I (Sharon) was so sad that my flight to Zambia was cancelled at the last moment. (I had boarding passes all printed off). I was going to join the team in Zambia as they distributed school uniform and school supplies to all the Grassroots sponsored children. Today I have been able to join in via […]
Kenyan sponsored children receive their school uniform
Last Sunday after church at Good Neighbours the sponsored children came to receive their school uniform. Pastor George says a big THANK YOU to all the sponsors of These lovely kids! To join in go to grassroots.org.uk/Kenya
Please Help us in Zambia – Sponsor a Child for £4.25 per month
How have things been in Zambia in 2020? In March 2020, when European countries was starting to have large increases in the COVID19 pandemic, the media coverage meant that Zambia and much of Africa decided to follow their lead in locking down hard, closing schools and teaching everyone how not to pass on the infection. […]
Please Help our Romanian friends this Christmas
As winter cuts in please help us. We need sponsors for 26 more very vulnerable Romanian children. Grassroots has been supporting them but we need sponsors to keep doing so in 2021 – we need £8 per month or £96 per year per child. Or could you do Christmas fundraise and build a home for […]
COVID19 response in Romania!
BENITA (Grassroots partners in Romania) have just sent photos of the families and children receiving their second emergency parcels of food, and household necessities. This time funded by your generous donations. Quite a process! The need of these families is extreme… but the shopping by the team was done in Lidl! … we were also […]
Distributing uniform to all Tanzanian sponsored children
The new school year starts in January in Tanzania. That’s why we give out school supplies in late December or early January. Mwangelwa is a busy area of Mbeya. It has a large market with lost of colourful fabric and is very busy. Today the team arrived at the school where we hold the weekly […]
Jemma’s Quiz Night for Water!
I have spent the last few months promoting a quiz night in aid of water projects for Grassroots Tanzania. I asked local companies for raffle prizes. I got around 20 prizes including a bouquet, aquarium tickets, dance classes, champagne and clothes from Fat Face. Such generosity. People are amazing. Last night we set up the […]
Park School with Grassroots in Tanzania
Great day here in Tanzania. The school group from Park School did a fab job helping at various feeding programmes. Then rose well to the challenge of finding traditional Tanzanian fabric in the market. A local tailor measured each student for a garment. But the Tanzanian children really sum up the day… each Park School […]