Journal

Big dreams - 2022 wrapped up

by Bushbells Online December 20, 2022

2022 has been a year of smiles, my parent’s platinum anniversary and joyous tears, To the loss of our great Queen and I am sure many inward fears ...

by Bushbells Online December 09, 2022

With the school now closed until the 23rd January – it’s a good time to build and repair. The wish list this year included putting in proper wi...

by Bushbells Online November 25, 2022

We’ve got the Egyptians to thank for the tradition and the Greeks for the cake. The birthday tradition dates back to the ancient Egyptians, who be...

by Bushbells Online November 04, 2022

I have a confession to make! I don’t like shopping and so it’s something of a paradox to me, to persuade you to ‘buy Bushbells’. For any newcomer...

by Bushbells Online October 07, 2022

Aren’t you glad that we live in world that has Octobers? As I write, the sky is blue, the balmy sun warms, the leaves are turning into earthy r...

by Bushbells Online August 04, 2022

Over the last few months, Jax has kindly offered me some hours helping her out at the Bushbells home headquarters so I can complete my Silver D ...

by Bushbells Online August 01, 2022

It’s almost a year since we lost our Master Tailor Sammy – a day that I will never forget. His memory lives on in everything we do, and all that ...

by Bushbells Online July 19, 2022

We’ve had three fantastic volunteers this July – Briony, Oscar and Harry and it just so happened they were all there together at the same time. T...

by Bushbells Online July 19, 2022

For those of you who’ve been following our progress for a while, will know that Katana is Sammy’s son, and he is almost nearing the end of his ti...

by Bushbells Online July 19, 2022

I’ve talked about the ripple effect…… I know someone who knows someone else who said they could fix this, and someone else DID! Looong story ...

by Bushbells Online March 31, 2022

Imagine a happy little school in the middle of the coastal bush or bundu as we call it in swahili. They play, they learn and they love their schoo...

by Bushbells Online March 31, 2022

Volunteers come and go, but we've been really LUCKY with some outstanding girls working at the school for the month of January (Eloise, Isla and T...