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A group of formerly abandoned children wave at the camera from the living room of their new city apartment. A photo on the wall behind them shows them, younger, in their old country home.

A Season For Everything

Since 2004, New Hope Children’s Home in Poi Pet, near the border with Thailand, has provided refuge for a total of 120 orphaned or abandoned children. Through the generosity …

40th Anniversary Charity Auction

We'd like to say a massive thank you to the event sponsors and corporate donors who have given so generously to make our charity auction an exciting and successful …
A crowded pavement and a minibus stuck in traffic in a Kampala street, give our CEO time to reflect on the impact of child sponsorship

A Reminder Why…

CEO John White is reminded what it's all about on a recent visit to Uganda... The impact of child sponsorship goes way beyond money or words, to life and …

Feeding Hungry Families

Thank you SO MUCH for your support for our Hunger Crisis Appeal over this summer and harvest season. Your generosity has literally been lifesaving. You donated £35,459 for feeding …
Three children sit in an Indian slum looking solemnly at the camera. Children suffer the most harshly from the huge world challenges we face

Can’t Do Everything, Mustn’t Do Nothing

It's hard to feel optimistic about the world right now. We face seemingly insurmountable challenges everywhere we look. But we cannot ignore the plight of suffering humanity.
unsmiling boy crouches near cooking pot full of leaves, on dirt ground

The Boy With No Smile

After two years of Zoom calls and several postponed visits due to the pandemic, Global Care’s Head of Operations, Steve Wicking, finally made it to Uganda. Here’s a …

Covid-19: Two Years On

Two years ago we entered lockdown, as the UK grappled with Covid-19.  It was an unprecedented moment. Worldwide, lockdowns often had horrific consequences for each country's most vulnerable …

“We Were In Darkness”

“Many times I was wandering on the street with empty stomach, I was thinking this is my end life, I can’t study anymore, every day my dad was with …

“Finding the Taste for Learning”

Twelve year-old *Miguel wasn’t interested in learning. Demotivated and disinterested, he constantly told our Guatemalan partners ‘I can’t do anything’ or ‘I’m too tired’.