Big Difference with Small Change! #smallchangechallenge

You are looking for a job....now imagine you did not go to school. You have no education. You cannot read or write. What would you do?

This is the harsh reality that many people around the world face everyday of their lives. 

Malawi is one of Africa's poorest countries and the lack of education is very common, meaning entire families are stuck in a continuous cycle of poverty.

You can help change this, with just small change.

I will soon be off to Sangilo, Malawi to help provide sustainable pre-school and primary education in what is currently a very basic village. 

I am aiming to get 800 £1 donations in just under 20days, in order to help me reach my £800 target! 

This is where you come in...

You just need to donate £1 & spread the word with #smallchangechallenge!!

Simply 

Text TANU55 £1/£2/£5 >>to>> 70070

or visit

Just Giving

Need an incentive?! 
Well since I hate chillies I promise to eat a whole chilli for every £100 I make by April 1st to show you just how dedicated I am....and that's not all, I will film my suffering for your enjoyment.
We are so up to 2, but this is potentially 8 very hot chillies!!!

Your small change combined will make a big difference.

xx

Engage Stage - Mission Accepted

Our Journey

As promised, I have returned with a training update and some photo's! 

Intensive training weekend it sure was...

We covered everything imaginable, from Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) and health & safety, to cross-cultural working and integration. As expected, there were also plenty of group activities and team building exercises.

With 22 in total, it wasn't a small group, but everyone was very friendly and it provided the prefect opportunity to meet others in the same boat. 

Being able to sharing our excitement and worries, helped to bring this currently surreal experience to reality.

Our Malawi group is a crazy bunch, but I love them all and can't wait to share this amazing experience with them!! The next time we will all see each other is at Heathrow airport for our departure.

After an action packed three days, I arrived home absolutely exhausted! All plans went out the window in favour of some quality time with my duvet ;)!

xx

P.S Hope no one minds me using the group photo :D x

Engage Training Weekend

Packed and ready to go

Blogging on the go.....

Currently en route to the April departure Engage Workshop after a near ticket disaster (stupid ticket machine)...why are there no human beings in train ticket offices these days!!!

Back to the important stuff....

Part of the ICS Lattitude programme, we are bound for fun packed and detailed traning weekend in preparation for the lead up to our departure......which is fast approaching!

Our training weekend is designed help get our heads around what is set to be a life changing experinece. It will cover everything from the ICS & Lattitude programme, emersing yourself into a new culture, health and safety, and cross cultural working. In addition, we will recieve our pre-placement information handbook, and have our inevitable questions answered. I know I definitely have some!

This also gives us the chance to meet our fellow team mates for the very first time! We will be spending a lot of time together over the next few months, so I suspect we are all excited and anxious to meeting one another, and in store for some quality team bonding. 

Bound for the beautiful, Britsh countryside of Buckinghamshire, and this weekend destined for some spring sunshine, I imagine we are going to have no problem settling in together.

I will hopefully have an update and some pictures to share with you come Monday...

(or if you have instagram @tanushrid)

Bye for now xx

Open Mic Night - Charity Special

I've teamed up with Big Bang Entertainment to bring you an exclusive Open Mic Night - Charity Special!! 

Join us as we collaborate to bring you the biggest night ever.

The night will be filled with a handful of guests from the charity as well as local vocal performers who would like to showcase their talent on stage...... And lets not forget you!

All proceeds made on the night will be donated to charity.

A donation will be made to latitude on behalf of Tanushri Gukhool via just giving towards her £800 target.

The entry fee is £3.

Snacks and beverages will be available to buy at the bar.

Any audience members that would like to perform please contact Tanushri Gukhool or Sophie Lorrayne Stephenson via Facebook inbox by Thursday 20th March.

Hope to see you all there. 

xx

Everything Must Go!

Car Boot sale, sporting my Lattitude T-Shirt

After a very long and tiring  Saturday, spent visiting a ridiculous number of supermarkets in the hopes of getting a bag-packing or collection spot over the coming weeks, I made a very last minute decision to have a carboot sale in the attempt to start my fundraising efforts. 

After a quick search of the house, I was pleasantly surprised by the number of bags we managed to scrambled together at the last minute. 

Sunday morning was an early start as we packed up the car and set off for our local Car Boot sale at Bounds Green Primary School. 

I wasn't expecting anyone to be there quite so early on a Sunday but everyone was really lovely, and although most drove a very hard bargin, all were freindly and very supportive of such a great cause.

I managed to raise a grand total of £0 in just 3 hours, so all in all pretty sucessful!

Also a quick note to say a Big THANK YOU to everyone that has donated so far. :)

. . . there's still time, just visit my Just Giving page, or simply text 

TANU55 + £1/£2/£3/£5 to 70070

Happy Monday xx