Most people in Tanzania are not connected to mains electricity, and there are power cuts most days which makes life after sunset rather difficult as students can’t study and children who are afraid of the dark struggle. Light is usually provided by kerosene lamps, but these are dangerous and accidents leave adults and children badly […]
Archie’s Five-A-Side Tournament raises money for Romania
Announcing the football tournament that will support Archie and Grassroots to travel to Romania and build a house for a family in great need. In 1996 Sharon and Hugo Anson set up Grassroots to help and support families in many countries around the world. Their most recent venture has been building house for very poor […]
Archie talks to Rotary Club about his trip to Romania
Archie is going to Romania with the team that will be building a house for a very poor family next September. He has already spoken at his own school’s assembly, had other fundraising events and is planning a 5-a-saide football project for a few weeks time. All his own costs are already covered and he […]
Orison starts in Romania
The team from MORALIA (a Romanian charity) came to England and helped with ORISON (orisonschools.org.uk) and then went back to experiment with creating a similar schools programme in Romania. This was the first school. The children engaged with the exercise and wrote loads of prayers for family and friends, they prayed for those in need […]
Food: Chennai – January 2013
Whew… we have just finished feeding the 200+ children who come to the homework club each day in Chennai. The club concludes each evening with a good size meal. The children sit in rows and their stainless steel bowls and cups are filled and their empty tummies satisfied. Living in the slum in cramped conditions […]
In Chennai – January 2013
I am sitting here with Kevin as the children come to be interviewed. As each child arrives they describe for me their lives at home – like a snap shot of who they are, where they fit and what happens each day. The children are full of smiles and are wearing their best clothes. Girls […]
What does Grassroots do?
What EXACTLY does GRASSROOTS Do? The great thing about Grassroots is that people get involved in all sorts of different ways. They may start by sponsoring a child, or they could have wandered into the Living Room drop in centre in Tenerife, or even got involved in a prayer event in their school. Later on […]
A Typical Afternoon in Chennai – Video
A typical afternoon in the children’s club in the slum in Chennai. The children come to the church centre after school and have a safe place to do their homework. They sit in groups with adults organising them and helping with their work when appropriate. Some days there is a time of singing Christian songs […]
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