by Carlo | Jan 7, 2010 | Blog, Volunteer Work
I would like to extend a sincere word of thanks both from me and from the thirteen others who took part in the sleep out, to everyone who donated to this project. It was a very worthwhile event. I am delighted to report, now that all the money has been received and...Tags: charity, fundraiser, homeless, sleepout
by Carlo | Nov 27, 2009 | Blog, Volunteer Work
It only seems like yesterday that I got home from volunteering in Africa!! Anyways I’ve decided to get the ball rolling on raising some funds for the homeless this Christmas. Ireland has an estimated 5000 homeless people living on the streets with a staggering...Tags: charity, homeless, volunteer
by Carlo | Apr 19, 2009 | Blog, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Volunteer Work
I’ve just finished a short slideshow and posted it up on youtube. Its seven minutes short, or long depending on what way you look at it :)! With over 8,000 photo’s from our African volunteer trip its difficult to keep any slideshow under the ten minute mark. It...Tags: africa, slideshow, volunteer
by Carlo | Apr 18, 2009 | Blog, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Uncategorized, Volunteer Work
Well its been a rollercoaster of a three months and we got back home yesterday, much to the surprise of our family and friends. We had told them all along that we would be home on the 23rd April, so you can imagine their surprise when we showed up out of the blue. We...Tags: africa, travel, volunteer
by Carlo | Apr 7, 2009 | Blog, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Volunteer Work
Ok so we’ve been taking our anti-malaria tablets for the past twelve weeks(one per week) and although it hasn’t sent us crazy or anything, it has certainly taken its effect on me in a few ways. The most noticeable one been nightmares. Although I do suffer...Tags: africa, travel, volunteer
by Carlo | Apr 2, 2009 | Blog, Uganda, Volunteer Work
Well we arrived back in Kampala yesterday after a week in Kigali. We had a nice time there and although we visited the Orphans of Rwanda orphanage there for the week, we didn’t feel like we were helping as much as we felt we should be. This was mainly due to the...Tags: africa, uganda, volunteer
