* In November Juliet Gellatley, Director and Founder of Viva! – Vegetarians’ International Voice for Animals – visited Atlas Vegan Community School to meet the children and staff and to see the fence their funds had paid for. It was wonderful to meet her and her colleagues in person and to share with them what we are doing. The following photos will give you some…
Thanks to Viva! – Our school is safe.
UPDATE: 22 September 2023 We are absolutely over the moon to tell you that Viva! (Vegan International Voice for Animals) have donated the money to build our fence which we will start erecting on Monday!!! We cannot thank you enough! UPDATE: 12 October 2023 The construction of our new fence is now well underway and, again, we must say a huge thank you to Viva!…
“I’m not dinner!” said the chicken to the boy
The children at Altas Vegan Community School put on a little play based on the rhyming story “I’m not dinner!” by Violet Plum.
Urgent Appeal: Protect our school
* Our school has suffered trespass and vandalism since we opened but there has now been an attempt to poison the children’s food which is extremely frightening. Our cook caught them as they were about to pour poisonous liquid into the food and they ran away. We have informed the police and the Education Authority and they have told us we must put up a…
Join the Waggle Dance
Remember I told you we were collaborating with Bonobo TV Publishing to raise awareness about the plight of bees? Well here it is, at long last, the video of children from Atlas Vegan Community School performing the Waggle Dance:
Eating and Learning at School
* * Pencils down. It’s lunch time! * * Atlas Vegan Community School – filling hungry minds and hungry bellies.
Give bees a chance
* We are honoured to have been invited to collaborate with bonobo.tv in their vital campaign to save the bees. Without bees and other pollinators, our lives, and those of other Earthlings, would be in serious jeopardy. Pollinators such as bees, butterflies, moths, birds and bats help plants reproduce. Whilst foraging for nectar they transfer pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers.…
Award for Atlas Vegan School from In Defense of Animals USA
* We are so grateful that In Defense of Animals awarded Atlas Vegan School with a mini-grant of $250 to help us continue with our work to make the world a better place for all to enjoy. We send our thanks to the vegan charity for their gift which we put towards this month’s running costs for Atlas school. We are completely dependent on the…
Peta Award Enjoyed!
* The Atlas Vegan Community School’s teachers and children found cause for celebration this week when they received the TeachKind Compassionate School Award goodies from Peta. As well as the award certificate, which will be proudly mounted on the classroom wall, the children received books teaching empathy and kindness to animals. Like all children, the Atlas pupils love animals so their enthusiasm for these lessons…
PETA Compassionate School Award
* We at LUV4ALL: Uganda are absolutely thrilled that Atlas Vegan Community School has won a Compassionate School Award from TeachKind, PETA’s humane education division. Included with the award is a box brimming with free teaching materials, including Share the World empathy lessons for students and a $1,000 donation to contribute toward food and supplies. This is an absolute God-Send and we will be able…