Vodafone are once again making a World of Difference to jole rider.

Steve Atyeo has been successful in his application to be funded by Vodafone while he works for jole rider, following Tony Oliver who succeeded in 2011.

Working closely with Saidu Gbla, jole rider’s Education Director in The Gambia, Steve will not only help to improve the lives of young people in Africa but also help young people in the UK to understand how their own actions can have a positive impact on other people 1000's of miles away.

Steve will lead primary and secondary schools in The Gambia and the UK in jole rider’s curriculum-centred “Partner Projects” including Gardening, Renewable Energy, Sports, Fitness and Tourism.  Pupils and students work together on these Projects, learning from one another’s approaches, exchanging written and digital work.

Steve will also lead school trips from the UK to The Gambia, and run Teacher Development Workshops  for Gambian teachers at the Learning Development Centre.

World of Difference on Facebook
Tony's Vodafone blog
Steve's Vodafone blog

Vodafone’s World of Difference programme, enabling charities to employ new people, opens soon.

If you’d like to apply to join jole rider for 2 – 4 months as a paid team member in the UK, and gain valuable experience of working for a charity,
please register your interest on the World of Difference website and follow the instructions when the programme opens.

If you have an idea for a project which you believe you could lead as part of our team, please email us telling us how you think you can make a
World of Difference to our education work.
Your project will need to be completed in 2 months [full time] or 4 months [part time]. 

We at jole rider are all thrilled that we have another opportunity to benefit from support from Vodafone.

Having been selected by Vodafone’s World of Difference programme earlier this year to become part of jole rider’s team, Tony Oliver is now about to apply for the Vodafone Foundation’s Grahame Maher Award. 

If Tony wins this award, jole rider will receive a grant of £100,000 from Vodafone.
This grant would be used to develop and implement an exciting new fundraising strategy, centred upon mobile technology, which would enable jole rider to support many more people in changing their lives through education.

Watch this space to hear more about our progress.