1,000+ monthly donors

School, clean water and a hot meal, close to home

We fund local teams in four regions who run classrooms, clinics, wells, and kitchens. In 2025 they reached 38,000 people.

Pupils raising their hands during a morning lesson

I can see where every month's gift went, line by line.

Daniel O. · Monthly donor since 2021
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Riverside district · Morning lesson at a partner school · Photo: sample credit

Audited figures

Our work in 2025

Read the 2025 annual report
children started the school year with a full kit
18,400
Backpack, notebooks, pencils, and shoes, handed out in the first week.
patient visits at the mobile clinic
9,200
In villages more than two hours from the nearest hospital.
wells drilled, tested, and handed to village committees
6
Each one serves about 380 people and has a local repair team.
hot meals served at the community kitchen
41,000
Five evenings a week, all year, with no questions asked.

Source: 2025 annual report, independently audited.

Four programs

Our work

Four programs, each run with a local partner under a yearly budget we publish.

How we choose partners
  • A pupil looking back from his desk during a lesson

    Education

    School kits at the start of term, and a reading club after class twice a week.

  • A stethoscope and a blood pressure cuff ready for check-ups

    Health

    A mobile clinic that visits 22 villages every two weeks, and a night helpline for young people.

  • A standpipe tap over a blue bucket in a village yard

    Water

    Wells drilled by local contractors, tested by a lab, and kept running by a village committee.

  • Crates of fresh produce ready for the kitchen

    Food and shelter

    Hot meals five evenings a week, winter shelter beds, and relief kits after floods and fires.

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Current appeals

All appeals
  • Colored notebooks and a cup of pencils laid out on a table
    EducationEnds in 77 days

    School supplies for every child

    Riverside district

    A full backpack for 1,600 children starting the school year without the basics.

    Raised
    $26,450
    Goal
    $40,000
  • Volunteers loading relief sacks onto a truck
    Shelter & reliefEnds in 400 days

    River valley flood appeal

    River valley, north district

    Shelter, clean water, and food for families who lost their homes when the river burst its banks.

    Raised
    $112,460
    Goal
    $180,000
  • Two men laying a new wooden floor frame
    Shelter & reliefEnds in 46 days

    Winter shelter beds

    City centre

    Open 40 extra beds from December to March, so nobody has to sleep outside in the cold.

    Raised
    $31,750
    Goal
    $50,000

A volunteer on the flood appeal

Volunteers packing food parcels into green bags
River valley · Packing parcels for the Thursday food round · Photo: sample credit

“I drive the Thursday food round. Every week there is a list with names and family sizes, and every week the parcels match the list. That is what made me trust this appeal.”

Martin H.

Volunteer · River valley flood appeal

Read about the appeal

Annual accounts

Where your money goes

Of every dollar we spent in 2025, 86 cents went to programs. The figures come from our accounts, audited by an independent firm.

  • Programs86%

    Classrooms, clinics, wells, meals, and shelter beds.

  • Fundraising9%

    Appeals, events, and card processing fees.

  • Running the charity5%

    Office, audit, insurance, and governance.

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Ways to help

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  • Three volunteers in matching shirts at a city event

    Volunteer

    Kitchen shifts, reading clubs, and event days. We train every volunteer and ask for four hours a month.

  • Runners at the start of a charity race

    Start a fundraiser

    Run, cycle, or mark a birthday for one of our appeals. We send a page, a kit, and a thank-you to every donor.

  • Gloved hands planting seedlings in a field

    Give monthly

    A monthly gift lets our partners plan the school year. Change or stop it at any time with one email.

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