THE AFRICA FUND

The Africa Fund was set up in 2001 to make a difference to communities we had met in East Africa. It came on the back of 7 years of visits we had made to churches in Uganda, and then later Kenya, Tanzania & Dr Congo, and from the outset has set out to work through relationship with trusted individuals and groups... We don't operate as an anonymous fund that anyone can apply to for help; our aim is to work through the network of friendships we have developed, where we can follow up the work through regular visits. These are made by church-based teams (who pay their own way) that return to the same places year after year, building on the relationship and offering encouragement and skills where appropriate... Among other things, during 2023 we were able to gain a grant of £7800 from the winding up of an old mission fund. We divided it between a kitchen garden programme at Arusha, Tanzania, village projects and orphans support in Siaya county near Kisumu, Kenya and youth enterprise..