A fantastic team of volunteers gathering in Mbeya Tanzania (earlier in October) to help Grassroots re-register all the 2300+ sponsored children. 4 came from the UK, but all the rest of the team was Tanzanian. It was a fantastic week, visiting the 21 Grassroots sponsorship locations, meeting every child with their family, asking them how […]
Distributing uniform to sponsored children in Tanzania
This week, the team in Tanzania are giving out school uniform to the sponsored children. They are going to each of the 19 locations. At each location the sponsored children based there all turn up with their carers. The new school year starts in January. It is a time of great excitement. The uniform is […]
KEVTC delivery to Grassroots sponsored Children in Zambia
I (Sharon) was so sad that my flight to Zambia was cancelled at the last moment. (I had boarding passes all printed off). I was going to join the team in Zambia as they distributed school uniform and school supplies to all the Grassroots sponsored children. Today I have been able to join in via […]
Kenyan sponsored children receive their school uniform
Last Sunday after church at Good Neighbours the sponsored children came to receive their school uniform. Pastor George says a big THANK YOU to all the sponsors of These lovely kids! To join in go to grassroots.org.uk/Kenya
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 […]
COVID19 response in Romania!
BENITA (Grassroots partners in Romania) have just sent photos of the families and children receiving their second emergency parcels of food, and household necessities. This time funded by your generous donations. Quite a process! The need of these families is extreme… but the shopping by the team was done in Lidl! … we were also […]
Distributing uniform to all Tanzanian sponsored children
The new school year starts in January in Tanzania. That’s why we give out school supplies in late December or early January. Mwangelwa is a busy area of Mbeya. It has a large market with lost of colourful fabric and is very busy. Today the team arrived at the school where we hold the weekly […]