I am sitting here with Kevin as the children come to be interviewed. As each child arrives they describe for me their lives at home – like a snap shot of who they are, where they fit and what happens each day. The children are full of smiles and are wearing their best clothes. Girls […]
What does Grassroots do?
What EXACTLY does GRASSROOTS Do? The great thing about Grassroots is that people get involved in all sorts of different ways. They may start by sponsoring a child, or they could have wandered into the Living Room drop in centre in Tenerife, or even got involved in a prayer event in their school. Later on […]
A Typical Afternoon in Chennai – Video
A typical afternoon in the children’s club in the slum in Chennai. The children come to the church centre after school and have a safe place to do their homework. They sit in groups with adults organising them and helping with their work when appropriate. Some days there is a time of singing Christian songs […]
A Mystery?
People often ask us what exactly it is that Grassroots does. They might say ‘you do child sponsorship, don’t you?’ And yes, we do! We work with local church based teams to run child sponsorship schemes in Tanzania, Kenya, Romania and India (although we have yet to run one in a country that does not […]
Last Day in Mbeya: November 2012
By Geoff Even before we finished breakfast the 20 children from Standard 4 (approximately 10 years old) arrived. These are the children we were taking to the Conservation Park – about half an hour’s drive South of Mbeya. It was a strange feeling. No translators. Just us and the children. We viewed the animals in […]
Off we go: Tanzania – November 2012
So our bags are packed and the time has almost arrived for another team to set out for Tanzania. Most of the the team are flying out of Heathrow. 6am Friday morning is not the easiest of times. Some will arrive at the airport the night before, so they can use public transport. Others have […]
A Big Welcome to Jon White
However hard we try to keep things easy to achieve in the UK (always working from our homes rather than having expensive offices) the workload keeps growing. Our part time staff and volunteers have kept the show on the road but there comes a time when it makes sense to increase the workforce. As well […]
Last full day in Kenya
The day started with yet another nice breakfast spread out for us. Sister Regina insisted on feeding us up with an extra portion of sausages. However we were down to seven. Ruth didn’t feel well with sickness and a headache. We gathered for prayer and then discussion deepened about what we should do. The decision […]