Richard and the team have started giving out the school kits to all the sponsored children. So far they have been to three of the 16 Grassroots locations. At the bottom of this post are some of the photos that Richard has sent. In October we opened a new location in a place called Mwanyanje […]
Today in Tanzania – music, interviews, wonderful
Richard (Project Director and Grassroots Tanzania Trustee) and Stanley (Grassroots Tanzania Trustee) lead one of the interviewing teams today. Fantastic place. Lovely people.
Tanzania team visit Ndala in the hills towards Malawi
Traveling beside the Rift Valley to our furthest location from Mbeya today. The scenery is breath taking and the welcome heart warming. The 2 hour drive down dusty unmade bumpy roads were definitely worth it!! Always exciting to see how the children on the scheme are getting on and to meet the new children and […]
TANZANIA 2018… meeting sponsored children, opening a new centre, dust, joy, wow!
Everyday this week we are interviewing sponsored children in the 16 locations around the Mbeya region of Tanzania. By the end of the week we hope to have interviewed over 2500 children. Although the questions we ask each one are the same everywhere we go, the locations are very different. Some are very remote with […]
In Tanzania – new Home Building Project
We have just started a new venture in Tanzania. The housing stock some of the families live in is very poor. Some of these are child led families, disabled people or children being looked after by elderly grandparents. So they often struggle to find the rent and and end up moving from rented house to […]
Home Finished and Sponsoring more Children in Romania
Today the interview team and the building team merged. The children who will be living in the new home being built by the team were taken onto the Grassroots sponsorship scheme. The children are now more than excited about their new home and sponsorship provides them with the school things they are lacking to help […]
Visiting the Children you Sponsor in Romania
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 […]
What happened in church to you this morning?
Those visiting from the UK joined with our friends Kevin & Deborah and the lovely congregation at Sovereign King Mission Church for church this Sunday. Church in the middle of one of Chennai’s (India) toughest slums. The visitors were welcomed with traditional flower garlands. Very smelly. Tamil songs to Jesus sang with passion and gratitude. […]