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 [...]
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 [...]
The Grandmas and their grandchildren came to see the dryer arrive all the way from China. Inside the crate on this truck is the heat pump fruit dryer that will enable the grandmas to dry their own pineapples, pack and ship them to the UK where they are being sold through Amazon and Shopify. This [...]
This year we have been able to return to rural African schools and even expand our writing competition to reach more children - working in twenty schools for 2022! Sharing stories and writing about our dreams, experiences or aspirations is a classroom activity that so many of us can take for granted. For the children [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
