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 […]
Update from Watu wa Maana
We recently visited Kenya and spent a couple of days in the centre meeting the children and finding out from the team how things have been going. A bit of background…. The Kenyan government has a children’s services department in most districts. They are responsible for intervening when a child is neglected, but there are […]
Completing New Homes before Winter – Grassroots Romania
Grassroots team in the Bistrita area of Romania is lead by Iacob Murza. This year we told him we had only raised enough money to build one new home for a very poor Romanian family, but that more money might come in. So he looked at all those in need and chose this family to […]
Reintegration is Right – and costs
Grassroots sponsors children in “Watu wa Maana Street Children’s Rehabilitation and Reintegration Centre” in Ruiru – just outside Nairobi Kenya. The children come from a number of traumatised backgrounds. Some have lived in homes that were abusive. Others have parents who are abusing substances and so the children have suffered from neglect. Many have then […]
Lovely Family Home now in Remote place in Romania
We just received this message from Iacob who runs the home building project for very poor in Transylvania, Romania. “Here are the some pictures from Dumitra. In the first days of December the family moved into the new house and all members of the family are extremely happy. They asked me to pass on to […]
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 […]
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.