Evening all, Freddie and Adam here on the decks, hello to all the fans (our families) Adam: This morning was no different with the boys waking up to an overwhelming amount of dew on the outside of the tents, this made exiting the tent an undesirable activity often ending in disaster with wet clothes before […]
Holly writes : Day 5 of Bishop Luffa team in Tanzania
Hello parents!! So we’ve been here 5 days now and have all settled in nicely… It’s Holly (Jones) here (Hey fam I miss you but not told much and I’m having a great time) Today we split into 3 groups and all did different things as the start of our 3 day rotation… So once […]
Bishop Luffa School 2018 team to Tanzania with Grassroots- posts on Facebook
A series of posts from Tanzania while the Bishop Luffa School young people were over there. It starts with a video of a dance lesson from Gwakisa so that the Brit young people can dance Tanzania style. (Day 1 is at the bottom) https://www.facebook.com/TheGrassrootsTrust/videos/1765917080183128/ DAY 3: Another great day with students from Bishop Luffa. Day […]
A blog post from Bishop Luffa School team in Tanzania with Grassroots
What a day! Late to church by ten minutes, but everyone welcomed us -amazing. Fabulous attitude. Everyone wore their best Sunday dress, even Joe Barnett turned up #wowthosetrousers😋 church itself was wild. Absolutely wild! Joseph (a translator) whipped out his beautiful singing voice and everyone was blown away- MAD. The atmosphere was incredible, everyone was […]
Helping flood victims in Mbeya
There have been extraordinary storms in the Mbeya area this week and some of our friends homes have been badly damaged by flooding. The Grassroots Tanzania team have found them temporary accommodation but Sharon is having meetings today to discuss what help we can give to help them put their lives back together. This was […]
The Amazing Grassroots Tanzania team
A Post from Sharon who is visiting Tanzania this week: “Had a great time today with the Grassroots Tanzania staff and volunteers. It is always good to catch up and eat together. These wonderful people provide over 252,000 meals per year. Not to mention extra nutrition for those with HIV or food parcels for struggling […]
What happened in church to you this morning?
Those visiting from the UK joined with our friends Kevin & Deborah and the lovely congregation at Sovereign King Mission Church for church this Sunday. Church in the middle of one of Chennai’s (India) toughest slums. The visitors were welcomed with traditional flower garlands. Very smelly. Tamil songs to Jesus sang with passion and gratitude. […]
Waiting! …. are you on the list?
Another day in Chennai India. More sponsored children interviewed today. We currently have many who Grassroots are looking for sponsors to step in the gap for. There is also a waiting list. Great to see some of the older guys really doing well at college they should be able to get good jobs when they […]