Autumn 2014 saw Cricket Without Boundaries deliver a record six projects across five countries, coaching more than 30,000 children and training around 200 coaches.
Autumn 2014 saw Cricket Without Boundaries deliver a record six projects across five countries, coaching more than 30,000 children and training around 200 coaches.
December 1st, World AIDS day is an annual chance to reflect and showcase the work that goes into fighting this terrible disease and focus on how we can do more.
In a few days time CWB will be entering its 10th year. It seems only yesterday that myself, Andy and Chris were sitting around a kitchen table talking about how we were going to coach cricket from Cairo to Cape Town.
The ABC-T message is our method of integrating HIV awareness messages into our cricket coaching. The T is for testing – a key element in fighting the spread of HIV and living positively with HIV.
I have been back from Kenya for over a week now and I have only just stopped having 'CWB dreams'.
Cricket Without Boundaries volunteer Olly Ralph has been named the ECB Young Coach of the Year for the South West.
For the International Day of the Girl Child 2014, 28 Too Many and Cricket Without Boundaries (CWB) are pleased to announce a ground breaking project in Kenya using sport to bring communities together, empower girls and encourage the abandonment of female genital mutilation (FGM).
10 years ago, we were in full swing of setting up CWB around our day jobs. It was a unique experience and something out of the ordinary happened almost every day.
This week UNAIDS have released the first ever 'Gap Report', a document that takes stock of the global HIV situation.
The cricket development and AIDS awareness charity, Cricket Without Boundaries (CWB), is celebrating its membership to the UK network STOPAIDS, as part of its efforts to provide an effective global response to HIV and AIDS.
Cricket Without Boundaries (CWB) is proud to announce a new partnership with Martin Berrill Sports (MBS), which sees the charity’s merchandise going on sale to the general public. 10 percent of every purchase will be donated to CWB and in addition to this, MBS is covering all of the costs of production, storage and order picking.
We have two events coming up in the next few months to help raise money for CWB.
What a great series of projects we have seen this spring at Cricket Without Boundaries. Having not long set foot into the charity myself, I was fortunate enough to head out to Rwanda and Kenya to be a part of our teams of volunteers and to see first-hand the hugely positive impact we can have on people through Cricket.
Anybody who has ever attended a CWB training weekend will know about Eva. For those that haven’t, Eva was a young girl who made a long lasting impression on Ed Williams, one of our founding trustees.
Volunteers Week (1-7 June) is a national celebration of the work that millions of volunteers do every day, week and month. We took the chance to find out a bit more about why our fabulous volunteers do what they do to grow the charity.
On April 6 Rwanda will mark the 20th anniversary of the genocide that saw one million Tutsi and moderate Hutu people slaughtered by Hutu soldiers and militia in just 100 days.
he final blog from Cameroon sees Thom Manning reflecting on his first project with CWB from presidential meetings to teaching cricket to nuns, read all about it here.
Saturday 8th March is International Women’s Day, seeking to promote equality for women across the world.
On #zerodiscrimination day, Lee Booth goes on an emotional trip round Kigali.
Rob Jones, a first time CWB volunteer, recounts the astonishing events when CWB went to Kinihira.
New CWB chief executive David Murray says he can't wait to begin his first project in Africa after attending the recent training weekend in Coventry.
When it comes to the word “classical”, you’ll usually find the CWB Family using it relation to a cover drive or a bowling action. In 2014 however, we are spreading our wings to the world of classical music and want you to join us!
Fancy trying something new? Want to volunteer in Africa? Fancy using cricket to help others? We are recruiting for volunteers to go on trips in Autumn 2014 and Spring 2015!
Congratulations to Emily Renier whose picture has won this years CWB photo of the Year, it was taken in Gulu, Northern Uganda during the Spring project.
Cricket Without Boundaries is striving to promote open, positive and informed conversations about HIV. Whether you are learning about HIV, living in communities affected by HIV or suffering from HIV, we are championing positive responses.
Last month I announced to the World via Twitter that I finally knew my status.
2013 marks the third consecutive year in which Cricket Without Boundaries has benefited from the generous support of the Woodward Charitable Trust. The trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts and generally supports small to medium sized charities across a number of areas including community and social welfare, the arts, environment and education. The money received from the trust has been directed towards projects in Rwanda, and have helped make the visits to that country some of CWB's most effective and memorable.
CWB's work in Rwanda and Kenya will continue between projects after the charity appointed its first ever ambassadors.
David Murray joins us in the new year as the Charity's first CEO, after four years as Chief Executive at The Green Party - where he oversaw rapid growth of the party's membership and fundraising, and it's breakthrough into the UK parliament in the 2010 general election.
With just over 6 weeks to go till Xmas, now is as good as any time to reflect on CWB's efforts over the last 6 months.
Cricket Without Boundaries has been buoyed by a tremendous donation from the Red Snapper Group. Red Snapper contributed £10,000 towards the charity and is now proudly showing off its association with CWB via the company website with the CWB logo prominently displayed to all visitors.
When I first heard about Cricket Without Boundaries, CWB, I was intrigued and interested but this was tempered with a hint of caution or maybe even scepticism.
Featuring crowds of enthusiastic children, heart-breaking HIV/AIDS stories and more than a little thinking on our feet, the Autumn 2013 Uganda project was, quite simply incredible.
After many months of hard work, the new CWB ambassadors got going in Rwanda setting a fantastic foundation for an exciting six months ahead.
Cricket Without Boundaries will be one of four charities supported by Crabtree Junior School in Harpenden, Hertfordshire this year after being made aware of CWB by Mrs Renier who visited Northern Uganda with the charity in the Spring.
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