Visit to Kisumu October 2023

Asante Artisan link: Shirley’s Crafts – Shirley’s online Crafts (shirleys-online-crafts.myshopify.com) Many changes since COVID. It has been a long time since we visited James and Alice at the Life Centre School and, despite many financial troubles, they still greeted us with smiles. The challenges they face, since the close of Asante, are mainly due to…

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The End of an Era

Sadly, Asante Romsey closes on March 1st 2020. After 11 years of successful trading across the project, due to increased competition in the marketplace as retail shops decline in favour of more independent coffee shops, higher running costs and the inability to re-invest capital into the business, the trustees of c4c have made the decision…

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Ten Years Gone

We wish to thank everyone who attended this years’ Autumn Ball in September, which raised £4,000 toward our project. This will go towards maintenance costs and new text books for the year commencing 2019. Many of you have offered to sponsor families who need our help.  c4c has introduced a sponsorship scheme to ‘top up’…

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c4c Ten Years Gone 2008-2018

c4c has reached its ten year anniversary this year and to celebrate held a ball at the Ampfield Golf Club. Just to make this an even more special event James and Alice were flown over curtesy of the trustees, to join the celebrations and give a first-hand report on the progress of the Life Centre…

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New start for primary pupils!

Since the demolition of the primary school buildings c4c have been working hard both here and in Kenya to rebuild the premises. Fortunately the nursery site at Tom Mbola is within walking distance and, as a rented building, more secure.  James quickly got estimates for the rebuild totalling about £9,000 for initial structure of the…

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Life Centre Primary School Buildings Demolished!

The buildings of the Life Centre Primary School were demolished by the county government officials during the night on August 27th.  James writes: This is a disaster which has hit the school in the near end of the year for standard eight who are preparing to do their final national exams for high school assessment….

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Visit April 2015

After eighteen months of not being able to go out to Kenya due to an impending operation on trustee Shirley’s knee, we eventually joined forces with three Yellow Dot nursery staff and flew out early in April 2015.  In the party were Paul and Shirley Barter (founding trustees) with Jude Gregory (Asante manager), Kathy Bate…

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Closing Asante Chandlers Ford

Sadly, despite all our re-decorating and hard work, the shop in Chandlers Ford was unable to survive having lost its casual trade to Costa.  On Saturday 18th October 2014 after a really busy day and the support of many of our local regulars we closed for the last time. On Sunday we celebrated the success…

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Jude’s Head shave! July 2014

JUDE’S HEAD SHAVEJude Gregory (trustee and Manager Asante Romsey) is taking the plunge to personally raise some money for the charity by shaving her head!  This came about when she was talking with some of the children about why they had their heads shaved. One of the aims of c4c is to try and assist…

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c4c Charity Ball raised over £3,500!

In celebration of the work achieved to date, the trustees of c4c held a charity ball on 14th March at the POSH Indian Restaurant in Southampton. We reached our target of 100 people for a formal three course dinner, cabaret and dancing.  We are extremely pleased to announce that the total amount raised by this was just over £3,500.

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