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Casa Reom Trust is taking part this year in The Big Give to raise funds for the new Staff Accommodation Block. This special appeal will run for just one week and we hope to raise £10,000 over the week. Thanks to some of our supporters who have already pledged funds, the first £2500 of donations will be match funded.
The Big Give Christmas Campaign is now closed
November 2022
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Work is underway on the foundations for the new Staff Accommodation Block at Casa Reom. This is the final building planned for the site and is funded by donations from supporters.
The Staff Accommodation Block is being designed flexibly to house several families or a team of single workers. Currently staff accommodation is available in the smaller rooms of the boys dormitory, so the new block will free up more room for them.
Look out for fundraising events but meanwhile you can donate using the link at the top of this webpage.
March 2022
Thanks to everyone who gave to the 2021 Christmas Appeal. The money was used to buy gifts and clothes for the boys and provided some special celebration meals for the staff and boys over the Christmas and New Year period.
But it was also an opportunity for Casa Reom Staff and Boys to be generous to their neighbours. Gifts of school uniforms and food were donated to some of the poorest families living nearby.
February 2022
Thanks to a Swiss donor, Casa Reom has been able to open a new computer suite on the Inhamizua site.
This will be used to train the boys at Casa Reom in using computers to give them an advantage in future employment.
September 2021
Casa Reom's new kitchen is now up and running with staff and boys able to cook with gas rather than charcoal fires. Most rural families use charcoal which can cause health issues and is more expensive. Learning to cook with gas is a key skill that all the boys can learn as they take turns on the kitchen rota.
These pictures show Jone who is using the cooking skills he is learning at the nearby Young Africa centre and which could lead to job opportunites in the future or even a new career!
The boys also learn how to grow food in the Casa Reom garden so they know how to be self sufficient when they leave the centre.
June 2021
It is almost a year since Escola Reom closed just as the 2020 school year was getting underway. This week the teachers begin the challenge to make up for almost a year of lost education.
Escola Reom starts later this year after the school hosted the delayed 2020 end-of-year exams for local secondary school children. When cyclone Eloise damaged the roof of next door Inhamizua Secondary School, Casa Reom stepped in to offer a place for Year 10 and Year 12 pupils to complete these critical exams.
March 2021
Monteiro, one of the older Casa Reom boys, attended his graduation ceremony this week after completing his training as a teacher of Physical Education. The staff put on a special celebration party in the new dining room at Casa Reom with a meal, drinks and a celebration cake.
Monteiro's specialist sports subjects were basketball and netball, but he is also qualified to teach geography and Portuguese at primary level. He was due to begin a probationary teaching placement in 2020 but due to schools closing this has been deferred.
You can read more about Monteiro here:
December 2020
Work on renovations of the YWAM Beira building in the centre of Beira are nearing completion. Under the "Build Back Better" scheme (nothing to do with the UK initiative - we thought of it first!) donations from YWAM supporters all over the world has allowed the floors and roof to be completely replaced after the damage from cyclone Idai.
As well as using local construction companies, some of the renovation work has been carried out by ex-Casa Reom boys trained in electrical work and construction. Arquilino was able to use these wages to put a deposit on a piece of land for his own house which he plans to build himself.
October 2020
On Wednesday 1st April, the president of Mozambique declared a state of emergency in the country for 30 days to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
It is not a full lock-down but schools are closed and the Casa-Reom gates have been shut and the boys are finding other ways to entertain themselves.
They have plenty supplies and also received a donation of new mattresses. The closure still allows Oliveira and other staff to visit.
April 2020
