There is no health care in the villages of Darfur. Young girls getting married in remote villages face childbirth with no trained assistance. In some villages there may be a Traditional Birth Attender (TBA) – someone who has ‘survived childbirth’. She will have had no medical training. If there is obstructed birth, ‘rope delivery’ is the only possible help, with subsequent damage to the baby – if it survives. It costs Kids for Kids £2,000 to train a Village Midwife and to provide her with a smart white tobe (sari uniform) and leather sandals, plus providing her with medical equipment. We also provide a fast and strong crossbred donkey so she can travel more easily between the villages, plus a solar lantern so that mothers will not give birth by the flickering light of a fire. There is no electricity in villages.

Dover smART Project was founded in 2013 to provide opportunities for disadvantaged children in Dover to take part in a wide range of creative activities and experiences to boost their confidence, enhance their well-being, raise their aspirations and widen their outlook on the world. The charity soon evolved and began similar work with other groups, such as the people without a home and hospice patients, using art and creativity to support their various needs.

Heart Heroes work with children and their families living with heart conditions. We aim to provide services for these children, to help them meet others who are in similar situations and allow their family to talk to other families going through related experiences. At Heart Heroes we: Support children with heart diseases aged 0 – 16. Organise events and provide socialising opportunities for children to attend. We aim to introduce families with similar experiences so that they can support each other.

Your donation will go towards the costs of providing tuition to a child who uses English as an additional language living in Bristol or Oxford. This includes recruiting and training a volunteer tutor, providing teaching resources and access to an online learning platform. It also covers the cost for the child and their family to attend one of our fun kids’ events or activities.

Across the food industry, tonnes of edible food products are thrown away every day. Give £10 and enable us to redistribute 40 meals worth of food to those in need.

A wish of £40 funds a specialist counselling session to help patients and families move forward after a devastating and  life changing brain tumour diagnosis.