Education United Kingdom Project #30650

Aid Children's Health & Education in 5 Countries

by Children's Helpers Worldwide

Aid Children's Health & Education in 5 Countries

Project Report | Aug 21, 2022
Thank you for helping children around the world!

By Catherine Franks | Founder of Children's Helpers Worldwide

The Future Factory- food programme in South Africa

Thank you very much for your wonderful support for the children and young people at our projects! Your generosity is so greatly appreciated.

Rooikappie, a creche in South Africa, needed help with buying a new stove, so that it could easily prepare food for the children. We are so grateful to all who made it possible to help with this. With the assistance from our supporters, Rooikappie was also able to buy some other much-needed items such as a mop, broom, toilet paper and food supplies.

Faranaaz, the Principal of Rooikappie, expressed her gratitude for your support for the children at the creche.

CHW was introduced to Rooikappie by another of our partner organisations in South Africa, The Future Factory.

Since 2020, The Future Factory has been helping to provide children and families around Cape Town with food, as the poverty level rose dramatically during the lockdowns. Assistance is still needed, and the price of food has greatly increased recently.

With your help, it has also been possible to continue to support The Future Factory's food programme.

Anne, the founder of The Future Factory, wrote: "Food is becoming so expensive and we still try our best to continue feeding [everyone]. We are so grateful to you for your support and love."

Right now, we are working on fundraising for two appeals. One is from Refugiu in Romania, to help 15 children, from an underserved village, with school items, clothes and shoes, in time for the new school year, in September. The other appeal is from New Life International in Ghana, to fix the roof at its school, as it has been damaged. Earlier this year, there were heavy rains in Ghana. Rain now leaks into the classrooms.

Your continued support, through our GlobalGiving page, makes it possible to support projects like these. Trying to reach the total needed for these appeals would be a lot more challenging without the contributions you have been making through GlobalGiving.

These two very different projects will have such a positive impact on the children's education in the new school year. We will keep you updated with how it all goes.

Thank you so much for helping children and young people across the world. Projects like the food distribution means you are helping children with their vital and immediate needs, and the educational programmes will give the children a brighter future. Thank you for being part of this and for making such a difference.

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With thanks to Anne (The Future Factory), Derrick (New Life International), Faranaaz (Rooikappie) and Robert (Refugiu) for the photos included with this report.

New stove for Rooikappie creche in South Africa

Items and supplies for Rooikappie in South Africa

The Future Factory- food programme in South Africa

Some children helped last year by Refugiu, Romania

Damage to New Life's school's roof, in Ghana

Some of the children at New Life's school, Ghana

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Apr 24, 2022
Thank you for helping the children during these challenging times

By Catherine Franks | Founder of Children's Helpers Worldwide

Food programme assisted by The Future Factory

We are so grateful to you for supporting children and young people through Children's Helpers Worldwide!

Reflecting back on the past couple of years, which have been so challenging with the pandemic and then the crisis with the Ukrainian refugees, we are very thankful to each person who has continued to offer support.

Some of our partner organisations are still responding to the rise in poverty caused by the pandemic and the lockdowns. The Future Factory, in Cape Town, became involved with food programmes serving families in disadvantaged communities during the first lockdown. Today it is still continuing to assist with food.

Anne, the founder of The Future Factory, wrote: "[We] are truly grateful for all you do for us, and everyone who donates makes a big difference in the lives of others."

Since the beginning of March, two of our partner organisations in Romania, FAST and Casa Mea, have been helping Ukrainian refugee families (mostly mothers and children). Casa Mea has taken in a family and is willing to assist more. FAST has turned its building into a refugee centre and there are currently 75 refugees staying there.

Thank you very much for your continued support during these difficult times.

Some of our partner organisations have returned to running the same projects and programmes that they did before the pandemic, following all new health and safety protocols. For example, New Life's school in Ghana has been continuing with its great work. We are glad that CHW's supporters recently made it possible for the school to have some new lockers, as storage space was needed.

Some of the older teenagers who grew up at New Life are also hoping to either start or continue with their studies in the next academic year. The courses they are interested in taking include teaching, nursing, tourism management and estimation and quantity surveying. A big thank you to all who have previously supported students at New Life! Being able to study is a life-changing opportunity for a young person.

Thank you for being part of CHW and for making an impact for the children, young people and families at the projects.

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With thanks to Anne at The Future Factory, Derrick at New Life and Jan at Casa Mea for the photos included with this report.

Food programme assisted by The Future Factory

The kids at Casa Mea with the Ukrainian family

New lockers arriving at New Life's school

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Video from FAST in Romania

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Dec 25, 2021
Thank you for making a difference for the children

By Catherine Franks | Founder of Children's Helpers Worldwide

Food programme assisted by The Future Factory

Thank you so much for supporting CHW's projects through our page on GlobalGiving. As times continue to be challenging, we are incredibly grateful for your help. Thank you for caring about the children.

Needs that have arisen directly due to the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns are still very much a priority. In South Africa, the economy was greatly affected by the lockdowns and the poverty level rose sharply. We are supporting two of our partner organisations there, The Future Factory and ORT SA CAPE, with their respective food distribution programmes.

As well as assisting with needs related to the pandemic, we are also receiving our usual appeals too. For example, Refugiu, in Romania, needed help with providing children and teenagers with warm winter coats and boots, before the harsh, snowy weather started. Thanks to your support, this was possible.

Robert, the Head of Refugiu, said that when he arrived in the village with the coats and boots, "The children were sooo happy, from the little ones to the older ones... Thank you for making it possible."

Anne, the founder of The Future Factory in South Africa said, with regards to the food programme, "Your love and amazing donations are making so many meaningful moments possible."

Bev, the CEO of ORT SA CAPE, wrote in a recent update about the food programme:

"The continued support from CHW has allowed us to sustain this project since April 2020. Anecdotal evidence suggests that when families do not need to worry about where their next meal comes from, they are able to focus on other important things like job hunting and doing homework/spending time with their children...

South Africa’s early childhood development (ECD) sector was crippled by the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. ECD programmes serving the poorest children were most severely affected. By assisting these centers with food relief, they are able to support the nutritional needs of young children and focus on the much-needed educational support."

We are so grateful for your ongoing support for the children and young people at our projects. Thank you for making such a difference for them.

Food programme assisted by The Future Factory

Refugiu - arriving at the village with the boots!

Refugiu gave the children coats and boots

ORT SA CAPE's food programme

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Our Christmas Greeting

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