AFRIKINDNESS LOVES CHARITIES
We love, have raised funds for and work with various charities.
CHARITIES WE LOVE
There are so many charities out there that you can partner with and make a difference in the world. We have huge opportunities to improve our world through random kindness. Most charitable organizations that work to help vulnerable children are always in need of help to keep up their humanitarian efforts. So, a little help from you will make a difference. However, the charity you work with or donate funds to really matters. Choosing a reputable charity that will maximize the impact of your donation is very important.
You may ask: ‘’Which is the best charity to work with?
You can of course do your research to find the most effective and reputable charity to support or work with.
Consider the following when doing your research:
- Identify a worthy cause you'd like to support. It is important you choose a cause that offers the greatest opportunities for impact and one that matters to you.
- Choose the charity that is working to support the cause you have chosen. Remember that your actions, no matter how small, can make a huge difference.
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Contact us so we know which charities you have worked with. We would love to hear your brilliant stories and the impact you have made through kindness. We will publish on our website and will also give you a kindness certificate.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
You can do the following with any charity of your choice
- Donate your books, toys, items in good condition
- Volunteer your time and skills
- Help at an event or organize an event
- Participate in community projects for a cause
- Pledge your birthday or organize your bake sale events
To help you kickstart your charitable adventure, we have compiled a list of charities that are reputable, cost-effective, and make the most impact on children all around the world.
You can do more and MAKE AN IMPACT with these fantastic charities listed below.
FoodClique
Nigeria
End Hunger & Malnutrition
FoodClique Support Initiative is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) striving to end hunger. They help anyone who suffers from hunger – from kids who do not get enough to eat to the homeless, elderly, physically challenged, low income, and those living below the poverty level. According to the United Nations World Food Programme, over 8.7 million people are food insecure in NorthEast Nigeria and 60% live below the poverty line. When you donate to Charities like Foodclique, you are helping other children and making the world survive and thrive.
A birthday pledge is one of the ways we get food to people in need. You can share your birthday with children facing food insecurity and help to make a difference by asking for donations to help FoodClique feed the hungry instead of personal gifts. Pledge your birthday to feed more vulnerable children.
Facts:- Foodclique distributed more than 1 million meals to the most vulnerable communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
World Vision
Global
Providing Clean Water, Eradicate poverty
World Vision has a long history of taking action that transforms the world. Their focus is on helping the most vulnerable children, in the most difficult places, overcome poverty and experience the fullness of life. Through World Vision’s work, every 60 seconds a family gets water, a hungry child is fed, and a family receives the tools to overcome poverty. World Vision has been transforming vulnerable children's lives since 1950.
One of their impacts is providing water to children in need. Do you know that lots of children live under poor sanitation and improper hygiene? No clean water. Some children in the developing world walk 6km (3.7miles) to get clean water. That is very stressful on the children and has an impact on their well-being and education.
You can help by joining a community project - World Vision Global 6K walk for water. Ask an adult about a local team you can join. When you walk for water and raise funds, you’ll bring life-changing clean water to those who need it most.
Facts: In 2020, World Vision brought clean water to 3.4 million people in need.
St John Ambulance
UK
Improve health and save lives
St John Ambulance is a modern and dynamic charity that has been providing first aid and first aid training for over 140 years. Their services range from delivering first aid and emergency response support to communities across the UK. This can be the difference between a life lost and a life saved.
Their youth programmes operate across England, enabling young people to learn first aid, build their confidence, and gain important life skills.
You can join the badger or Cadet units, learn about first aid, ask how young people save lives, and most importantly, get the opportunity to use those first aid skills by supporting adult volunteers at several events.
You can also fundraise to save lives.
Facts: 125,000 hours volunteered in hospital emergency wards saving lives in 2020.
Activities for Young People - Youth Programmes | St John Ambulance (sja.org.uk)
KIDS
UK
Providing Education to Disable children
KIDS is a national charity that provides a wide range of services to disabled children, young people, and their families in England. They create opportunities for them to take part in play, learning, leisure, skills training, and social activities. Above all, they empower disabled children and young people to achieve equal rights and opportunities, creating a more inclusive society for all. Their services include drop-in crèches and nurseries for the under 5s to youth clubs, short breaks, and residential stays for young adults. You can donate funds, volunteer, help at events with adults supervision, participate in Royal Parks Half Marathon events, and much more.
Facts: KIDS charity was the first charity in the world to have adventure playgrounds for disabled kids! 50 years later they still do. They support over 11,800 disabled children, young people, and their families every year by delivering over 60 services throughout England.
CHESS IN SLUMS
Africa
Providing Education through Chess
The Chess in Slums, Africa is reimagining education using chess as a tool/framework to aid cognition and empower the minds of children in impoverished communities. The initiative fosters the intellectual and social development of underprivileged children through chess education. In most of Africa today, when you talk about “Chess”, most people associate it with Intelligence and Wealth.
Chess in Slums is changing that narrative as they take the gift of chess to slum communities in Africa. You can help by donating to the cause so that chess education will be available to those children who need it most.
Facts: Chess in slums have succeeded in securing lifelong scholarships for over 200 Children from indigent homes.
Zarach
UK
End childbed poverty
Zarach is a UK charity committed to helping children and families who are living in a poverty crisis. They are active in schools and in the community. Thousands of children in Leeds are going to sleep hungry and cold; without a proper bed of their own. Poverty is a real problem that has a significant effect on a child’s education. By providing something to eat and a good night’s sleep, we can give every child an equal chance to learn and succeed at school.
To help, you can donate to the brilliant cause to provide beds and contribute to their vision to give every head a bed.
Facts: over 1,600 Bed Bundles delivered by over 200 Partner Schools have made referrals to Zarach charity for children's beds.
BBC CHILDREN IN NEED
UK
Support for vulnerable children
BBC Children in Need is the BBC’s charity and its mission is to help ensure every child in the UK is safe, happy, secure, and has the opportunities they need to reach their potential. They raise money both throughout the year and in their annual November appeal which is put to work where it’s needed most. They support children and young people affected by a whole range of disadvantages such as poverty, disability, illness, distress, or trauma. They also work with a range of partners to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing the UK’s children and young people today, including mental health and wellbeing, violence impacting young people, child sexual exploitation, holiday hunger; access to employment, and social injustice.
You can organize a community project, school project, fundraising, etc to help BBC Children in need support as many vulnerable children.
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