Happy New Year
Hi Tehila friends I cannot quite believe that we have come to the end of 2019! From all of us at Tehila... Read More
An update on Tehila/SCAR
Hi all As we hit the end of the second quarter for 2019, we wanted to give you a little summary of... Read More
Annual Report 2018
Hi all Just a quick blog to let you know that the Tehila Annual Summary 2018 is now on our website. Just... Read More
Hello everyone….
It has been so long since I wrote a blog to you all that I am almost left stumped as to what... Read More
The Good Treatment Campaign
Dear all I would like to introduce Lauren, our Children’s Project Worker and Touch Talk facilitator, who has written the following blog.... Read More
Tehila update for July and August
Dear all Time flies. Where have the last couple of months gone? My good intentions of writing a blog twice a month... Read More
Reflections on May and hopes for June
Hi all It is with this view that I sit here on a Thursday evening... Read More
Tehila – A story of hope
Dear all For this month’s impact story, I want to invite Mryl, our recently appointed UK Publicity Officer for Tehila, to share... Read More
Reflections on April and plans for May
Dear all As we move into May 2018 (which I cannot quite believe as that means Sam and I are in our... Read More
Hope Restored
Dear friends and family, Every month Tehila will be posting two blogs. The first will be at the beginning of the month... Read More
Family Legacy
HI all Tehila would love to introduce you to Felistus Zulu Mwale, the Child Protection Program Manager for Family Legacy. Tehila have... Read More
Tehila’s Annual Summary
Hi All We know it is now March 2018 and the below Annual Summary for 2017 is way over due! We apologise... Read More
Girls education in Zambia
Hi all Zambia has one of the highest child marriage rates in the world with 31% of women aged 20-24 years married... Read More
Tehila Vision and Purpose
Hi all As we head rather rapidly towards Christmas Day, we want to share what Tehila has been up to over 2017... Read More
Sam is in the UK!
Hi all It’s been quite a while since we last blogged. Life has been crazy since I was last in touch. Thandi... Read More
New partnership with ZCCB
Hi friends and family, Today we had a great privilege to share the heart and vision of Tehila Zambia to 60 Headteachers... Read More
Exciting times
Hi all Greetings from sunny , albeit a little windy Lusaka. Today has been a special day as we celebrated Thandiwe’s 3rd... Read More
Living in families
We were at the department of social welfare this week working on the commital order for the little girl we are fostering.... Read More
Welcome to Winnie
Hi all We want to welcome our newest member of the Tehila team here in Zambia- Winnie Kanyanta. Winnie would love to... Read More
Taking on a challenge for Tehila…
Hi all Do you fancy setting yourself a personal challenge this year? And in the process, raise money to help keep children... Read More
Exciting news!
Hi all We have been back in Zambia for nearly a month and it has been far too long since we got... Read More
Back in Zambia
Hi all We are now back in Zambia following a 7 month visit to the uk. I have undergone two surgery’s. One... Read More
The Zambian Catholic church speaks out against child abuse
Dear all Yesterday Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu, the president of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops, revealed that there are 120 cases of... Read More
An exciting year ahead….
To all our wonderful supporters and friends, Greetings and Happy New Year! So hard to believe that we are now nearing the... Read More
Tehila Christmas Greet
Hi all I hope you are all well? We just wanted to invite you to our Tehila Christmas Greet on: Sunday 18th... Read More
UN Universal Children’s Day
Hi all Today, there are more than 2.2 billion children on Earth. Nearly two billion of these live in a developing country.... Read More
Impacting lives
Hi all Last week the Tehila team in Zambia were privileged to facilitate a FOLLOW-UP DAY with our new church partners in... Read More
Eight new church partners!
Hi all Last week the team in Zambia embarked on another Safe Places programme with 8 new church partners in an area... Read More
News from Zambia
Duncan here on behalf of the Tehila Team in Zambia! I am a former police officer from the UK and been living... Read More
Life in the UK
Hi all We are in the uk and starting to settle into life here. After a full week in Bracknell, we... Read More
Back to the UK
Hi all We have taken a bit of time out as a family over the last couple of weeks so apologies for... Read More
Tehila at the Kerith
Hi all We have heard some great feedback from friends and supporters at the Kerith who watched our hello video from... Read More
A huge thank you
Hi all I hope you all had a great weekend. Just wanted to blog a huge thank you to Ben, Heather and... Read More
Richard Huckle
Hi all This image has dominated and shocked the world news today. A thirty year old British man has been sexually abusing... Read More
Why do adults not report child abuse?
Hi all A 13 year old told her teacher that her step father was sexually abusing her at home. The teacher told... Read More
Impact and action…..
Hi all We are back having a calmer week after an intense, tiring and wonderful week away in Ndola last week. Tehila... Read More
A boy outside a cafe
Hi all How are you all? Its been a while since we blogged and touched base. We have had a lovely Easter... Read More
Four years in Zambia
Hi all Today we celebrate living in Zambia for four years! Such an enriching and incredible experience with beautiful, amazing highs and... Read More
Clinic rape
Hi all Grace is a fifteen year old girl who bravely shared her story at the conference I mentioned in my last... Read More
Protecting Children Together
Hi all Today we attended a seminar organised by PSHAF. This organisation is run by Priscilla Musonde who wrote a powerful account... Read More
A great week for Tehila
Hi all Happy New Year! We have had a fantastic Christmas in the UK. It was so special catching up with friends... Read More
Giving Tuesday
Hi all Today is a Global day of giving called #GivingTuesday. This is a call to action for anyone who wants to... Read More
Family Legacy
Hi all We have done it!!! For three intense but exhilarating days this week, Sam, Obet and myself were with Family Legacy,... Read More
A great week
A big hello from the FB’s and Obet… Its been a great week! Sam and I have celebrated out 12th wedding anniversary... Read More
‘Safe Places’ Training in Bauleni
Hi all Yesterday we completed our latest Safe Places programme in an area called Bauleni. Bauleni is a large compound or shanty... Read More
Tehila Office
Hi all Today is our first day all together in the Tehila office! Exciting as we work together this week preparing for... Read More
Exciting news for Tehila
Hi all We want to share some exciting news! This week Tehila has recruited our first employee! On October 1st Obet will... Read More
Power crisis
Hi all As I write this blog, we are adapting to new changes in our life here in Zambia. The country is... Read More
A day of celebration!!
Hi all A day to celebrate!! Not only is it Sam’s birthday but this morning we have managed to secure our work... Read More
A few moments to share….
Hi all Well today I have made one of my first journeys in my wheelchair since arriving back in Zambia. We had... Read More
A world without orphans
Hi all I have just watched this hugely inspiring and motivating YouTube video called ‘A World Without Orphans’. I encourage you all... Read More
Fragile Clay Jars
Hi all I am laying in a hospital bed in Cape Town, South Africa whilst Sam is back in Lusaka with the... Read More
Embrace Project Zambia
Dear all A year ago Tehila were invited to attend an event led by an inspiring US organisation called Bethany Christian Services... Read More
Villages of Hope
Hi all Great news and answer to prayer! Tehila will be doing some work with Villages of Hope in Zambia. Villages of... Read More
Working children
Dear all Children working is a common sight on the streets of Lusaka. In the above photo children are hammering large rocks... Read More
SWAZ seminar on child protection
Hi all Tehila had a great day today. In our role to build the capacity of the Social Workers Association of Zambia,... Read More
Welcome home
Hi all Its Friday and the weekend begins. Nothing better than arriving home after a full week to this lovely sight! The... Read More
Social Workers Association of Zambia
Hi all We have had the privilege of working with the Social Workers’ Association of Zambia for the last year. In our... Read More
Afternoons
Wow I love my afternoons in Zambia….We pick the girls up from school at around 1.30pm and head home. As we live... Read More
Being brave
Hi all We are planning our return to Zambia! The surgery to remove and replace a disc in my neck has been... Read More
Leaving home
Hi all I left home three years ago. I am a foreigner, sometimes called an ex-pat, occasionally a missionary but I’ve never... Read More
Cape Town Again!!
Hi all I apologise for the silence around blogging. The last month has been another whirlwind of unexpected circumstances for my health.... Read More
Happy Easter
Dear all our wonderful family, friends and supporters We wonder what plans you have this Easter time? Yesterday we had great fun... Read More
World Social Work Day 2015
Hi all Tehila was priviledged to be part of the celebrations of the World Social Work Day in Zambia on the 18... Read More
Three Years
Hi all Today we celebrate three years living in Zambia! It feels just like yesterday when we arrived here with 8 bags,... Read More
Birth Registration
Hi all Around the world almost 230 million girls and boys under the age of five are effectively invisible because their births... Read More
Child marriage and other harmful traditional practices
Hi all As said in my last blog, we are going to share with you some of the issues that children are... Read More