwali or Festival of Light is an important sacred tradition that is joyously celebrated all over the [...]
Caithness is a county of much open space and beautiful rural landscapes. While we’ve all been enjoying the views and local walks, we were yet to truly get our hands dirty in the countryside and Steve…helped us do just that. As a forester for the Forestry Commission in the area, we arranged with him to [...]
There’s less than 4 weeks to go until the Global Xchange (GX) team leaves Caithness for the second leg of their journey in Chittagong, Bangladesh starting our journey in the capital Dhaka. This past week has allowed us all not only to share our skills, but mainly our culture – especially Cathnesian Scottish Culture. This [...]
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