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 […]
Films of Day of Celebration honouring Sharon Anson
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 […]
Tanzania Sponsored Children re-enrolled for another year
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In Zambia meeting sponsored children
It’s Zambia this week. Bethany & Claire, two of the Grassroots trustees, are with our friends in Ndola meeting all the children who are sponsored by Grassroots. It’s all organised by KEVTC (Grassroots partner NGO in Zambia) and the five churches that act as bases for the child sponsorship programme. The KEVTC team is meeting […]
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… […]
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