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 Expensive Christmas cards have been replaced by a donation to us and an electronic card bearing a message of support for our sponsorship programme.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...]

Crossdale Fun Run – 25th Sept

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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...]

Primary school classrooms

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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...]

Africa Oye – A tale of wind and passion

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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...]

Come and see us at Africa Oye

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...]

Fuel efficient stoves are part of the solution

Traditional style of cooking is not energy efficient and the soot is hazardous

Approximately 3 billion people (1/2 the planet) are reliant on cooking their food over open fires. The problems associated with this have been well documented in the past and include pollution from soot which leads to respiratory problems; the release of carbon into the atmosphere adding to the problem of global warming; as well as deforestation and the environmental impact that represents. An article in The Daily Telegraph (7.5.11) tells us that many development agencies have for a long time being urging open fire users to use cleaner stoves and have offered designs to assist them. A … [Read more...]

The one we made earlier wasn’t good enough

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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 MyDonate

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...]

New Kindergarten

The kindergarten at the Sinai Primary School near Babati in Northern Tanzania was housed in classroom Number 1. It was the first classroom to be built at the school without lintel because it was only intended to support the weight of a thatched roof. When a corrugated sheet roof replaced the thatch, the weight caused the walls to crack. The small overhang of the roof caused the rainwater runoff to fall too close to the building’s foundations which then started to erode. But with nowhere else to go, the teachers and students had no choice but to ignore the pending doom. Rebuilding the … [Read more...]

Cycling to Paris for charity

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Simon Page has kindly agreed to put his body through hell for the Livingstone Tanzania Trust. He is spending months training for what will be a massive challenge. To cycle from London to Paris in just 24 hours. Most challenges like this take 3 days but simon wants to make it harder and more worthy of a donation. Call him crazy, call him what you like but he is going the extra mile to help us buy books for primary schools in Babati, northern Tanzania and we need and would love your support. Please click HERE to go through to his fund raising page. THANK YOU   … [Read more...]

A small act documentary

This small film trailer is a compelling call for supporting the education of children. … [Read more...]

Rocket mud stoves

Thanks to a generous grant from The Souter Charitable Trust, the kanga project has been able to implement a much needed project. RWDA, our partners, are to introduce rocket mud stoves into Ilongero community. So last week RWDA sent Maria Francis, their project supervisor and Brown Pagani, a future stove builder and trainer, to Dodoma to undergo a week’s training with Sunseed Tanzania Trust in how to build these fuel efficient, environment & health friendly "rocket mud stoves". Although I know they were very happy with the training, we have not had their full report yet due to the very … [Read more...]

Kadzinuni needs reading glasses.

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The Friends of Kadzinuni want to distribute reading glasses to the Kadzinuni community in Kenya so that many more people can take advantage of the well stocked community library. If you have some spare ones, please get in touch with them on their website. … [Read more...]

Gilead Charity Spring Ball

After the success of holding this event last year, we want to follow it up this year with an even bigger and better one. This black-tie Dinner Dance at the Allesley Hotel in Coventry, will be backed by a live singer and disco and will feature some dancers too! Tickets are £30 and we welcome all individuals and couples, but if you can bring along your friends and commit to a table (8-12 people) then that's even better. We don't need your money right away but it would be good to hear words of commitment in order to help us plan the total numbers. As you can imagine, it's quite a … [Read more...]