New Grants Announced - September 2024

Our Continued  Commitment to Under-served Communities

 

Trustees are excited to announce funding of over £1.3m to new projects across the globe.


Richard Bronze, Chair of the Board noted: ‘As Trustees, we remain inspired by the ongoing commitment of our funded partners across the globe, working tirelessly to address a multitude of social injustices. We continue to learn and grow through our partners and look forward to seeing the impact in the lives of the communities we work with.’


We are pleased to present a summary of our new funded partnerships:


Able Child Africa           

Project Summary: Testing a new approach of focusing on parents of children with disabilities (CwD) to address the barriers they face

Location: Kenya

Grant amount: £49,084

For more information on Able Child Africa’s work, please visit: https://ablechildafrica.org/

 

ADD International         

Project summary: Piloting a Global Disability Leadership Academy for young disabled people to support their leadership journey 

Location: Uganda, Bangladesh   

Grant amount: £35,000

For more information on ADD International’s work, please visit: https://add.org.uk/

 

Afrikids               

Project summary: Delivering the 'Every Child in School' programme – a catalyst for education reform in the overlooked and marginalised communities of Northern Ghana 

Location: Ghana

Grant amount: £27,867

For more information on Afrikids’ work, please visit: https://afrikids.org/

 

BE REEL             

Project summary: Providing education for women in Gambia, previously uneducated or with minimal education, to enable them to run microbusinesses to improve their self-sufficiency and contribution to family income 

Location: The Gambia

Grant amount: £28,940

For more information on BE REEL’s work, please visit: https://www.bereel.org/

 

Chance for Childhood 

Project summary: Promoting Inclusive Education in Greater Accra

Location: Ghana               

Grant amount: £75,547

For more information on Chance for Childhood’s work, please visit: https://chanceforchildhood.org/about-us/

 

Concern Worldwide     

Project summary: Building community resilience and sustainable community led solutions for improved access to safe water and natural resource management Location: Liberia   

Grant amount: £47,000

For more information on Concern Worldwide’s work, please visit: https://www.concern.org.uk/

 

Fields of Life     

Project summary: Improving sanitation and hygiene for over 19 thousand adolescent boys and girls across 32 schools and addressing barriers to accessing education for teenage mothers   

Location: Uganda

Grant amount: £45,680

For more information Field of Life’s work, please visit: https://fieldsoflife.org/

 

Frank Water     

Project summary: Working with over 10 thousand people in the drought-prone Indian state of Maharashtra to support them in sustainably managing their limited water resources

Location: India  18         

Grant amount: £63,281

For more information on Frank Water’s work, please visit: https://www.frankwater.com/

 

Health Poverty Action 

Project summary: Enhancing the quality and accessibility of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health services in the pastoralist communities of Dolobay               

Location: Ethiopia           

Grant amount: £37,943

For more information on Health Poverty Action’s work, please visit: https://www.healthpovertyaction.org/

 

Mercy Hands Europe   

Project summary: Establishing a dedicated healthcare and protection centre in the Qabbasin – Al-Bab area of Aleppo Governorate, with a strong focus on the well-being of women and children

Location: Syria 

Grant amount: £49,558

For more information on Mercy Hands Europe’s work, please visit: https://mercyhandseurope.org/

 

Mumba Children's Project         

Project summary: Providing vulnerable school children, female youths and women of rural Zambia with a source of water, an income generating activity and source of nutrition, enabling them to become productive and self-reliant           

Location: Zambia             

Grant amount: £16,000

For more information on Mumba Children’s Project work, please visit: https://mumbachildrensproject.org/

 

Railway Children           

Project summary: Preventing 400 children arriving alone and vulnerable at two of Delhi’s major railway stations from slipping into street life         

Location: India 

Grant amount: £35,000

For more information on Railway Children’s work, please visit: https://www.railwaychildren.org.uk/

 

Shared Interest Foundation       

Project summary: Reducing the poverty levels of 75 economically vulnerable women with disabilities in Burkina Faso through establishing a sustainable, organic vegetable production enterprise   

Location: Burkina Faso

Grant amount: £41,044

For more information on Shared Interest Foundation’s work, please visit: https://www.shared-interest.com/gb

 

Smart Girls Uganda       

Project summary: Scaling training for 100 youth in non-traditional STEM trades and distributing 1,000 Solar Smart Bag ((menstrual hygiene kit/backpack)       

Location: Uganda

Grant amount: £47,553

For more information on Smart Girls Uganda’s work, please visit: https://www.smartsgirls.org/

 

Smiling Through Light   

Project summary: Utilising digital innovation and implementation of Pay as You Go (PAYG) Solar Home Systems to rural communities in Sierra Leone through a network of female sales agents

Location: Sierra Leone

Grant amount: £30,000

For more information on Smiling Through Light’s work, please visit: https://www.smilingthroughlight.com/

 

Sophia Akash Foundation           

Project summary: Delivering inclusive and equitable training for 200 marginalised women to adopt sustainable farming practices     

Location: India

Grant amount: £50,000

For more information on Sophia Akash Foundation’s work, please visit: https://www.sophiaakashfoundation.com/

 

Syrian Forum   

Project summary: Transformative project designed to uplift women in northwest Syria by equipping them with essential digital skills crucial for the modern workforce           

Location: Syria

Grant amount: £49,000

For more information on Syrian Forum’s work, please visit: https://syrianforum.org/

 

Tackle Africa     

Project summary: Using the power and popularity of football to reach 1,000 adolescents and young people with the Sexual Reproductive Health knowledge

Location: Zambia             

Grant amount: £40,065

For more information on Able Child Africa’s work, please visit: https://tackleafrica.org/

 

Their Future Today         

Project summary: Pioneering the first foster and alternative care/kinship centre for children currently in institutional care settings

Location: Sri Lanka

Grant amount: £50,000

For more information on Their Future Today’s work, please visit: https://www.theirfuturetoday.org/

 

UK for UNHCR 

Project summary: contribution to the Middle East Appeal 

Location: Middle East

Grant amount: £20,000

For more information on UK for UNHCR’s work, please visit: https://www.unrefugees.org.uk/

 

United World Schools (UWS)

Project summary: Strategic partnership - delivering quality education and expanding school infrastructure over three years

Location: Madagascar   

Grant amount: £319,209

For more information on United World Schools’ work, please visit: https://uwsglobal.net/

 

WasteAid           

Project summary: Empowering marginalised and underserviced communities to recover the value of waste from within their communities and help lift themselves out of poverty             

Location: South Africa

Grant amount: £45,000

For more information on Wasteaid’s work, please visit: https://wasteaid.org/

 

Women for Women International           

Project summary: Supporting 200 marginalised women in Plateau State to build pathways out of poverty via a holistic approach to tackling multiple social, economic, and cultural barriers to women’s progress               

Location: Nigeria

Grant amount: £50,000

For more information on Women for Women International’s work, please visit: https://womenforwomen.org.uk/

 

Announcement: New Grants Approved

By Georgina Awoonor-Gordon • June 26, 2025
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