MOMENTUM TOWARDS OUR MISSION

As young charity, we have covered a lot of ground in a relatively short space of time. 

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Here, you will find out how we have put your support and donations to work through our ‘Villages’ and individual projects.

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Our programmes range from providing basic academic education, vocational skills courses and scholarships; to mental health and hygiene support, food growing and enterprise development schemes.

THE VILLAGE OF LESOTHO

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In sub-Saharan Africa, only 1 in every 10 children can read a simple sentence at age ten. 

The Village of Lesotho was our first Village established in the remote, mountainous Semonkong region in Southern Africa to benefit the local community through a garden project, a young Shepherd School and a vocational skills and enterprise programme, providing education, training and mental health support to 124 children and young people.  

The Semonkong Children's Care Centre​

25,920 meals were provided to 124 vulnerable young people over the course of 1 year.

Food Security Project​​

24 Armed Services veterans were sent out to Lesotho as volunteers in 2019 to restore the greenhouse and build a new water irrigation system.  The result was a dramatic increase in the yield of crops.  We were able to help 85 families in crisis by supplying them with food parcels over the winter months.

The Shepherd Night School​​

24 young shepherds (known locally as Herd Boys) were awarded high school scholarships in 2020 to access Secondary Education after successfully reaching Grade 7.

Shepherd Skills Programme​​

9 out of the 11 herd boys who participated in both the Shepherd Night School and newly launched Skills College programs have graduated as qualified carpenters in 2021.  

32 items of furniture were made-to-order in 4 months by the herd boys, generating R5,000 ZAR (£250 equivalent)

THE VILLAGE OF SOLIHULL

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We launched our Village in North Solihull in 2020 to work with vulnerable children, young people and single mothers in the north of the borough who are socially disadvantaged, facing hardship and exclusion. 

Solihull Hygiene Bank​

72,082 hygiene items (2.6 tonnes!) has been distributed to vulnerable people in the community to help them stay safe and well during the pandemic.  The Village partnered with 29 local organisations, including care homes, food banks, youth groups and homeless shelters, reaching over 600 families in need since December 2020.

Solihull 'Get Cooking!’ classes​

We have worked with ** people with poor physical and/or mental health and limited access to resources to teach them how to cook.  48 meals were made from scratch and families now have the recipes, know-how & equipment to cook from fresh on a regular basis.

ACTS OF KINDNESS (global small grants scheme)

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This programme currently offers small grants of between £50 - £500 to significantly change the lives of those who are socially disadvantaged or might otherwise not have the capacity to make their dream a reality. 

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Through Acts of Kindness, we ensure micro-donations add up to something meaningful.  Here, you can see how just £60 can tip the scale to create positive change:

Moshi, Tanzania​

A grant £350 has been awarded to ‘Tatu Rafiki’, a group of 3 deaf tailors who have been able to use their grant to purchase more tools and materials to improve the quality of their work and increase capacity to meet larger overseas orders.  Their plan is to create financial independence and sustainability from the grant through training other local deaf people to become skilled tailors

Sud Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)​

‘New Hope for Broken Hearts’ received £60 to ship the equipment they needed to run their vocational training centre.  They can now access microfinance schemes to build new enterprises for young men and women to be engaged in a caring and structured environment that develops their vocational skills in carpentry, woodwork and…***