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Niall Announces Blitz 2015

Niall Announces Blitz 2015

As part of our strategic education development programme in South Africa, 200+ volunteers will travel to Cape Town this November […]

Paul Mullins Acknowledged in Connacht

Paul Mullins Acknowledged in Connacht

Congratulations to volunteer Paul Mullins for his award covered by the Connacht Tribune today.

Charity Bridge Night in Wicklow

Charity Bridge Night in Wicklow

Sandra Dunne & Mari Humby got a mention in the Wicklow people this week in anticipation of their charity bridge […]

Family Fun Day in Kilkee

Family Fun Day in Kilkee

Volunteer Rachael Tierney organised a family fun day in her home town of Kilkee, co Clare for the August bank […]

Primary School Refresher Classes

Primary School Refresher Classes

We are running holiday tuition programmes at our schools in Oranjekloof, Ngcendese and Zwelinzima. These refresher classes cover difficult sections […]

School Run Fundraiser Event

School Run Fundraiser Event

Veteran volunteer Pamela Scott is organising a charity event in aid of Mellon Educate, taking place on Sunday July 19th […]

KAREN MCARDLE’S 14TH BUILDING BLITZ

KAREN MCARDLE’S 14TH BUILDING BLITZ

Karen McArdle, owner of Chaplin’s hairdressers in the Clanbrassil Centre in Dundalk, has volunteered with Mellon Educate for the past […]

Hand-made Fundraising from Nolan Family

Hand-made Fundraising from Nolan Family

Suzanne Pender, from Nationalist – Carlow, writes about the Irish Mellon Educate volunteers: Nolan family. Mom Catherine and her twin daughters […]

How to Change a Life…

How to Change a Life…

Swansea businessman Eddie Whitney writes about Mellon Educate charity dinner held in the Swansea Marriott, in aid of an initiative […]

Golf Classic in Aid of Mellon Educate

Golf Classic in Aid of Mellon Educate

Emma Lonergan & Ken Kingston are hosting a Golf Classic to fundraise for Mellon Educate building blitz this November 2015. […]

Table Quizzes in aid of Mellon Educate

Table Quizzes in aid of Mellon Educate

Meath Chronicle publishes a great fundraising event by this year’s volunteers, Christopher and Guy O’Brien-Lynch, who are holding table quizzes in Navan. […]

South Africa Rank Last

South Africa Rank Last

Falling lower down the World Economic Forum (WEF) global information and communication technology (ICT) rankings is becoming an annual occurrence […]

Lazy River Packed for Fundraising Dinner

Lazy River Packed for Fundraising Dinner

John Foley, author of the Nationalist – Carlow, writes about the Irish Mellon Educate volunteers hosting a full-capacity fundraising dinner […]

Take Care To Prepare Before You Travel

Take Care To Prepare Before You Travel

It is very important to prepare well before your Mellon Educate Blitz in South Africa. This publication from Irish Examiner […]

Mellon Educate Volunteers Working in Mandela’s Homeland on School Blitz

Mellon Educate Volunteers Working in Mandela’s Homeland on School Blitz

Dungarvan Observer writes about Mellon Educate School Building Blitz in Mthatha, Eastern Cape South Africa, where 200 Mellon Educate Irish […]

Imizamo Yethu School Results Programme Update

Imizamo Yethu School Results Programme Update

Following the resounding success of our March building blitz, phase two of The Mellon Educate Results Programme was initiated at […]

Irish Times Article

Irish Times Article

Bill Corcoran, correspondent for the Irish Times, writes about Mellon Educate’s School building blitz in tribute to the late Nelson […]

Dul go dtí an leithreas?

Dul go dtí an leithreas?

One of the first things we learn in Junior school is how to ask the teacher for permission to go […]

Pat Kenny Interviews Niall on Newstalk

Pat Kenny Interviews Niall on Newstalk

Listen in from 27 minutes on the NewsTalk podcast to hear Niall Mellon being interviewed by Pat Kenny. Niall speaks […]

Nenagh Guardian Press Clipping

Nenagh Guardian Press Clipping

Published in the Nenagh Guardian on 1st November, 2014, featuring Eugene Power & his daughter Mary who are both travelling […]

Mandela Blitz Construction Project

Mandela Blitz Construction Project

We are 5 weeks into building site preparation work for the Nelson Mandela Tribute building blitz this November 15-22. We’d […]

Rose of Tralee Volunteers

Rose of Tralee Volunteers

Today, Maria Walsh, winner of Rose of Tralee 2014, is flying her Mayo county colours in support of Irish charity […]

The Irish, they just can’t stop helping!

The Irish, they just can’t stop helping!

Barrie Henriques, author for Kilkenny People, features the exceptional Niall Mellon – Mellon Educate movement in providing an unprecedented number […]

Is this Real? Are they Coming?

Is this Real? Are they Coming?

Take a visit to Nelson Mandela’s homeland in South Africa where, together this November, we will build new schools and […]

New Kenyan school sites identified

New Kenyan school sites identified

Mellon Educate has identified three sites for new schools following on from the charity’s ground-breaking agreement with the Kenyan Government […]

Search on for ‘10,000 Friends’

Search on for ‘10,000 Friends’

Mellon Educate has launched a new initiative where you can help support the charity’s ambitious plans to improve the lives […]

Mandela Tribute Blitz Update

Mandela Tribute Blitz Update

The fundraising is in full swing and the plans are being made as the departure date for the Nelson Mandela […]

Fundraising Success Story

Fundraising Success Story

Are you fundraising for the Mandela Tribute blitz in November 2014? If so, read on, as building blitz volunteer Donna […]

Niall’s message to volunteers

Niall’s message to volunteers

It has been an exciting few months for Mellon Educate as our new charity initiative goes from strength to strength. […]

Sarah’s Blitz Experience

Sarah’s Blitz Experience

Sarah Fogarty writes of her second building blitz experience this year in her school yearbook. On March 22nd 320 volunteers […]

Kevin’s Story

Kevin’s Story

Kevin Higgins volunteered for the Mellon Educate building blitz for the first time in March. His crusade was a special […]

Kenyan Government Pledges Sh160 million to Schools

Kenyan Government Pledges Sh160 million to Schools

Governor of Nairobi Evans Kidero officially opens two schools built by The Mellon Educate Organisation for a total of 3,500 […]

Mellon Educate Sign Agreement with Kenyan Government

Mellon Educate Sign Agreement with Kenyan Government

Senior Kenyan government members including the Governor of Nairobi Evans Kidero and the Executive Member in charge of Education Christopher […]

Joy for Kenyan pupils as new school building handed over(1)

Joy for Kenyan pupils as new school building handed over(1)

[three_fifth] There were tears of joy and an immense sense of pride and achievement at the handover of the latest […]

School Opening Ceremony in Mukuru

School Opening Ceremony in Mukuru

There were tears of joy and an immense sense of pride and achievement at the handover of the latest Mellon […]

Blitz Featured on TV3

Blitz Featured on TV3

Mellon Eduacte feature on Ireland AM, TV3 with travel expert Julianne Mooney talking about the amazing work accomplished by our […]

Excitement ahead of school handover

Excitement ahead of school handover

Excitement is building ahead of the official handover ceremony of latest Mellon Educate school building in Kenya. Representatives from Mellon […]

School of Life

School of Life

Last week I was privileged to be with the Mellon Educate blitz in Imizamo Yethu township. An education improvement initiative […]

Go on, Go on, Go on

Go on, Go on, Go on

8,000 cups of tea, 1,000 sandwiches & 20,000 bottles of water…Follow the journey our incredibly resilient, warm hearted volunteers have […]

Update from Eastern Cape Blitz

Update from Eastern Cape Blitz

Today we feature and applaud our volunteers working in harsh, rural, remote conditions across a number of children’s educational improvement […]

Imizamo Yethu Township Tour

Imizamo Yethu Township Tour

Take a tour through the impoverished community of Imizamo Yethu township with Mellon Educate volunteers in South Africa.

Video from Imizamo Yethu

Video from Imizamo Yethu

Check out this video report documenting our volunteers’ first day of labour on-site at Oranjekloof Moravian primary schoool in the […]

Back Home in Imizamo Yethu

Back Home in Imizamo Yethu

  By now the first group of us have had our safety briefing, meeting with Niall and a first taste […]

Liam, Leadership & Legacy

Liam, Leadership & Legacy

Head foreman, Liam Mullen, takes charge of our flagship Mellon Educate project this week for Oranjekloof Moravian primary school in Imizamo […]

Kokstad Blitz Announcement

Kokstad Blitz Announcement

We are thrilled to announce a second project for March 2014 Building Blitz week. 100 of our dedicated volunteers will […]

Planning Visit to Oranjekloof School

Planning Visit to Oranjekloof School

Last week our staff visited Cape Town on a pre-planning trip and saw first-hand the work that is involved for […]

A Long Road To The Alter

A Long Road To The Alter

Given the day that is in it we thought it would be appropriate to share with you a few of […]

New Target for Mellon Educate Set

New Target for Mellon Educate Set

      We are delighted to announce the plans to build schools to educate 100,000 impoverished children across Africa […]

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