Remember Ivan? We first posted about him back in June. Here is a recent update about Ivan from Sheikh Idris at YOPDIDA (Youth and Persons with Disability Integrated Development Association). “Ivan is now in Primary 2 with the continuing support of YOPDIDA. I am happy to report that YOPDIDA still provides support including taking [...]
We had a great response this year when we held a Story Writing Competition in three Ugandan schools. P6 and P7 students were invited to take part; here are two of the prize winning stories from Flavia and Gorret, students in one of the primary schools. Some of the children who took part in the [...]
We are always very grateful to our donors who generously support the projects of Reach the Children. We report back on how their donations have been spent and occasionally we can do something for them. Trust 2000 recently funded the building of boys and girls toilet blocks at Ematibira Primary School in Kenya. Hand [...]
Our dear friend and former founding Trustee of Reach the Children UK passed away earlier this year. Her love for impoverished children in Uganda and Kenya is illustrated here with her arm around Nora, a grandmother who had many grandchildren. This was the inspiration for our successful ongoing programme Grandmas Gardens, which provided land, [...]
Reach the Children UK recently received a generous bequest from the estate of Mr Cyril Brooks, a man devoted to his family, his friends and his church. He enjoyed life to the full in his 93 years. Cyril was keen to support the efforts of Reach the Children in their work with impoverished children [...]
It all began here with Jackie Atim, a young graduate agronomist, sharing the concept of Grandmas gardens with a group of widowed Grandmas near Luwero, Uganda. During the devastating civil war many women had been made widows with lots of children to feed. In their impoverished condition Grandmas had to scrape out a meagre [...]
The crop of maize that Ronnie planted earlier in the year has now been harvested and together with the latest supply of bricks that Ronnie made, they have been able to build up their house to the next level. Ronnie tells us “I think for now we are going to leave it there for a [...]
We first met Ivan in 2013 when we visited YOPDIDA, (Youth and Persons with Disability Integrated Development Association) in Uganda. Ivan had been left in the bush feeding on small fish for 2 months. He cannot read or hear, so was brought to YOPDIDA, and was being cared for by Sheikh Idris Kabali and [...]
Experimental Garden This is the Reach the Children Kenya experimental garden next to its maize production mill facility. Justus Suchi has a passion for improving the variety of locally grown food to provide better nourishment to children and families in the community. His irrepressible desire to better the lives of impoverished rural children has [...]
Karen is 2 years and 11 months old, and she is deaf. A year ago she was able to speak and hear, and then she contracted cerebral malaria. Now she cannot hear even when you are behind her and clap or shout. Karen was taken to hospital for treatment; an ENT specialist said she [...]
