At last … we made it to Chennai! It had been 3 long years. Lockdowns and quarantine rules were the start of the delays, but then the Indian government made it very hard for UK citizens to get visas. But, at last, we were able to get tickets and go and meet our friends. There […]
Update from Kenya – “Good Neighbours” Child Sponsorship
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 […]
Join the volunteer team to Tanzania in October 2023
We had a great time in Tanzania in October and we would love you to join us in October 2023. Grassroots keeps overheads really low because people join us as we interview every sponsored child. Each team member pays their own way and has a fabulous time working with the local Grassroots team. Learn more […]
Looking for Volunteer team members for trip to Tanzania
Join us as a volunteer team member for our trip to Tanzania in October 3-16 October 2022 (dates dependant on air tickets) Tanzania is the most amazing place and you can make a big difference to what Grassroots is doing as part of the team. We take about 12 people from the UK and work […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join our next team in India – January 2021
What a great team of volunteers visited Chennai to meet all the Grassroots sponsored children in Chennai. Kay has mashed together a video to give you a flavour… just from the photos and video clips taken at the time. Maybe you should be with us in 2021?
Every Child Matters – Tanzania Oct 2019
Grassroots Tanzania team and a team from Grassroots UK are joined together this week in the annual task of interviewing every one of the over 2500 children sponsored in Tanzania. Here are some pictures. Sue has been coming out to Tanzania with Grassroots regularly over many years to help with interviewing the children on the […]