charities working in africa
Mustard Seed Project has a school for 125 poor children in classes of 25 in a rented building that was built as apartments. The current building will be big enough for another year but we desperately need to build our own school. The immediate plan is to build a 3 classroom block as the present building is full. In future we shall add other classrooms to complete a Primary School of 12 classes for children from 3 to 14. … [Read more...]
Tetra Laval International SA have chosen the kanga project to be their beneficiary charity this Christmas. Expensive Christmas cards have been replaced by a donation to us and an electronic card bearing a message of support for our sponsorship programme. We can’t thank them enough. So thank you, thank you, thank you. We are really chuffed to get this support (can you tell?) and are keeping our fingers crossed that some of the many people who will get to know about us will perhaps become interested in helping a girl get the education she needs to get herself and her community out of … [Read more...]
Click on the title above for a lovely little Christmas promotional film made by Gilead Health Development. Enjoy the singing and help spreading a little happiness. … [Read more...]
Essential tips I picked up at the latest T4A event - by Martin Smedley of Act4Africa This Saturday I went to a T4A training meeting together with other small charities working in Africa to learn, share expertise and network together. I am a great believer in networking and in the benefits which can derive from charities working together wherever possible, particularly when working internationally. I am sure we all know the anecdotal stories of villages where several charities discover they are duplicating efforts. I know from my own experience of African towns that have twinned with … [Read more...]
On 26th November some of our members met for an informal day of training and networking and we want to thank Nobby of Gilead Health Development for sorting out a great venue at a fire station in Coventry. As well as enjoying meeting and chatting to members, we were able to meet a couple of new members and we hope that they enjoyed their first look into our "world". The day was relaxed and useful with a couple of highlights. In particular we were taught the inside out of applying for grants from a slip of a lass with the experience of a well seasoned professional; thank you Amy King for … [Read more...]
Together 4 Africa is holding a meet and training day for its members in Coventry on 26th November 2011. If you are a small charity interested to meet like minded people as well as get some useful training in how to write a grant application, get in touch before 20th November. You are very welcome to come along and find out more about us. Cost is only £10 per person and includes lunch. You can download the agenda and the whereabouts details here. … [Read more...]
Mustard Seed Project were so excited to learn that the students at Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire have just voted for MSP to be their charity of the year. During the year the students will devise many fundraising activities and all money will be donated to MSP. The 750 students at this co-educational school for 11 - 18 year olds vote each year for the charity they would like to support. They chose Mustard Seed Project because they knew that every penny that they raised would count and make a difference. Each of the twelve houses thinks of their own fundraising idea in addition to whole … [Read more...]
In response to a funding tip posted on the charities section of the forum by Rita of Mustard Seed Project, Charles Coleman from African Promise wrote the following. "Thank you so much for this suggestion. Following reading your post back in May I made a call to someone at the XXX Foundation and subsequently submitted an initial introductory letter. One of the Board Members was then in touch and requested much more detail about our proposal so that he could take up our cause and propose us to his fellow Board Members. I have just this morning received an email from him … [Read more...]
Friends of Kadzinuni have been once again selected as one of the two charities supported by this very popular event. The fun run is planned to provide a little exercise and fun for all ages. The short (2.3 km) course is entirely off-road, and follows an out-and-back route between Crossdale School and Plumtree Cricket Club. After the race, there will also be children's entertainment and refreshments on site. All runners will receive a commemorative medal. The fun run takes place alongside a 10k trial run that is very popular. Come and join us for a really great community experience and to … [Read more...]
Presently, Breakthrough Foundation (BKF) in partnership with Oasis of Life Self Help Group (OLCSHG) has built a 3 classroom primary school at Juja Farm in Kenya to cater for vulnerable and orphaned children. We urgently need funds to add another 5 classrooms to enable the smooth progression from one class to the next. The school will also need a kitchen to offer hygienically prepared food in the school premises. Our aim is to reach at least 500 children. Find out more on our website. … [Read more...]
Please let it be rainless we prayed and it was. Please let it be windless we.... damn we forgot that one! So it took ages to set up but it all looked good in the end. So what about the passion? Well it came from our encounters with people just as passionate about wanting to make a difference as we are. May be we talked mostly to the converted, but at least, they now know about us. Thank you Liverpool, it was a most enjoyable 2 days. … [Read more...]
on 18th & 19th June 2011 at what has been hailed the biggest FREE African music festival in the UK. Set in Sefton Park in Liverpool, Africa Oye is a unique and joyful African experience with great music, food and lots of crafts and fashion stalls. We are joining the celebrations by bringing to you the wonderful stories of people working hard to improve their lives with a little help from their friends back in the UK. Come and get to know the 12 member charities who will be sharing Together 4 Africa's platform, you might be pleasantly surprised at how much tiny charities like us are achieving. … [Read more...]
This bank holiday week-end while you’ve been enjoying the Royal Wedding or the sunshine, we have been busy creating a new version of our website. Not because we had nothing better to do, but just because we thought you deserved better in ease of use and relevance. That’s how much we care. So what’s new? Well let’s start with the home page. • You can now find charities by country or by the causes they support. • You can watch a film to cut out the boredom. We’ll change it from time to time to keep your interest fresh. • You can discover a project that needs funding and … [Read more...]
BT are now offering a donate facility with a fundraising page facility. The sickening bit, if you have just organised one with Virgin or Just Giving, is that BT's is completely free. No set up fees and no commission other than the credit card normal charges. They will also reclaim the Gift Aid. Thank you BT MyDonate. Details on their website. … [Read more...]
Gilead Health Development are building a large Community Hall at Luwero in Uganda with a view to bringing health education to this poor rural part of Africa. The building will also have a commercial use to add self-sustainability to its purpose. As of April 2011, we have almost completed the roof support structure. The next stage is the corrugated powder coated roof covering at a cost of around £15,000. Although there will still be much to do, this will at least put this eagerly awaiting building into use. More details on our website. … [Read more...]
the kanga project want to install a biogas system to fuel some cookers at a secondary school in rural Tanzania. This eco-friendly system is the only viable way of feeding at least 1 meal to over 1000 pupils who start and finish their study day on an empty stomach. Results: poor concentration, fragile health and academic under achievement. Running a kitchen using wood and charcoal is costly, unhealthy and bad for the environment especially deforestation. The area already suffers from deforestation but has no alternative fuel resources. A biogas system produces gas for cooking using human, … [Read more...]
Livingstone Tanzania Trust need your help to buy 7763 books so that 1109 students in 2 primary schools in Tanzania may have one text book per subject. Education is not the answer to poverty but it is the best tool to fight it. £10.00 + Gift Aid will help us buy 4 books. Rudimentary resources are preventing children from receiving a good enough education to fight poverty by themselves, for themselves. A book has the power to start changing this. … [Read more...]
Buriton-Dominase Village-to-Village Group are working to provide households and schools in villages in the far north of Ghana’s Central Region with suitable latrines. Poor sanitation causes deadly diseases and affects the lives of young children in particular. Along with the new loos, we ensure that communities receive information about health and hygiene. Every £30 donated can help buy the basic materials for a family to build their own latrine; their own loo for the first time… ever. … [Read more...]
African Promise are planning to rebuild a dilapidated primary school in the small village of Kisimenyi in rural Kenya for the benefit of over 550 children now and many hundreds more for generations to come.The school is in a shockingly woeful state. The handful of crumbling, cramped classrooms are wholly unconducive to enjoyable and productive learning; the few toilets are so dangerous that children feel safer, in the words of the headmaster, to "help themselves in the nearby bush"; and the nearest source of water is a 10km walk away. … [Read more...]
Village-to-Village have recently built an education centre and have a small demonstration farm. We are now hoping to equip the centre and employ two full-time members of staff to run training sessions not only in agricultural techniques but also in business skills so farmers gain a better understanding of how to sell their surplus produce in local markets. We also plan to keep livestock, namely goats and cattle, alongside the chickens already on site. Subsistence and small-scale agriculture is unstable and highly vulnerable, yet it is a key contributor to the livelihoods of the majority of … [Read more...]
Tetra Laval International SA have chosen the kanga project to be their beneficiary charity this Christmas. Expensive Christmas cards have been replaced by a donation to us and an electronic card bearing a message of support for our sponsorship programme. We can’t thank them enough. So thank you, thank you, thank you. We are really … Learn More »
Mustard Seed Project has a school for 125 poor children in classes of 25 in a rented building that was built as apartments. The current building will … Learn More »
Tetra Laval International SA have chosen the kanga project to be their beneficiary charity this Christmas. Expensive Christmas cards have been … Learn More »
Click on the title above for a lovely little Christmas promotional film made by Gilead Health Development. Enjoy the singing and help spreading a … Learn More »
Essential tips I picked up at the latest T4A event - by Martin Smedley of Act4Africa This Saturday I went to a T4A training meeting together with … Learn More »
On 26th November some of our members met for an informal day of training and networking and we want to thank Nobby of Gilead Health Development for … Learn More »