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Kiota at Glastonbury 2011

Kiota are delighted to be back at Glastonbury as one of the charities chosen to work in the recycling crew with support from Emily Eavis.
We’d like to give a special thanks Fiona and Festival Recycling.
Please read on for information about how we plan to spend the money raised at Glastonbury this year:
 
The Bunju Centre
The […]

Glastonbury 2011- the recruit begins!

STOP PRESS! A huge thanks to everybody who has applied but we have now stopped accepting applications for this year’s Glastonbury! Keep up to date with kiota.org for news of the 2013 Glastonbury!
Have you always wanted to support a charity like Kiota but not been sure how to go about it? By volunteering at […]

Kiota attends Together 4 Africa ‘Pampering Day’ in Bradford

On January 28th, Kiota is part of Together4Africa’s ‘pampering day’ at the beautiful Norcroft Conference Centre at Bradford University. It is T4A’s first big event for small charities and so far 22 charities have signed up to attend. The day will comprise training workshops, inspirational stories, networking and collaborative opportunities, best practice sharing  as well […]

Article on Child trafficking in Tanzania

In May 2010, Justa Mwaituka, director of the Kiwohede drop-in centres in Tanzania featured in an article in Global Post, ‘Fighting Child Sex Trafficking in Tanzania’ by Eamon Kircher-Allen.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Say “child trafficking,” and you’re likely to conjure up images of organized crime and international smuggling rings.
But sexual exploitation of children […]

The Recruitment Campaign for Glastonbury 2010…

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO HIGH DEMAND FOR PLACES, WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE 2010 FESTIVAL . MANY THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST AND PLEASE BEAR US IN MIND FOR NEXT YEAR!

Ever wanted to go to the UK’s biggest festival and help […]

Erica Runs Malvern Half Marathon for Kiota

Erica ran the Malvern Half Marathon on 7th June to raise money for Kiota, please find her account of the day below:
It has to be said that running isn’t really me…
However, in a moment of madness, I agreed to run 13 miles in the Malvern Half Marathon on the on 7th June for Kiota. Although I was running a few […]

Altrincham Festival- Together 4 Africa

 
Saturday 4th July 
Beechfields Recreation Ground in Timperley
10pm Onwards
Kiota has joined forces with other small North West based charities working directly with locally run organisations in East Africa and Zambia. The newly formed coalition, Together 4 Africa (T4A), is being launched at the Altrincham Festival on July 4th and we would like to invite you and yours to […]

Raffle for Kiota at Santa Loves Mambo Event

On 19th December 2008 in the Sandsifter, Godrevy, Cornwall, there will be a festive Jazz Ball to put Christmas in full swing. It will be starring the world-class band The Jazz Cannons with local support from Funny Feathers and DJ Get Waxy, with more guest DJs to be announced.
During the event, a raffle will be held raising […]

David Miskell runs the Cardiff Half Marathon

On 19th October 2008, Dai Miskell ran the Cardiff half marathon for Kiota in a very admirable 1 hour 52 mins raising £166 for Kiota!
Thank you Dai- all the training paid off!
 

Glastonbury Festival 2008

Rather than paying workers to clean the Glastonbury fields, the organisers of the famous music festival recruit volunteers from various charities to pick litter in return from a free ticket, free meals and much sought after,unlimited hot showers…. They then pay the charity the volunteer’s wages, benefitting everyone! 
At Glastonbury again this year, a dedicated group of […]