Officially Registered!

We are pleased to announce that the charity is now officially registered with the Charity Commission, our Registered No. is 1116851.

This means that we have now been able to register with the H.M. Revenue and Customs in order to claim Gift Aid on the donations received from UK taxpayers.

There has already been some publicity from the local press and an article appeared in the Telegraph and Argus in December. The Yorkshire Post have also shown an interest and now that we are registered we expect an influx of interest from the media. In addition, we propose to be available to talk to rotary clubs, womens groups etc. to raise the awareness of the charity. If you know of any organisations that would be interested, please contact us.

Sale of Gift Certificates at School Christmas Fairs

We would like to say a BIG thank you to 2 schools where we sold our Gift Certificates at Christmas Fairs:
Bramhope Junior School , Bramhope, Leeds. (Thanks to Debra & Phil Graham)
Meath Green Junior School, Horley, Surrey. ( Thanks to Jane & Patrick Amerio) You can visit their website www.mgjs.org here.
We were delighted that a number of children bought the Certificates for their teachers, and a number of Mums bought Certificates for stocking fillers for their children!! A total of £307.50 was raised and every penny will be spent on those we are helping in Africa. Thank you for helping us to help them.

If you are interested in purchasing any of our Gift Certificates, please see the Gift Certificate page on our website for details.

Gerald Starts University in Uganda

Gerald Melita

We are delighted to announce that because of the generosity of a donor, Helping Africa 100 is now sponsoring Gerald Melita at the University of Kampala. Gerald is taking a 3 year course to obtain a Bachelor of Arts with Education degree, and so qualify as a teacher.

We first met Gerald in Arusha in March 2006, when he was working as a volunteer teacher at Living Water Children Centre. His dream was to obtain qualification but his family could not afford to pay the fees. We could see how much Gerald loved the children and how much effort he was putting into the job, so we decided to try to help him.

We would like to thank our donor who has turned Gerald's dream into a reality. We will be seeing Gerald again whe we return to Tanzania in January. Watch the news page for further updates on how Gerald is progressing. Good luck Gerald, keep up the hard work!!

Garrie and Margaret's Trip in January

Garrie and Margaret will be staying 7 weeks in Africa in the New Year. Their itinery includes:

• Three weeks in Arusha, Tanzania to re-visit the 4 charities we are already helping.
• Four weeks in Zambia. The first few days in Lusaka, and the remainder in the Western Provinces. Their base here will be at Mongu where they will network local charities including an education centre for disabled children.

Feeback from this trip can be found in our 2007 African Diary