Aid Children's Health & Education in 5 Countries

After responding to the pandemic, the Ukrainian refugee crisis and now the cost-of-living crisis, we want to express so much gratitude to each person who has continued to support the children and young people at our projects, over the past few years. Life has been challenging for people around the world and we are so thankful to you for caring about the children.

Here are some recent projects that your donations through GlobalGiving have been supporting:

Food for children in South Africa

The Future Factory in South Africa has been involved in supporting food programmes, supplying hot meals to children and families around Cape Town, since the first lockdown in South Africa. With the rising prices of food, the need for this programme continues. Thank you for helping these children with this most vital and basic need.

Anne, the founder of The Future Factory, wrote: "You help our feeding programmes once again in a big way... Lots of gratitude to CHW for all your love and support."

Winter boots and coats for children and teenagers in Romania

Refugiu, in Romania, assists families living in a village with food throughout the year. Winters in Romania can be very harsh and Refugiu wanted to be able to give warm coats and boots to fifteen children and teenagers from the village. We are very grateful to CHW's supporters for making this possible!

Robert, the Head of Refugiu, sent a message to say that the children were so happy to receive the coats and boots. He also said "many thanks to [CHW's] supporters!"

Repairing a roof for a school in Ghana

New Life in Ghana assists children and youth in the local community in a variety of ways and it also runs a primary school, making sure that the children have an education. There were heavy rains and the school's roof was damaged. Repairs were needed to stop rain water leaking into the classrooms. With thanks to the generosity of CHW's supporters, it was possible to repair the roof!

Rising prices in Ghana meant that we had to raise more than we had originally planned. It took us a while to fundraise for this project and in the meantime, the building materials had become more expensive. However, it was thanks to the help of those of you who had donated through this page on GlobalGiving, that it was possible to fund everything that was needed to fix the roof!

Derrick, the director of New Life wrote: "We thank CHW and supporters to have helped us fix the leaking roof. No leakages, safe learning."

At CHW, we are so truly grateful to you for making it possible to support the children and young people at projects like these. You are the ones who make it all possible!

We wish you a happy and peaceful festive season and all the very best for 2023! Thank you for making a difference for children and youth in 2022!

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• Photos from Refugiu: Giving the children the coats and boots

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.