Women leaving prison in Surrey need a few things that the prison service cannot afford and the officers asked us to help. Grassroots now has a fabulous team of volunteers working to purchase and create a bag for each woman, and we are working with the prison officers to see what else can be done. […]
Bishop Luffa School students visit Tanzania – July 2026
Young people from Bishop Luffa school (Chichester) are in Tanzania this week serving with and learning from the Grassroots team. Delivering chickens to vulnerable families, painting the Grassroots kitchen inside and out, learning to dance the Tanzanian way, cooking/serving/cleaning the pots for the weekly feeding programmes, and Mr Goldsmith is helping them make wood frame […]
Very hungry children in Zambia
Food for hungry children is an essential part of what Grassroots does in Zambia. The 5 local churches work with KEVTC and some funding from Grassroots to provide regular meals for the children in the areas. Food gives children energy, intelligence, life, joy and community. After every interview sessions the church puts on a meal […]
Hand made beds…. lifting children off the floor
The Bishop Luffa School team visiting Mbeya (Tanzania) have made a lot of beds! Each one will be delivered by the Grassroots Tanzania team to families who have been sleeping on mud floors. Truly lifting them out of poverty. https://grassroots.org.uk/product/hand-made-bed/ This was before… where three children slept. This is the team making the beds
Hand Made Bed Delivered!
The Bishop Luffa students and staff are hand making beds (from timber bought at the market) and then taking them to homes of families (who previously slept on the mud floor – health benefits are enormous for having a bed!). They have just delivered to this family and this boy is very excited. Please note… […]
Zambia – Grassroots funding meals for very hungry children
Grassroots is now sponsoring children in Zambia. It just costs £4.25 per month (£51 per year) to provide uniform and other basic needs for school for a very poor Zambian child. Join in here: https://grassroots.org.uk/zambia/ Grassroots also funds feeding programmes in 5 locations, based in local churches. Here is a report on Zambian national news […]
Please Help us in Zambia – Sponsor a Child for £4.25 per month
How have things been in Zambia in 2020? In March 2020, when European countries was starting to have large increases in the COVID19 pandemic, the media coverage meant that Zambia and much of Africa decided to follow their lead in locking down hard, closing schools and teaching everyone how not to pass on the infection. […]
Please Help our Romanian friends this Christmas
As winter cuts in please help us. We need sponsors for 26 more very vulnerable Romanian children. Grassroots has been supporting them but we need sponsors to keep doing so in 2021 – we need £8 per month or £96 per year per child. Or could you do Christmas fundraise and build a home for […]