A big THANK YOU to all of you who have sent message and cards to Hugo and Sharon’s family. There have been so many! Thank you in particular to so many who came yesterday (Tuesday 26th May) to the service celebrating Sharon’s life and the came on to the party where a number of people […]
Romania 2025 -Grassroots team visiting the sponsored children
This week small Grassroots UK team (Mel, Sally and Andy) are in Bistrita (Romania) and the surrounding villages. Cristina, from our partner organisation Benita, has set up interviews with all the Grassroots sponsored children. Some of the children are being visited by the team in their homes, while other families are coming to the Benita […]
Sponsored Children and their Families in Kenya – annual interview week!
Grassroots sponsored children in Theta, Kenya are coming to Good Neighbours Church this week for their annual interviews, photos and the opportunity to write a letter or draw a picture for their sponsors. The Good Neighbours team is doing a great job, and Andy (from Grassroots UK) is there taking photos and joining in.
Join our next team in India – January 2021
What a great team of volunteers visited Chennai to meet all the Grassroots sponsored children in Chennai. Kay has mashed together a video to give you a flavour… just from the photos and video clips taken at the time. Maybe you should be with us in 2021?
Team in Romania almost finished off…
Big push today. Team worked to their limits. Lights installed and #solarpanel so could go on #building the #bedroom! Roof done. #Render started. Bedroom wall nearly done. Tomorrow is last day, we #plasterboard the ceiling, finish the bedroom and render.
Building a new home for those in desperate need
In reverse order (take a look at the last pictures first. They show where this family was living before Grassroots started building them a home.), here are pictures of the Grassroots team in Romania this week. Some have been interviewing sponsored children (£8 per month supports a child in ways that dramatically change their experience at […]
Today in Chennai – Andy’s Blog
Such fun to meet children Grassroots has been sponsoring in India since we started almost 10 years ago. These two young people were both part of the first group of children we started supporting. This year they got married. Today in Chennai as told by Andy: “Most of the day we spent interviewing again. We […]
Holding Hands for Land in Theta
Sharon, Dave, Stuart, Matt and Andy are in Theta this week with George and Grace. George is the pastor of Good Neighbours Church and Grace heads up the leadership team of El Shaddai Primary School. Grassroots sponsors the poorest (most of the) children in the school. www.grassroots.org.uk/kenya. The team will also visit Watu wa Maana […]