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Hello hello..

So, we have been forced into the world of blogging by Ron's daughter..who swears by it as a means to connecting with people and reaching out to those who otherwise might just never know we existed..so here we are ;-)

This is our very first blog, so rather than throw you all in the deep end, we thought we'd just give you a bit of an intro as to who we are, what we do..and why we'd like you to follow us on our journey.

So..here goes.

Following our experiences in Uganda in 2003 when two of us spent our summer holidays as ‘Global Teachers’, living in rural communities and supporting work at the village school and the other lived and worked at a school for the deaf in Kampala, we have returned each year to train teachers in the Masindi District. Initially this was in literacy and numeracy. However, we had by then gained a lot of knowledge and experience of the education system and decided to set up our own registered charity REDEARTH, to continue the work and to develop different projects.

LEARNING FROM THEM, LEARNING FROM US, LEARNING TOGETHER

We are working in a rural district of Uganda. Primary education has only been free for the past 10 years. Classes are very large (as many as 300 to class) and there are extremely limited resources. Teachers have virtually no access to new ideas about teaching and learning as there are very rare opportunities for professional development.

Children’s life chances anywhere in the world are enhanced by teachers who engage them in exciting, motivating and relevant activities. These are likely to have much higher success in developing their learning.

Through our training programme we are providing opportunities for teachers to develop good practice in interactive teaching methods. We have been really excited about the feedback we have received from teachers and from children.

We have lots to do and we need your help in raising awareness about Red Earth and the astonishing difference the work of the charity is making..so get on board, become a follower and let's work together to increase the life chances of these wonderful, wonderful children.

Ronnie and Lynne