Friends of Ket Wangi Orphanage is a charity set up exclusively to help the Ket Wangi Orphanage & Learning Centre situated in Kisumu, Kenya. The home was set up by a Kenyan nurse and is run by Kenyans. It is a happy, well run home for 82 children despite having no regular income and suitable facilities. Our aims are to bring some financial stability and sustainability to their lives so they can be educated to the best of their abilities and empowered to look forward to the future. The story of Ket Wangi's beginning is inspiring and makes it a great cause to support. It all started when … [Read more...]

Equip is a charity working with Church Leaders, Government organisations  and others to promote opportunity and excellence primarily in education and health. Established in 2009 out of a desire to connect senior UK Christian education and health care professionals with development projects in East Africa, Equip’s aim is to inspire people to achieve at a level that enables them to determine their own future. A country a little larger than Wales, Rwanda has a very young population of 10.6 million people with 25% under the age of 25 years old because of the genocide. Such a young … [Read more...]

Lubwe Zambia Fund strive to improve the health & education for the inhabitants of the area served by Lubwe Mission Hospital and other hospitals in Zambia. Our help so far includes the supply of Clean Water (76 wells to date), Sanitation, a new Operating Theatre for Lubwe Mission Hospital, the development of Lubwe Youth Skills Training Centre, provision of Internet (VSAT) Communications, Ambulances, Medicines, Equipment & Drugs, Seedlings to grow food. One of the most important causes of disease in the Developing World is dirty water - Less than 2% of the population of Zambia has … [Read more...]

Goodwill and Growth for Africa (GAGA) is dedicated to supporting children and communities affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty in Africa, in particular South Africa. We are fiercely committed to the projects we support and want them to become strong and well structured to enable their great work to continue.  However, we have only a finite amount of resources, so we work hard to promote sustainable solutions – delivering ‘hand-ups’, ‘not hand-outs’ … [Read more...]

The Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA) is a non-governmental organization led, inspired and founded by Africans. Our mission is to reduce poverty among pastoralists in the Horn of Africa. We empower pastoralist communities and their institutions so they can play a full role in their own development. We influence development policy and design programmes that foster sustainable livelihoods. … [Read more...]

Buriton’s Village-to-Village Group (aka Dominase Development) exists to empower the rural community of Dominase in the far north of the Central Region of Ghana. We work in partnership with local people to reduce poverty and improve everyday lives by helping with clean water, sanitation, education and health care. The whole community of Buriton in Hampshire is linked with Dominase to support this cause. Library Box initiative 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 … [Read more...]

Charity supports health related projects in the area of Luwero in Uganda. Because poor people benefit significantly from the delivery of appropriate and targeted health education we are developing, in partnership with communities, a sustainable health education program that includes the provision of some infrastructure to reduce the impact of preventable disease and to encourage and support a healthier lifestyle. … [Read more...]

work with the Maasai of Southern Kenya to help relieve the effects of poverty through clean water, building schools, child education sponsorship, micro-finance and starting sustainable businesses. The two cornerstones of the charity are to not change the long standing Maasai culture and to help Africa help itself, through education and technology transfer. Every penny donated goes to Kenya. In 2010, we built a well and hand pump, supplied clean drinking water from a protected spring, sponsored children to attend school, introduced solar lanterns to replace the fumes from kerosene … [Read more...]

African Promise is dedicated to developing a handful of primary and nursery schools in the rural community of Kasigau in South-East Kenya. Our current focus is on wide-ranging infrastructure developments that enhance both direct learning environments and other wider facilities. We also assist in the provision of learning resources and, in the future, will support the development of teachers. … [Read more...]

Mustard Seed Project is working with the community of Mgongeni, an urban slum in Mombasa, Kenya to empower the people to take action to improve their environment and basic facilities. Through training, education, improved healthcare and better services they will take control and provide a better future for their families. Mustard Seed do not provide anything for free except to the very poorest as this promotes dependency but the price paid is low. The trustees donate their time and pay for themselves to visit the project for 8 – 12 weeks each year so that all money donated can go to the … [Read more...]

Livingstone Tanzania Trust is a grassroots charity that alleviates poverty through education, at both the school and community level. We are guided by community needs and ongoing sustainability and have developed a variety of programmes to address these issues in the short and long term. … [Read more...]

PEPAIDS supports SAPEP, an NGO alleviating poverty and HIV/AIDS in Zambia. Working in rural areas, where poverty is compounded by people too ill to work or provide for their families, AIDS Action Clubs empower communities to pull together and help the vulnerable prosper. … [Read more...]

Village-to-Village supports positive and sustainable livelihoods, helping two grassroots organisations in Tanzania and Uganda. We work with people living with and orphaned by HIV/AIDS, facilitate programmes aimed at improving education and sponsoring and expanding knowledge on sustainable agriculture. … [Read more...]

Kiota supports KIWOHEDE, a grassroots organisation working across Tanzania for the rights, health and development of vulnerable women and children. Kiota is the Swahili word for nest, representing the save haven that the KIWOHEDE centres provide. … [Read more...]

Founded in February 2003, The Friends of Kadzinuni exists solely to help transform the village of Kadzinuni in Kenya into a self sufficient wealth generating community.Based in the village of Keyworth, a few miles south of Nottingham, our Hon. Patron is Joanna Lumley OBE. Our logo, the walking giraffe, sums up our aspirations, moving forward, aiming high. … [Read more...]

The Kanga Project supports the Rural Women Development Association, a grassroots organisation in Tanzania that focuses on rural women’s empowerment. We fund training in issues prioritized by the women. We offer micro-loans for economic opportunities. We fund hostels for girls so that they can get a secondary education. Our overall aim is to help rural women and girls overcome their social, cultural, economic and political marginalisation. We work in partnership with the RWDA with distinct areas of responsibilities. The Kanga Project stands as the prime fund raiser, researcher and provider … [Read more...]