Nasko is a clever nine-year-old, full of energy and eager to learn. But when the schools in Bulgaria were closed by the COVID pandemic he was severely disadvantaged. Classes went online but Nasko had no internet at home, and no phone, laptop or tablet. A year ago, Blythswood sponsored a project by Bulgarian
Eight months of training in a sewing skills programme supported by Blythswood Care have equipped a young woman in Zimbabwe to earn a wage and support her younger sibling through school. Tariro was still in primary school when her father died of tuberculosis. Soon she found herself helping her mother doing domestic work and even working in
When Vlad joined Blythswood’s after-school programme a year ago he demanded a lot of attention. The 11-year-old and his mother had just moved to Jimbolia from another village in western Romania and he was suffering unresolved emotional distress from learning that his father had died. “His parents separated when Vlad was very
Cheryl is in her second year of study for a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Looking at her now it’s hard to believe that not so many years ago she was sitting in the dust by the roadside in Rusinga Island, Kenya, and envying children dressed in uniforms on their way to school. Her parents depended on casual work on other