25 07, 2023

Collaborating charities support schools in Kenya

2023-07-22T11:02:22+01:00 July 25th, 2023|Donations, Fundraising, Schooling, Support, Volunteers|

The Thika Alumni Trust, a charitable organization dedicated to providing IT resources to schools, has received a generous donation of 14 laptops from our friends at Service Express, a company committed to making a positive impact. These laptops, preloaded with essential lessons and educational software, will play a pivotal role in supporting teachers and enhancing [...]

16 07, 2023

Fundraising superstar, Ellie completes the ASICS London 10K

2023-07-16T16:00:10+01:00 July 16th, 2023|Donations, Fundraising, Volunteers|

Congratulations and a big thank you to Eleanor Murphy who completed the ASICS London 10K run and raised over £700 for Reach the Children! When she finished the race she'd already raised £650 and then by the time you are reading this, Ellie raised a total of £750 with a few late donations. Eleanor joined [...]

28 05, 2023

Making an impact on young sports fanatics in Uganda

2023-05-28T17:34:32+01:00 May 28th, 2023|Donations, Fundraising, KitAid Collaboration, Support, Volunteers|

In a heart-warming move, two UK-based charities have come together to bring joy to the lives of impoverished youth in Uganda by donating football and NFL sports kits!  We have joined forces with KitAid Charity to help budding football fans in rural, impoverished communities enjoy more playtime and sports with other local children and young [...]

14 01, 2023

Providing football kits for impoverished kids teams in rural Uganda.

2023-01-14T17:09:37+00:00 January 14th, 2023|Donations, Fundraising, Volunteers|

We have been working with two fantastic charities this year to collect football kits, balls, pumps, and ref sets for young teams in rural Uganda. When our founder, Ray, and Trustee, Hannah, last visited Uganda to check on the progress of the Grandmas Gardens project and meet local organisations, they took with them suitcases full [...]

1 08, 2020

Urgent appeal for COVID-19 support in Uganda and Kenya

2020-08-01T11:39:58+01:00 August 1st, 2020|Donations, Support|

To our faithful followers, old and new  You have generously supported Reach the Children in the past but there is now an *urgent* need for funds to help feed Covid-19 vulnerable families in rural Uganda and Kenya. These households include grandmothers caring for their grandchildren, HIV positive mothers, disabled family members, women and child [...]

28 04, 2020

Give me a pencil and paper and I will write you my story

2020-04-07T21:10:30+01:00 April 28th, 2020|Donations, Schooling|

Almost 200 children received pencils and paper last October and told their stories.  They shared many of their life’s experiences, some sad some very funny.  By stimulating each child’s imagination they not only told wonderful stories but beautifully illustrated those stories with some joyous pictures. Everything we have around us had to be imagined [...]

27 04, 2020

World Malaria Day 2020

2020-04-27T09:31:53+01:00 April 27th, 2020|Donations, Schooling|

Malaria still kills too many children. Reach the Children donated a mosquito net to every child that participated in our Story Writing Competition in 10 schools earlier this year.  You can see some of them in our video as well as some of the children from one school who sang a song for us all about [...]

29 03, 2020

WORLD WATER DAY

2020-03-29T11:19:03+01:00 March 29th, 2020|Donations, Water Collection|

In this time of pandemic crisis we are all concerned about washing our hands frequently. For some people that is a privilege and for others it is a distant reality. In these days of a global pandemic, it is vitally important that everyone washes their hands regularly to protect themselves from the Coronavirus. It was World [...]

15 11, 2019

Primary School Children celebrate using a toilet!

2019-10-27T10:18:52+00:00 November 15th, 2019|Donations, Schooling|

Going to the “loo” has a whole new meaning at a Primary School in Ematibira, Western Kenya now that the boys and girls have brand new separate toilet blocks to use, thanks to generous donors Trust UK working with Reach the Children UK. The project was implemented by Reach the Children Kenya. The installation [...]