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Solar Helps Children Shine

Since 2021, we’ve given solar lamps to over 1,000 marginalised families in Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Thanks to donations at Christmas 2025, this year we delivered 179 …

Preventing Early Marriage

Despite a stellar academic record, 17-year-old *Joy was on the verge of being married off as her parents could no longer afford her school expenses.

Now She Dreams Again: Malawi

16-year-old *Alicia is the oldest of four children. Life was good for the family until her father unexpectedly passed away. 
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Hope for the Hopeless: Uganda

14-year-old *Bale lives with six siblings and his parents in a grass-thatched hut, in a village near Soroti, Uganda. Bale has sickle cell disease and has been …
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Feeding the Hungry: South Sudan

10-year-old *Tamaya’s family fled fighting in Sudan in May 2024, escaping across the border into South Sudan, moving from place to place in search of food and …

Water Brings Full Bellies And School Bags

Last Christmas, you helped to fund something extraordinary - our Wells for Women Farmers initiative, in southern Ethiopia. Thanks to your generosity, this project is now transforming hundreds of lives.

Food to Fight HIV

Fifteen-year-old *Ivy is HIV+. She lives with her grandmother, after her mother died and her father abandoned them. Home life is tense - there have been numerous angry altercations …
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“My Happiest Moment Ever”

In January 2024, walkers taking part in our ‘50 miles in 30 days’ challenge raised £6,449 to support a project in Malawi helping vulnerable girls with their education. Thank …

Essential Aids Improve Children’s Lives

Parents of children with disabilities, living in poverty, often find it difficult to access essential aids to improve children's lives. Our Disability Community Outreach project, in Soroti, is working …

Girl Child Only Born To Be A Slave

"What is the use of giving a girl child education?" asked *Suma's Dalit parents when challenged by our team in Patripul, a slum near Mumbai. "Girl child are only …