# Givo > An Astro and Tailwind CSS theme for charities and non-profits: causes with live goals, one-time and monthly donations, events, volunteering, impact reports, and stories, in English, French, and Arabic. ## Organization facts - Name: Givo - Registration number: 12-3456789 - Founded: 2009 - Phone: (555) 010-0199 (+15550100199) - Email: hello@example.org - Address: 100 Example Street, Suite 200, Springfield, ST 00000 - Office hours: - Mon–Thu: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM - Fri: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM - Sat–Sun: Closed - Currency: USD - Tax: Gifts are tax-deductible where the law allows. - Donate: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/donate/ --- # School supplies for every child Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/school-supplies-for-every-child/ > A full backpack for 1,600 children starting the school year without the basics. - Goal: $40,000 - Raised: $26,450 (66 %) - Donors: 412 - Time left: 77 days left Every September, families in the district make the same hard choice: rent and food first, school supplies later. Teachers tell us that one child in five starts the year without a notebook, a pen, or a bag to carry them in. ## Why it matters A child who arrives without supplies spends the first weeks borrowing, waiting, and falling behind. Small gaps in the first month turn into lost confidence by winter. Teachers end up buying pencils out of their own pay, and the children who need the most help notice that they are different. When every child in a class has the same backpack, nobody is singled out. Teachers can start teaching on day one. We buy in bulk from local suppliers, so each gift goes further than it would at the shop. Volunteers pack the bags, and schools hand them out quietly in the first week, so families never have to ask. Every school receives a short report at the end of the term: how many backpacks went out, which items ran short, and what the teachers want more of next year. ## How your gift helps - $25: school supplies for one child - $60: a uniform and shoes for one child - $150: a term of after-school tutoring --- # After-school reading club Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/after-school-reading-club/ > Twice a week, children who struggle with reading meet a volunteer, a snack, and a book they chose. - Goal: $18,000 - Raised: $15,120 (84 %) - Donors: 236 - Time left: Ongoing Some children reach the age of ten without enjoying a single book. Not because they cannot learn, but because reading has only ever felt like a test they fail in front of others. ## Why it matters Reading is the door to every other subject. A child who cannot read a maths problem cannot solve it. Children who fall behind in reading by the end of primary school are far more likely to leave school early. The club is not a classroom. It is a quiet corner of the library, a snack, and an adult who listens. Children choose their own books, read aloud at their own pace, and nobody keeps score. The club runs all year, so there is no end date for this cause. Libraries lend the rooms for free, which means nearly everything you give goes to books, snacks, and training. Parents receive a short note each term with the books their child finished and one thing they enjoyed. ## How your gift helps - $20: five new books for the club shelf - $45: a month of club snacks for one group - $120: training for one volunteer reader --- # Mobile health clinic Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/mobile-health-clinic/ > A clinic on wheels that brings a nurse, a doctor, and basic medicine to villages two hours from the nearest hospital. - Goal: $120,000 - Raised: $96,080 (80 %) - Donors: 1,180 - Time left: 227 days left In the valley villages, the nearest hospital is two hours away by bus, and the bus runs twice a day. A fever, a cut that will not heal, or a blood pressure check means a lost day of work and money most families do not have. ## Why it matters Small health problems left alone become emergencies. A diabetic who cannot get a check-up loses sight. A child's ear infection becomes hearing loss. Most of these problems are cheap and simple to treat when someone sees them early. The mobile clinic brings the care to the people. A nurse and a doctor visit each village every two weeks, on a published schedule, with medicine, test kits, and a private room in the van. The goal pays for the second year of the clinic: staff, medicine, fuel, and the van's upkeep. We publish the number of patients seen every month on this page. Patients pay nothing. Nobody is asked for papers or proof of income. ## How your gift helps - $35: a check-up and basic medicine for one patient - $90: a day of fuel for the clinic van - $250: a full day of a visiting nurse --- # Night helpline for young people Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/mental-health-helpline/ > Keep a free, confidential helpline open from 8 pm to 2 am, when young people say they need it most. - Goal: $30,000 - Raised: $9,800 (32 %) - Donors: 145 - Time left: 136 days left Young people tell us the hardest hours are late at night, when the house is quiet and the worries are loud. Most support services close at five. ## Why it matters A conversation at the right moment can change the shape of a night. Many callers simply need someone to listen without judging, and to help them find the next step: a doctor, a counsellor, a trusted adult, or simply sleep. Every listener is trained for 40 hours and works with a clinical supervisor on call. Calls are free, confidential, and never recorded. Reaching the goal opens the helpline seven nights a week for a full year. If you are struggling right now, please call your local emergency number. ## How your gift helps - $15: one hour of the helpline open at night - $50: a follow-up call with a trained listener - $200: training for one new volunteer listener --- # Clean water wells Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/clean-water-wells/ > Six new wells so that families in the dry north no longer walk three hours a day for water. - Goal: $75,000 - Raised: $48,900 (65 %) - Donors: 640 - Time left: 166 days left In the dry north, girls and boys walk up to three hours a day to fetch water from a river that cattle also drink from. The water they carry home makes their families sick. ## Why it matters Clean water changes everything at once. Children who no longer walk for water go to school. Parents who are not sick can work. Clinics see fewer cases of diarrhoea, still one of the main causes of death for young children in the region. Each well is drilled by a local contractor, tested by an independent lab, and handed over to a village water committee that collects a small fee for repairs. The goal funds six wells, the water tests, and the training of local repair teams. We publish the test results for every well on this page. ## How your gift helps - $30: a water filter for one family - $100: a hygiene class for a whole school - $500: a hand pump repair kit for one well --- # Community kitchen Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/community-kitchen/ > Hot meals five evenings a week, served at the table, for anyone who walks through the door. - Goal: $25,000 - Raised: $25,640 (100 %) - Donors: 604 - Time left: Ongoing The community kitchen opens its doors at six every weekday evening. There is no form to fill in and no queue outside. Guests sit at a table, and a volunteer brings them a hot plate. ## Why it matters Food banks hand out tins. The kitchen hands out a warm meal and a conversation. Many of our guests live alone, and dinner is the only time in the day someone asks how they are. Others are working families whose pay runs out before the end of the month. The kitchen also trains young people who left school early. They cook under a professional chef and leave with a food hygiene certificate. The kitchen runs all year, so this cause has no end date. Local shops donate fresh produce that would otherwise go to waste, and your gift pays for the rest. ## How your gift helps - $10: five hot meals - $40: a week of breakfasts for one family - $100: a food parcel for a family of four --- # Winter shelter beds Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/winter-shelter-beds/ > Open 40 extra beds from December to March, so nobody has to sleep outside in the cold. - Goal: $50,000 - Raised: $31,750 (63 %) - Donors: 389 - Time left: 46 days left When the temperature drops below zero, the city's shelters fill up by nine in the evening. People who arrive later sleep in doorways, bus stops, and car parks. ## Why it matters A cold night outside is dangerous. It is also the moment when people are most willing to accept help. A warm bed, a shower, and a breakfast are often the first step towards a longer-term home. Each guest meets a support worker during their stay. Last winter, one guest in three left the shelter for a room, a flat, or a family member's home. The shelter opens on 1 December. The deadline is the last day we can order beds and staff for the season. ## How your gift helps - $30: a warm bed and breakfast for one night - $75: a winter kit: sleeping bag, socks, and gloves - $210: a week in the shelter with a support worker --- # Emergency relief fund Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/emergency-relief-fund/ > A fund ready before the next flood, fire, or storm, so help arrives in days, not weeks. - Goal: $100,000 - Raised: $54,200 (54 %) - Donors: 910 - Time left: Ongoing When a flood, a fire, or a storm hits, the first days decide how families recover. Waiting for an appeal to raise money costs time that people do not have. ## Why it matters A fund that exists before the emergency lets us act the same day. We keep a stock of hygiene kits, tarpaulins, and food parcels in a local warehouse, and we work with partners who know the neighbourhoods. After the first response, the fund pays for repairs, school kits, and the rent of a temporary home while families rebuild. The fund is always open. We report every response on this page: where we went, what we delivered, and what it cost. ## How your gift helps - $50: a hygiene kit for a displaced family - $120: a tarpaulin and tools to repair a roof - $300: a month of food for a family of five --- # River valley flood appeal Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/river-valley-flood-appeal/ > Shelter, clean water, and food for families who lost their homes when the river burst its banks. - Goal: $180,000 - Raised: $112,460 (62 %) - Donors: 2,140 - Time left: 400 days left In mid-October the river that runs through the valley rose faster than anyone there had seen. Six villages were flooded within a day, and around 3,000 people left their homes with what they could carry. ## What we are doing We work through a local partner that has run the valley's community centre for years. In the first week we delivered hygiene kits, drinking water, and blankets to two shelters. Since then we have put up family tents on higher ground and started a twice-weekly food round. ## When the appeal closes The appeal runs until the date on this page. Anything raised after the emergency phase pays for repairs and school kits in the same villages, and we publish a full account of the spending. ## How your gift helps - $30: a hygiene kit for one family - $75: a family food parcel for a week - $150: an emergency shelter kit --- # Make a donation Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/donate/ > Give once or every month. Choose an amount, see what it pays for, and pick a cause or give where the need is greatest. ## Preset amounts - One-time: $25, $50, $100, $250, $500 - Monthly: $10, $20, $35, $50, $100 ## What each amount pays for - $10: five hot meals at the community kitchen - $25: school supplies for one child - $50: a hygiene kit for a family after a disaster - $100: a food parcel for a family of four - $250: a full day of a visiting nurse - $500: a repair kit that keeps a village well running ## Monthly giving tiers - Friend ($10 per month): Five hot meals every month at the community kitchen. - Supporter ($20 per month): A new backpack of school supplies almost every month. - Champion ($35 per month): A check-up and medicine for one patient each month. - Guardian ($100 per month): A food parcel for a family of four, every single month. --- # Givo Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/ > We fund local teams who run school programs, clinics, wells, and kitchens. Give once or monthly and see what each gift paid for in our audited annual report. --- # About us Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/about/ > Who we are, since when, and what we believe. Our story, mission, values, milestones, last year's results, and the team. --- # Where your money goes Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/impact/ > Our 2025 spending by category, results for each program, annual reports and audited accounts, and our governance and policies. ## Why doesn't all of my gift go to the programs? A charity needs an audit, insurance, secure payments, and staff to raise next year's income. In 2025 these costs were 14% of spending, and every line is in the annual report. ## Can my gift go only to one program? Yes. Choose a cause when you give and the whole gift is restricted to it. Running costs are covered by unrestricted gifts and grants. ## Who audits your accounts? An independent audit firm appointed by the board. Its report is included in each annual report. ## Are your trustees paid? No. Trustees are volunteers and receive no pay. Travel costs are refunded at cost. ## Why spend money on fundraising? In 2025 each dollar spent on fundraising raised about eleven dollars of income. --- # Volunteer with us Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/volunteer/ > Kitchen shifts, reading club afternoons, shelter nights, deliveries, and event days. See each role, where it is, and the time it takes, then sign up in two minutes. --- # Start a fundraiser Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/fundraise/ > Turn a birthday, a run, a workplace challenge, a school project, or a memory into money for one of our causes. Register your fundraiser and we send a toolkit and cheer you on. --- # Give in honor or in memory Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/tribute/ > Give in memory of someone, or in honor of a birthday, a wedding, or a new baby. We send a card or an email to the person you name. The amount is never shown. --- # Corporate partnerships Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/partners/ > Sponsor a program or event, match employee gifts, give in kind, or run a cause-related campaign. Sponsorship levels, a case study, and how to contact our partnerships team. --- # Supporter stories Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/testimonials/ > Donors, volunteers, partners, and the people we serve, in their own words. --- # Gallery Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/gallery/ > Photos from our programs: classrooms, wells and taps, the food bank and dinners, flood relief and rebuilding, and our events. --- # Questions and answers Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/faq/ > Answers about donations and receipts, volunteering, events, and how we report what every gift paid for. ## Donations ### Will I get a receipt? Yes, by email as soon as the gift goes through. Monthly donors also get one yearly summary in January for their tax return. ### Are gifts tax-deductible? Where the law allows, yes: we are a registered charity and every receipt shows our registration number. Ask your tax adviser how much you can deduct. ### Can I choose which cause my gift supports? Yes. Pick a cause on the [donation form](/donate/), or leave it on "Where it's needed most" and we send it to the program that is furthest from its goal. ### Can I change or stop a monthly gift? At any time, with no fee. Use the link in any receipt or write to us. Refunds are possible within 30 days of a gift: see the [donation and refund policy](/donation-policy/). ### Is my payment secure? Card details go straight to the payment provider over an encrypted connection. We never see or store the full card number. ### Can I give in memory of someone? Yes. A [tribute gift](/tribute/) sends a card to the family, without the amount, and lists the name on the cause page if you wish. ## Volunteering ### Do I need experience to volunteer? No. Every role starts with a short training session, and a team lead is on every shift. Reading club volunteers get a one-evening course first. ### How much time do I need to give? One evening a month is enough to start. Pick the shifts that suit you; you can pause at any time. ### Is there a minimum age? 16 with a parent's consent, 18 for shelter nights. Families can volunteer together on event days. ### Do you check volunteers who work with children? Yes. Roles with children or at the shelter need a background check, which we arrange and pay for before your first shift. ### Can my company volunteer as a team? Yes. Team days run on weekdays for groups of 6 to 20. Write to us with the topic "Partnerships" and we suggest dates. ## Events ### Do I need to register for an event? For most events, yes: places are limited and registration tells us how much food and how many helpers to plan for. Free events still ask for a name and an email. ### Where does the money from ticketed events go? After the venue and food costs, every dollar goes to the cause named on the event page. We post the amount raised after the event. ### Are events accessible? We choose step-free venues wherever we can and list the access details on each event page. Tell us what you need when you register. ### Can I hold my own event for a cause? Yes. [Start a fundraiser](/fundraise/) for a run, a bake sale, or a birthday, and we set up a page with a progress bar and receipts for your donors. ## Transparency ### How much of my gift reaches the programs? 86 cents of every dollar last year. The rest paid for audits, fundraising, and the small team that runs the charity. The [impact page](/impact/) shows the full split. ### Who checks your accounts? An independent auditor reviews our accounts every year. The audited report and our annual report are published on the [impact page](/impact/). ### How do you choose local partners? Each partner is a registered local group with at least two years of work in its area. We visit before funding starts and every year after that. ### What happens if a cause raises more than its goal? The extra goes to the same program the next year, or to the closest cause if the program has ended. The cause page says which. ### How do you use my personal data? Only to process your gift, send receipts, and the updates you asked for. We never sell or swap supporter details. See the [privacy policy](/privacy-policy/). --- # Get in touch Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/contact/ > Write to the right team: general questions, donations help, partnerships, or press. Office address, hours, phone, and a short message form. --- # Online info session: where your money goes Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/events/online-info-session/ > One hour with our finance lead: last year's figures, how we choose projects, and your questions. Curious about what happens after you give? Join our finance lead and a program director for a live, one-hour session. ## What we cover - Last year's income and spending, line by line. - How we choose and check the projects we fund. - Your questions, answered live. You receive the link by email the day before. The session is recorded and sent to everyone who registers. --- # Riverside charity run Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/events/riverside-charity-run/ > A 5 km and 10 km run along the river. Every entry fee buys school supplies for one child. Run, jog, or walk 5 km or 10 km along the river path. The course is flat, marked every kilometre, and open to runners of every pace, buggies included. ## What to expect - Start at 9:30 from the north gate; the 5 km starts at 10:00. - Water points every 2.5 km, staffed by volunteers. - A medal and a warm drink for everyone who crosses the line. ## Where your entry goes Your $25 entry fee fills one school backpack. Runners who raise $150 or more in sponsorship receive a race shirt. Registration closes on 12 November or when 600 places are taken. --- # School supplies packing day Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/events/school-supplies-packing-day/ > Pack 1,000 backpacks in one morning, ready for the next school year. One morning, one warehouse, and 1,000 empty backpacks. Teams of six fill each bag with notebooks, pens, a calculator, and a lunch box, then seal and label it for its school. ## What to expect - Arrive at 9:00 for a ten-minute briefing. - Work in teams on a packing line, with music and breaks. - Families welcome: children over eight can help with an adult. Every bag you pack goes to a child in one of our partner schools in September. --- # Spring gala dinner Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/events/spring-gala-dinner/ > A three-course dinner, live music, and an auction for the mobile health clinic. An evening of good food and good company, in support of the mobile health clinic. A local chef cooks a seasonal three-course menu, and a string quartet plays through dinner. ## What to expect - Welcome drinks at 7 pm, dinner at 7:45 pm. - A short talk from the clinic's lead nurse. - A live auction of experiences donated by local businesses. ## Where your ticket goes After the cost of the meal, $80 of each $120 ticket goes straight to the clinic: more than two days of fuel for the van. Tables of ten are available for companies. --- # Street festival volunteer day Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/events/street-festival-volunteer-day/ > Forty volunteers ran the water stand, the lost-children point, and the recycling stations at the summer street festival. Every summer the town closes its main streets for a weekend festival, and we run the stands that keep it safe and clean. ## What volunteers did - Handed out free water and sun cream at two stands. - Ran the meeting point for children who lost their group. - Sorted waste at six recycling stations with the city waste team. ## How it went Forty volunteers covered two shifts each. The festival sold raffle tickets for our school supplies fund, and the stall raised enough for 120 backpacks. The next festival day opens for sign-ups in the spring: watch this page or join the volunteer list. --- # New volunteer training day Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/events/volunteer-training-day/ > One day to learn how we work, meet the teams, and choose where you want to help. Our training day is the first step for every new volunteer. You meet the program leads, learn how we keep people safe, and choose the team that fits your time and skills. ## What to expect - Morning: how we work, safeguarding, and first aid basics. - Afternoon: short sessions with the kitchen, shelter, reading club, and events teams. - A certificate and your volunteer badge at the end of the day. Lunch is provided. Please tell us about any dietary needs when you register. --- # Winter food drive Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/events/winter-food-drive/ > Collect, sort, and pack food parcels for 400 families before the holidays. Join a team of volunteers to collect, sort, and pack food parcels for 400 families. No experience needed: team leads explain everything on the day. ## What to expect - Shifts of three hours, morning or afternoon. - Sorting tables, a packing line, and a loading team. - Lunch and hot drinks for every volunteer. ## How to help if you cannot come Drop off long-life food at the hall in the week before, or give $100 to fill a parcel for a family of four. --- # Flood appeal: the first ten days Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/blog/flood-appeal-the-first-ten-days/ > Where the first $64,000 went after the river burst its banks in the north district: shelter kits, food parcels, and clean water, day by day. On the night of 14 October, after four days of rain, the river rose two metres in five hours and flooded the lower half of six villages in the north district. Around 3,000 people, about 1,300 households, left their homes. This is our first report on the appeal: what we did in the first ten days, what it cost, and what comes next. All figures are sample figures. ## Days 1 and 2: shelter Our partner in the district, a network of village committees we have worked with since 2021, opened two school halls on the first night. They had blankets for about half the people who came. On the morning of day 2 we released $18,000 from the emergency relief fund, before the appeal opened, so the first trucks did not have to wait for donations. That paid for 600 shelter kits: two blankets, a sleeping mat, a tarpaulin, rope, and a solar lamp. The kits were bought from a supplier in the regional town and loaded the same afternoon. > "We opened the halls with what we had. Two days later the kits arrived, sorted by family size, and we could stop counting blankets and start listening to people." > > Yusuf A., partner, village committee network (sample) ## Days 3 to 5: food and water The wells in the two lowest villages were under water, and the water in the others was not safe to drink until tested. For five days, a tanker brought 20,000 litres of clean water a day to the school halls, and every household received chlorine tablets and a 20-litre container. Food parcels started on day 3. Each parcel feeds a family of five for a week: rice, lentils, oil, salt, sugar, tinned fish, and soap. Volunteers from the community kitchen drove the Thursday food round out to the halls instead of their usual route. ## Days 6 to 10: the first families go home By day 6 the water had gone down in three of the six villages. Families who could go home went with a clean-up kit (buckets, brushes, disinfectant, gloves, and rubbish sacks) and a second food parcel. Our water team tested 22 wells on days 8 and 9. Fourteen were safe. Eight need cleaning and disinfection before they can be used again, and the work started on day 10. ## Where the money went In the first ten days we spent $64,180: | Item | Spent | | --- | --- | | Shelter kits (600) | $18,000 | | Food parcels (1,240) | $27,280 | | Water trucking and containers | $9,600 | | Clean-up kits (420) | $6,300 | | Transport and fuel | $3,000 | | **Total** | **$64,180** | The emergency relief fund has been paid back from the appeal. We do not take a percentage of appeal gifts for running costs; staff time is covered by our core budget. ## What comes next The next phase is recovery: cleaning the eight wells, repairing roofs and walls in the lowest village, and replacing school books lost in the two flooded classrooms. We will publish the next update on the [appeal page](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/river-valley-flood-appeal/) on 4 November, with the same table. The appeal stays open until 20 December. If you can, [give to the flood appeal](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/river-valley-flood-appeal/). Every gift goes to the families in the six villages. --- # A night at the winter shelter Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/blog/a-night-at-the-winter-shelter/ > What happens between 7 pm and 7 am when forty extra beds open in the city centre, told by the volunteers on the night shift. The doors open at seven. By ten past, the first guests are at the long table with a bowl of soup, and the night team is already learning names. On a cold night in November, all forty extra beds are taken by half past eight. This is an account of one night shift in the second week of the winter season. Names of guests are changed; the numbers are from the shift log. ## Seven o'clock: the door Two volunteers stand at the door. One checks the bed list against the referrals that came in from the outreach team during the day. The other does the welcome: a hot drink, a locker key, a towel, and a short walk past the showers and the quiet room. Nobody is asked to explain how they got here. Most people are simply tired. The rule for the door team is to ask one question only, "Have you eaten today?", and to act on the answer. That night, 38 guests arrived before nine. Six were new to the shelter. Two came in with the outreach van after a call from a bus driver. ## Eight o'clock: supper and the first conversations Supper is cooked in the community kitchen across the road and carried over in insulated boxes. On this night it was lentil stew, rice, bread, and apples. The kitchen sends enough for second helpings, and most people take one. > "The meal is where people decide whether they trust us. If supper is good and nobody rushes them, they talk to the support worker in the morning." > > Karim, night volunteer since 2023 (sample) The support worker on duty, Daniel, uses supper to make a list. He does not interview anyone at the table. He notes who mentioned a hospital appointment, who has a phone that needs charging, and who asked about a cousin in another town. ## Midnight: the quiet hours From midnight, two volunteers stay awake in shifts of three hours. They refill the tea urn, answer questions in a low voice, and walk the dormitory every hour. If someone needs more than a cup of tea, they call the on-call support worker, who is never more than fifteen minutes away. On this night, the log records: - one guest who could not sleep and sat in the quiet room until three, talking about football; - one call to the on-call worker about chest pain, which ended with a taxi to the emergency department and a bed held until he came back at five; - one set of clothes washed and dried overnight for a guest with an interview at ten. Most nights are like this. Very little goes wrong, and the things that go right are small. ## Six o'clock: breakfast and the next step Breakfast is at six: porridge, eggs, toast, and coffee. At half past six, Daniel sits at a corner table with anyone who wants to talk about the next step. That might be a room in supported housing, a family member's sofa, a doctor's appointment, or a call to the benefits office as soon as it opens. Last winter, one guest in three left the shelter for somewhere more permanent before the season ended. The rest kept a bed until March, and the outreach team kept in touch with most of them over the summer. ## What it costs A bed for one night costs $30. That covers the bed and bedding, supper and breakfast, laundry, heating, and a share of the support worker's time. The building is lent to us by the city for the winter, so none of the money goes on rent. This season we aim to keep the forty extra beds open for 120 nights. The volunteers give their time; the beds still have to be paid for, one night at a time. ## Seven o'clock: the door again By seven in the morning the dormitory is empty and the cleaning team is in. The night volunteers sign the log, hand over to the day team, and go home. In twelve hours the door opens again. If you would like to help, you can [give a night](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/winter-shelter-beds/) or [join a night shift](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/volunteer/). New volunteers do one shift alongside an experienced team before they are put on the rota. --- # One term at the reading club Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/blog/one-term-at-the-reading-club/ > Twelve weeks, three libraries, and 64 children who were reading below their age: what changed by the end of term, and what did not. The reading club meets twice a week after school in three community libraries. Each session is an hour: twenty minutes of reading aloud with a volunteer, twenty minutes of reading alone, and twenty minutes of a game or a story chosen by the children. This spring, 64 children aged eight to eleven took part. All of them had been referred by their teachers because they were reading at least a year below their age. Here is what happened over one term of twelve weeks. ## The first week The first week is mostly about books, not reading. Each child chooses three books from a box of about two hundred, sorted by level but not labelled. The volunteers watch what they pick. Most children choose books that are too easy, and a few choose books that are far too hard. Both are signs of the same worry. The volunteer's job in week one is to find, for each child, one book they want to finish. ## One volunteer, three children Every volunteer works with the same three children all term. That is the rule we keep most strictly, even when it means a waiting list. Children who read with a different adult every week do not improve much; children who read with the same adult do. Volunteers are trained for one Saturday before the term starts. They learn how to listen to a child read without correcting every word, how to ask questions about a story, and when to tell the club leader that a child may need more help than the club can give. > "A boy in my group told me he hated books. In week nine he asked if he could take two home. That is why I come back." > > Léon G., volunteer at the east library (sample) ## What we measure At the start and end of term, each child reads a short passage to the club leader, who notes their reading age using a standard test the schools also use. We also ask each child one question: "Do you like reading?" with four answers to choose from. The results for this spring term (sample figures): - 64 children started; 58 attended at least 18 of the 24 sessions; - of those 58, 41 gained at least six months of reading age in twelve weeks; - 9 gained less than three months, and we have talked to their schools about other support; - 37 children answered "yes" or "mostly" to "Do you like reading?" at the end of term, up from 14 at the start. We report the children who did not improve as clearly as those who did. A reading club is not the right help for every child, and the schools need to know when it is not working. ## What did not work Two things did not go to plan. The east library could only open its children's room on Tuesdays, so its Thursday session ran in a corridor and attendance dropped by a third. And we started the term with too few books for older readers, which the volunteers filled with their own. For the autumn term, the library has given us a second room, and a donor has paid for 120 new books for ages ten and eleven. ## What a term costs A place at the reading club costs $95 a term. That pays for books, the club leader's hours, volunteer training, and a snack at every session. Most children need two terms. If you can, [fund a place for a term](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/after-school-reading-club/), or [read with three children](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/volunteer/) on a weekday afternoon. --- # What one $25 backpack holds Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/blog/what-one-backpack-holds/ > Notebooks, pens, a calculator, and a lunch box: the list teachers asked for, why every item is on it, and how we buy and pack 1,600 of them. Every August, teachers in the Riverside district send us the same message: some children will arrive on the first day with nothing to write with. This year we will hand out 1,600 backpacks across eleven schools. Each one costs $25, and each item in it is there because a teacher asked for it. ## How the list is made We do not decide what goes in the backpack. In May, we send a short form to the head teacher of every partner school. It asks three questions: what do children most often lack in the first month, what do families find hardest to buy, and what did you see go unused last year. The answers change a little every year. In 2024 teachers asked us to drop the coloured pencils (most classrooms have shared sets) and add a second exercise book. In 2025 they asked for a lunch box, because children were bringing food wrapped in paper and losing half of it. ## What is in it For a primary school child, the 2026 backpack holds: 1. two exercise books, lined and squared; 2. four pencils, an eraser, and a sharpener; 3. two blue pens and a ruler; 4. a basic calculator for the older years; 5. a lunch box and a water bottle; 6. the backpack itself, chosen to last at least two years. Secondary school packs swap the pencils for a geometry set and add a third exercise book. Both cost the same, within a dollar. > "A child who has to borrow a pen every lesson stops putting their hand up by October. The backpack is not about the pens. It is about not having to ask." > > Head teacher, Riverside primary school (sample) ## Why $25 We buy in bulk from two local suppliers after asking three for quotes. Buying locally costs a little more than ordering from abroad, but it keeps the money in the district and means we can replace a faulty batch in a week, not a month. Here is where the $25 goes, on average: - $11 for the backpack, which is the single largest cost and the item that most often wears out; - $8 for books, pens, pencils, and the calculator; - $4 for the lunch box and bottle; - $2 for transport to the schools and a share of the packing day. There is no overhead line in that list. Office costs for the education programme are paid from unrestricted gifts, not from backpack donations. ## Packing day The backpacks are filled in one day by volunteers, most of them from local companies who give their staff the day off. Last year, 120 people packed 1,450 backpacks in six hours. Each table packs one kind of backpack, and a volunteer at the end of each table checks every bag against the list before it is sealed. Schools collect their boxes the following week. Teachers hand them out quietly, to every child in the class, so nobody is singled out as the child who needed one. ## What happens next In November we ask the same head teachers what was used, what broke, and what was missing. Their answers go into next year's list and into the [cause page](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/school-supplies-for-every-child/), with the number of backpacks delivered to each school. One backpack is $25. If you can, [give one](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/school-supplies-for-every-child/), or [sign up for the packing day](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/events/). --- # How a village well is built, step by step Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/blog/how-a-village-well-is-built/ > From the first survey to the water test: the six steps behind every well we fund, how long each one takes, and what it costs. A well is more than a hole in the ground. From the first meeting to the first glass of tested water, it takes about three months and six steps. Each step is there because, at some point, a well somewhere failed without it. This is how we work in the six villages of the dry north where we fund wells this year. The figures are from our 2025 well reports (sample). ## 1. Listen first We only drill where a village asks for a well and agrees to form a water committee. The committee has at least five members, chosen by the village, and at least two of them must be people who usually fetch the water. The committee chooses the site with us. That matters more than it sounds: a well at the edge of the village, or on land owned by one family, is used less and repaired less. Meetings take two to four weeks. ## 2. Survey and drill A local geologist surveys the ground with a resistivity meter and marks the two or three best points. A licensed contractor drills until the water is clean and steady, usually between 40 and 70 metres. Drilling takes three to five days. It is the most expensive step and the one with the most risk: about one borehole in ten is dry or salty and has to be moved. We budget for that from the start, so a dry hole does not stop the project. ## 3. Test the water An independent laboratory tests every well before anyone drinks from it. The test covers bacteria, nitrates, fluoride, arsenic, and salinity. If a result is above the national limit, the pump is not installed until the problem is solved or the well is moved. We publish every result on the [cause page](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/clean-water-wells/), including the ones that failed. Donors ask for this more than for anything else. ## 4. Train the repair team Two villagers, chosen by the committee, learn to maintain the hand pump: how to change the seals, the rods, and the foot valve, and when to call for help. The training takes three days and comes with a set of tools and spare parts. The committee collects a small monthly fee, usually the price of a loaf of bread per household, for parts. Most repairs cost less than $20 if they are done early. ## 5. Teach hygiene Clean water at the pump can be dirty by the time it is drunk at home. A school session on hand washing and safe storage, and one for parents, makes the clean water count. We give each household a covered container with a tap. ## 6. Check back We visit every well once a year for five years and report what we find: is it working, is the committee meeting, is the fee being collected, what broke and how fast it was fixed. Of the 34 wells we funded between 2019 and 2023, 31 were working at their last visit (sample). ## What a well costs | Step | Typical cost | | --- | --- | | Survey and drilling | $5,200 | | Pump and concrete apron | $1,900 | | Water test | $300 | | Repair training and tools | $700 | | Hygiene sessions and containers | $900 | | Five years of visits | $1,500 | | **Total** | **$10,500** | The cost changes with depth and with the price of fuel for the drilling rig. When a well comes in under budget, the difference goes to the next one on the list, and we say so in the report. If you want to follow a well from survey to water test, you can [give to the wells appeal](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/causes/clean-water-wells/) and we will send you its report. --- # Street festival volunteer day: what one Saturday raised Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/blog/street-festival-volunteer-day-recap/ > Sixty volunteers, eleven stalls, and a stretch of road closed to traffic: a recap of the August volunteer day, with what it raised and what we will change next year. On Saturday 22 August, the high street was closed to traffic from ten in the morning until six in the evening for the neighbourhood street festival. For the third year, we ran the information stand, the cake stall, the second-hand book table, and the children's corner. This is a short recap for everyone who helped, and for anyone thinking of joining next year. ## Who came Sixty volunteers signed up for a shift; 57 turned up. Twenty-two were volunteering with us for the first time. Most shifts were two hours long, and most people stayed for longer than their shift. The festival organisers counted about 6,000 visitors over the day. Our stand was at the corner by the library, next to the music stage, which was good for visitors and hard on conversation. ## What we did The stands each had a simple job. - **The information stand** answered questions and signed people up for the newsletter and the volunteer list. 148 people left their email address; 31 asked to hear about volunteering. - **The cake stall** sold 640 slices of cake baked by 40 volunteers and supporters. It sold out by half past three. - **The book table** sold about 900 second-hand books at $1 each, donated over the summer. The children's books went first. - **The children's corner** ran a drawing table and a short story-reading every hour, led by volunteers from the reading club. ## What it raised The day raised $4,860 (sample figures): | Source | Amount | | --- | --- | | Cake stall | $1,920 | | Book table | $905 | | Donations at the stand | $1,435 | | Card payments for monthly gifts (first month) | $600 | | **Total** | **$4,860** | The costs were $310: the stand hire, printing, and card reader fees. Everything else, from the cakes to the tables, was given. Eleven people set up a monthly gift on the day. If they keep giving for a year, which most monthly donors do, that is worth more than everything else we raised on the Saturday. ## What we will change We ask every volunteer the same three questions after an event: what went well, what was hard, and what should we change. The answers this year were clear. 1. The stand by the stage was too loud to talk to people. Next year we will ask for a spot further down the street. 2. The cake stall ran out too early. We will ask more bakers and sell slices at the same price all day, rather than halving the price after two o'clock. 3. New volunteers wanted a short briefing before their shift. We will hold a fifteen-minute briefing at the stand every two hours. ## Thank you To everyone who baked, sorted books, carried tables, read stories, and stood in the sun for longer than they had signed up for: thank you. The money goes to the community kitchen and the reading club, as it did last year. The next big volunteer day is the [winter food drive](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/events/) in December. 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The date at the top shows the latest version. --- # Safeguarding policy Source: https://givo-astro.pages.dev/safeguarding-policy/ > Our commitments to children and adults at risk, checks for staff and volunteers, rules for partners, and how to report a safeguarding concern in confidence. Givo works with children, families, and adults who may be at risk of harm. Everyone who works or volunteers with us, and every partner we fund, has a duty to keep them safe. This policy explains what we do to prevent harm, and what happens when someone raises a concern. Read it with our [privacy policy](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/privacy-policy/) and [terms of use](https://givo-astro.pages.dev/terms-conditions/). ## Who this policy covers This policy applies to: - our trustees, staff, and volunteers, including people on a one-day event shift - contractors and consultants who meet the people we support - local partner organizations that receive our funding, for the programs we fund - anyone who visits a program on our behalf, including donors and journalists ## Our commitments - **The welfare of the child or adult at risk comes first**, before the reputation of Givo or of any person. - Everyone we support is treated with respect, whatever their age, gender, disability, religion, or background. - We never tolerate abuse, exploitation, or harassment of any kind, by anyone connected to our work. - We listen to children and adults at risk, take what they tell us seriously, and act on it. - We share information about a concern only with the people who need it to keep someone safe. ## Safer recruitment Before anyone starts work or a volunteer shift that brings them into contact with children or adults at risk: - we check their identity and take up at least two references - we carry out the criminal record checks the law allows for the role - they read this policy and our code of conduct, and sign that they have - they complete safeguarding training, and refresh it every year Volunteers on a supervised one-day event work beside a trained team lead and are never left alone with a child. ## Code of conduct Staff, volunteers, and visitors must never: - spend time alone with a child out of sight of other adults - take, share, or post photos of children or beneficiaries without the consent described in our photo guidelines - give their personal phone number or social media details to a child they meet through our work - exchange money, gifts, or help for sexual or any other favours Any breach is a disciplinary matter for staff and ends a volunteer's role with us. ## Partners we fund Every partner signs a funding agreement that includes safeguarding. 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