We recently visited Kenya during the week when the Good Neighbours Ministries team did the annual re-enrolment interviews with the children Grassroots supports. It was great to be with them and have the opportunity to the assess how things are going. On the edge. That’s the best way to describe Theta. On the edge of […]
Zambia – Grassroots funding meals for very hungry children
Grassroots is now sponsoring children in Zambia. It just costs £4.25 per month (£51 per year) to provide uniform and other basic needs for school for a very poor Zambian child. Join in here: https://grassroots.org.uk/zambia/ Grassroots also funds feeding programmes in 5 locations, based in local churches. Here is a report on Zambian national news […]
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 […]
Watu wa Maana – Street Kids being supported in the Community
During COVID19 Watu wa Maana Street Children’s centre (Ruiru, Kenya) has kept a few of the most vulnerable children as residents and has also placed some children into relatives’ homes that are considered safe. The families come regularly to received large parcels of food and provisions, much of which has been funded by donations to […]
Zambian children who need Grassroots sponsors!
In January Grassroots officially started a pilot child sponsorship project with 3 churches in the drought hit area of Ndole, Zambia. A small group of children was selected from each church and Grassroots promised to try to find sponsors for them so they could get to school – for which they need uniform and a […]
COVID-19 4th Food Distribution to Grassroots Sponsored Children in Tanzania
https://www.facebook.com/TheGrassrootsTrust/videos/3328925467139179/?t=28 Giving Food to each of the 2500 Grassroots Sponsored Children in Tanzania. The team are travelling again to make sure our vulnerable children and families can get through the pandemic, and the lack of work. To support go to grassroots.org.uk/give and select “Tanzania”
Watu wa Maana during Covid19 crisis
https://www.facebook.com/320416928066491/posts/3062038120571011/ When COVID19 started spreading in Kenya the government commanded all institutions to send residents to live somewhere as safe as possible in the community. Watu wa Maana Street Children’s Centre (where Grassroots sponsors children) sent all children where they could find a safe home to that home. This has been very difficult on those […]