Grassroots Tanzania team have started the 3rd food parcel distribution to families of the 2500 sponsored children in and around Mbeya – all part of the plan to get these vulnerable families through the COVID19 crisis. The Tanzanian government is saying the crisis is over! Upper sixth and university students are expected to be back […]
COVID19 response in Romania!
BENITA (Grassroots partners in Romania) have just sent photos of the families and children receiving their second emergency parcels of food, and household necessities. This time funded by your generous donations. Quite a process! The need of these families is extreme… but the shopping by the team was done in Lidl! … we were also […]
What’s Up Doc? – a 2:6 Fundraiser!
From Mary Reeves, a Grassroots Fundraiser … take a read: Today, 26th April, would have been the day I ran 26 miles in London, so what was I going to do instead… I had an idea…. 26km. So, this morning did my usual marathon preparations, and set out about the London starting time … 26km […]
Chennai in Lock Down – Grassroots response to CoVID-19 advancing in India
Kevin, Deborah and the SKM church team have written to tell us how they are coping now that all of India is in lock down. Churches cannot meet and the children’s homework club where the Grassroots sponsored children come every day is closed. But the children and families still need the food that your sponsorship […]
Changes to Grassroots child sponsorship in Romania
We sent this email out today…. Every sponsored child in Romania is part of a family with great need. Many of the families’ main carers cannot work due to long term illness, with a high proportion suffering from cancer. So when the government, in response to the growing Coronavirus epidemic, ordered a lock down, BENITA […]
Thank you – Kenya as Coronoavirus advances
Coronavirus is increasing in Kenya. Grassroots has funded delivery of extra food and soap to all sponsored children in Theta, Kenya. Good Neighbours has delivered to each family before the tighter restrictions come into place. This is one of the Mums saying, “Thank you!” Click here to READ MORE… SEE MORE PHOTOS … and […]
Preparations for COVID-19 in Tanzania
The team in Tanzania have been working hard putting plans in place in Tanzania. Training has happening for how to treat people in the context of the growing threat of COVID-19. Food and soap parcels have been brought and started to be distributed. This is Doctor Frank. He has got supplies for a Grassroots clinic […]
Coronavirus in Tanzania – changes to child sponsorship
This is a disturbing time for all of us. All our friends around the world are praying for you and I am sure you are praying for them. The news from Tanzania today is very concerning. The number of cases of COVID-19 have been slowly increasing and look like they will grow rapidly in the […]