More distribution of School supplies today to sponsored children in Zambia. Education is free in Zambia, but many do not attend due to cost of uniforms. One gentleman informed us that December/ January is not only time to buy school uniform but also time to plant crop. Being in a rural area and working as […]
Sponsored Child School Uniform Distribution – Zambia 2023
Great to be in the villages around Ndola Zambia today. Such excitement as sponsored children received their new school uniform and supplies. Parents and caregivers were all so overwhelmed by the help. Great people living in a beautiful place, but life is so hard. Many more children need help to go to school. . Just […]
The Bishop Luffa Students from the UK in Mbeya – Friday
Bishop Luffa School (Chichester UK) students helping at the Grassroots daily milk programme in Mabatini, Tanzania. Grassroots serve in 20 different centres around Tanzania and currently sponsor over 2500 children. Join with us to help even more children. Child Sponsorship starts at just £3.50 per month. https://grassroots.org.uk/tanzania/
Chennai in 2023
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 […]
Update from Watu wa Maana
We recently visited Kenya and spent a couple of days in the centre meeting the children and finding out from the team how things have been going. A bit of background…. The Kenyan government has a children’s services department in most districts. They are responsible for intervening when a child is neglected, but there are […]
Christmas Greetings from Watu wa Maana
Christmas Greetings from the Grassroots sponsored children in Watu wa Maana Street Children’s Centre in Ruiru, Kenya Learn more here: grassroots.org.uk/kenya
KEVTC delivery to Grassroots sponsored Children in Zambia
I (Sharon) was so sad that my flight to Zambia was cancelled at the last moment. (I had boarding passes all printed off). I was going to join the team in Zambia as they distributed school uniform and school supplies to all the Grassroots sponsored children. Today I have been able to join in via […]