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  • News from Pat and Alastair

    Posted on May 4, 2017 by in news

    Dear friends, family and all of you other wonderful folks out there who have and or continue to support the efforts of The Hands Across Borders Society, Mama Pat and Ali Baba  It has been a very long time since our last update and although we have intended to put this together several times over […]

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  • News from the JTTI

    Posted on March 28, 2016 by in news

    Some changes have occurred at the JTTI since our last update. Our graduation ceremony took place last June and we had our final group of Diploma students pass through the school. The previous June, we began our Module Certificate program with 19 students (originally 22) which ran concurrently with our Diploma program. It was a […]

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  • An update from Alastair

    Posted on March 28, 2016 by in news

    The time has flown by since our last HABS Update and there has been an abundant amount of water under the proverbial bridge since then. It has been a busy, and as usual, challenging time for Pat and I as we head into our 16th year of service here in Jambiani. I know Pat has […]

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  • Check out our new video!

    Posted on March 27, 2016 by in news

    We have put together a short video in support of the fund raising endeavor so please have a look as it will give you perhaps a better insight into our current situation. Watch our video

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  • Updates from Pat and Kenn – The JTTI, our students and volunteers

    Posted on March 26, 2015 by in news

    Life as usual has been busy at the school. It is hard to believe that we haven’t written an update since last year. Big thanks go out to all the trainers who have come to teach at the JTTI and volunteer their skills. Some of our volunteers this year have contributed so much. Betiana and […]

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  • An update from Alastair – Greetings once again from the HABS team here in the “Jam”!

    Posted on March 26, 2015 by in news

    Greetings once again from the HABS team here in the “Jam”. Well I can say that this is absolutely the longest interval between updates that we have ever had. Not the kind of record we are proud of but a record none the less . Needless to say, we have been pretty occupied with all […]

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  • Please watch the Team Building and Chumbe Island videos!

    Posted on March 24, 2015 by in news

    Monday Morning Teambuilding from Kenn Scott on Vimeo. Trip to Chumbe Island from Kenn Scott on Vimeo.

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  • An update from Pat – June 2014

    Posted on July 3, 2014 by in news

    The past few weeks have been sad and happy times. Our Graduation Ceremony for the Year 2’s took place on June 13th with the Regional Commissioner as our Guest of Honour. Our school song this year was livened up with “The Cups”, our new yogurt container drummers from Year 1 who surprised everyone with their […]

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  • An update from Alastair – June 2014

    Posted on June 30, 2014 by in news

    Thursday, June 19, 2014 Well as they say, time flies when you’re having fun, and looking at the time that has transpired since our last update we must be having more fun than we deserve The Jambiani Wellness Center continues to power along and with such a great team of recent volunteers and more scheduled […]

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  • News from Pat about the JTTI!

    Posted on October 20, 2013 by in news

    It has been a while since the last update. That means things have been busy here! We had three wonderful volunteers with us during the summer- Fabi, Danny and Basil. Fabi and Danny came to us via Brazil and Australia with many countries in between and Basil is from Germany. Here are a few words […]

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