Oxford meet – your feedback

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Our last meet in Oxford was a great success and as before we like to leave it to those who attended to share their thoughts on the day. “I would  like to say a massive thank you to all of you for making yesterday worth getting up at 4am. The input from your various perspectives and experiences added to the great presentations of all our speakers of the day made this meet a very productive and enjoyable day. I noticed a great willingness to share and collaborate further. T4A is our open widow to the world and a great way of showing everyone out there who wants to know, what small … [Read more...]

April Members Meet Agenda

Our next members meet in Oxford on 13 April will be welcoming 20 charities all looking forward to getting some insights into some areas of work they are all passionate about; from help on how to raise funds to getting tips on how to train and develop teachers programmes. You are welcome to check out the April meet Agenda  and send us suggestions and comments. We welcome feed back  from you the visitors, many of you are our inspirations. … [Read more...]

Welcome to Wellfound our latest member

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Our newest member WellFound is operating in West Africa and does, well, wells mostly. Along with providing that most precious of necessities, water, they also build sanitation facilities and conduct hygiene education. Their inclusion means that T4A has another 3 countries on its portfolio of members, Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Burkina Faso with that wonderfully named Capital, Ouagadougou. We look forward to meeting them on April 13th at our Spring meet in Oxford. … [Read more...]

Welcome to Equip, our latest member

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We are pleased to welcome our new member charity Equip. Based in Eastleigh in Hants, Equip works in Rwanda with the aim to promote educational and health care opportunities which allow people in challenging circumstances to determine their own future. We very much look forward to meeting one of their representatives at our April meet. … [Read more...]

Oxford, here we come

Together 4 Africa will be holding his next members' meet in Oxford on Saturday 13th April. So far 15 member charities have registered and we look forward to seeing some old friends and meeting new ones. Members will get to meet the Frontiers Foundation who have funded 2 projects put forward by T4A and will listen / discuss / argue / learn / laugh / make new connections throughout the day. We are still working on the Agenda as ideas are flying in. Looks like we will need another meet sooner rather than later to satisfy everyone. It is not too late for members to put their name down and for … [Read more...]

Thank you Frontiers Foundation

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Several moons ago, T4A got to know Oxford based Property Frontiers, one of Europe’s leading firms specialising in the international property investment market. They were interested in setting up a charitable arm to their business because as Ray Withers said, “working in the international property arena, we are acutely aware of the impact that our investments can have at the local level and (of our) corporate social responsibility." Unsure of how to go about it and in particular in evaluating possible projects, they approached T4A for advice. A trip to Oxford later by a few T4A … [Read more...]

A library in a box

The Buriton-based Village-to-Village charity has launched a new initiative to help schoolchildren in the far north of Ghana’s Central Region. Every£2 raised can provide a new book for a new School Library initiative. There are very few supplementary reading books in schools at present – but they can make a huge difference to children’s opportunities to learn English at an early age. This can open the door to all subsequent learning of other subjects – and to a route out of poverty. There is great enthusiasm in all of the local schools to develop a Library facility– even if the … [Read more...]

The Water Run – 1000 miles, 60 days, 20L water

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It is nearly D Day for Ollie Mason who on 4th July will be walking from John O'Groats to Lands End in 60 Days, carrying 20 litres of water unaided to, in his words, "emulate the struggle faced by millions of people - mostly women &    children - who are forced to walk huge distances to collect their daily water needs". Ollie wants to draw attention to this still massive issue and in the process raise funds for 6 charities; one of them T4A member Breakthrough Foundation.  Ollie, who is only 23 is a fantastic role model for young people. He deserves everyone's support, so please … [Read more...]

Welcome to GAGA & LUBWE

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Together 4 Africa is very happy to welcome two new member charities;  Goodwill and Growth for Africa - GAGA (no, not that one!) and Lubwe Zambia Fund. GAGA is our first member charity working in South Africa. They are putting all their efforts in supporting children and communities affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty. Lubwe Zambia Fund are making a difference with their ongoing support to the Lubwe Mission hospital in particular. Like all our member charities they rely on the good will of donors to bring hope and a hand up, so please check them out; they are looking forward to meeting you. … [Read more...]

An alternative to JustGiving that is FREE

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Betterplace.org don’t just want to change the world. They also want to improve how world-changing is done.Through betterplace.org not only do more people engage, but they do it more effectively than ever before. Anybody can help on betterplace.org – as an individual or as a group. And equally, anybody can receive help not just large well-known charitable organisations, but also small grassroots initiatives round the corner from you, or anywhere in the world. The main thing is: everything is transparent. You might want to give it a go. Betterplace.org … [Read more...]

Link up & Learn 2012

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The Small Charities Coalition is organising a Link Up & Learn event in Liverpool (22nd May) and Newcastle in June. They are “bringing our own mix of skills sharing, information and networking to small charities - all for only £20 per person. It’ll be a packed day of practical workshops covering a diverse range of subjects such as fundraising, communications and business planning delivered by the likes of Institute of Fundraising and Media Trust, with a host of other interesting ways for you to gain new skills, new insights and new contacts.” All details here. … [Read more...]

Sight & Hearing test in Tanzania – can you help?

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Today we are publishing a special request recently received. Perhaps you can help. This is an example of the enquiries we get through our contact page. We endeavour to transfer most of them onto the forum, so please check there from time to time. "Hello, my daughter Michelle, has been out in Moshi, Tanzania for more than 18months working for the Kilimanjaro Young Girls in Need http://www.KYGN.org . They care for and educate up to 75 preschool children, mainly girls, in the very poor village of Mabogini. She is needing someone to check the sight and hearing of the children and I wondered if you … [Read more...]

Primary School Classrooms

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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...]

Monday’s wonderful news for the kanga project

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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...]

Gifts for Gilead – A little Christmas advertising

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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...]

A member’s perspective

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...]

Coventry meet – a relaxed affair

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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...]

Come and meet us in Coventry

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...]

Students to raise money for Mustard Seed Project

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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...]

T4A does what it says on the tin.

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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...]