Sharon and Ruth are in Romania this week visiting all the children sponsored via Grassroots. This involves driving long distances to their homes which are often in quite remote settings. The scenery is stunning. Building stability and value into a child’s life takes time. It has been wonderful to meet children for the first time […]
Bishop Luffa School 2018 team to Tanzania with Grassroots- posts on Facebook
A series of posts from Tanzania while the Bishop Luffa School young people were over there. It starts with a video of a dance lesson from Gwakisa so that the Brit young people can dance Tanzania style. (Day 1 is at the bottom) https://www.facebook.com/TheGrassrootsTrust/videos/1765917080183128/ DAY 3: Another great day with students from Bishop Luffa. Day […]
Surely we should do more!
Some thoughts from Ruth Leaving Tanzania always stirs up mixed emotions – happy to be coming home and being reunited with loved ones but also incredibly sad to be leaving behind the rafikis you have made whilst being there. This trip, I’ve formed deeper friendships with those I already knew, made new friends both on […]
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 […]
Emergency Appeal for flood victims in Malawi
What a start to a year!Over a two week period at the beginning of January a cyclone swept across much of Malawi, causing floods and destruction in many areas. Down in the Lower Shire there has been widespread flooding and hundreds of homes have just been washed away, along with their contents.….. Here in Tayali […]
FISCH newsletter is out
Grassroots has a number of "umbrella" projects. These are projects run by their own steering group but living under the umbrella of Grassroots charitable status in the UK. FISCH, who serve street children in Iringa Tanzania, is a fabulous example. The steering group have just sent the office their latest newsletter and you can download […]
One Finished and one Almost – Romania Sept 2014
The team in Romania have come to end of their last day of building and head home in the middle of the night. But don’t these houses look great. Each cost about £5000 to be built! Why not join us for next Sept building trip or help raise money for the two more we’ve identified […]
Monday in Mbeya
We managed to interview over 450 children today in two very different locations. Airport (an area near the old grass airstrip) is very enclosed with narrow alleyways and dusty walkways. Housing is mainly rented and close together. There is little land to grow food and the streets are full of the sound of children playing. […]
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