Just Children Foundation (UK)

Walk Guernsey (to be confirmed)

admin — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:02:07 +0000

Guernsey and Sark as seen from Denneville

A sponsored walk across Herm, Sark, Alderney and Guernsey

Contact: info@justchildren.org.uk

Walk for the children of Zimbabwe

admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:00:15 +0000

A sponsored walk through Kent to Rochester Cathedral. There will be various routes on offer from a short ramble suitable for buggies and wheel chairs to demanding two day walks with overnight accommodation.

See the walk website for more details.

Norvic Challenge Triathlon

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:44:03 +0000

Just Children Foundation would like to say a big thank you to the staff of the Norvic clinic (a unit of the Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Partnership) who competed in the Norvic Challenge Triathlon on the 17th October raising £1141 for the Just Children Foundation. The same amount was also donated to the Indian charity El Shaddai.

The pictures show the three aspects of the triathlon which were a run from the Norvic Clinic to Little Plumstead Hospital, cycling to Salhouse Broad and a canoe circuit on the broad. Thank you again, this time to Rojo Levein who supplied the pictures.

Christmas News Letter

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:42:19 +0000

Just Children Foundation 2009 Christmas News Letter

Container Arrives In Zimbabwe

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:57:52 +0000

The container shipped from the UK in June has arrived safely and intact and was welcomed by the staff of Just Children Foundation in traditional Zimbabwean style with song and prayer. The staff are immensely grateful to all those who contributed and now have the task of sorting and distributing the goods to the appropriate people. A special thank you goes to the UK charity Vimba who also donated a number of boxes.

Container boxes arriving at Luck Street

Offloaded boxes at Luck Street

Dragon Boat Racing

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:05:15 +0000

Dragon Boat Racing

Location: Bewl Water, Kent

Contact us at dragonboat@justchildren.org.uk to find out about becoming a sponsored team member on our dragon boat or simply watch the fun from the banks. For more details about the event please look at the funraisers website.

Agricultural Project at the Faith & Hope Centre

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:33:58 +0000

Agricultural work is being done at Faith & Hope Centre (F&HC), where great progress is being recorded. In our efforts to become a self–sustaining and child–empowering organisation, we have established a viable nutritious garden at F&HC with the help of our friends at Lead Trust. They installed a 5000-litre water tank and a set up a drip–irrigation system for the watering of the garden, covering 1000 square metres.

Part of the staff at the Shelter of Joy and F&HC, together with the children, took part in preparing the gardens and planting a variety of nutritious vegetables as part of their training in organic farming.

Since the purchase of vegetables for consumption has been eating a great chunk of our finances, we hope that soon, we would not be buying vegetables as our garden promises to be so viable that we plan to sell the surplus. The long term plan is to run the centre on a commercial scale and raise JCF to the level of self–sustenance.

Each child at the centre has been allocated a garden which they will work in to gain experience and perfect their knowledge in gardening. This kind of empowerment will come in handy when they leave the organisation to join their families.

Partnerships

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:33:34 +0000

We currently have a number of viable partnerships with other organisations that include Child Protection Society (CPS), Family Support Trust and Help Age. In recognition of our experience and expertise in family reunifications, CPS partnered with us so that they could finance the family reunification and community reintegration of children under our care. So far, this joint operation has seen the successful reunification of fivechildren who have been under our care.

We also work with Family Support Trust, which deals with cases of sexually abused children. They are the ones who are authorised by law to do legal examinations and their statements are used as evidence in court. They also hold child abuse awareness workshops for children and provide training for our staff in handling child abuse matters.

Help Age, with whom we have had a long–running relationship, have also been throwing their weight behind us, providing us with foodstuffs on a monthly basis, both at Come Unto Me and at Faith & Hope Centres.

South African Trust Established

admin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:33:05 +0000

The JCF Trust was recently launched in South Africa. Already, a lot of activities meant to enhance our work have already started. This is the first germination of the seed planted in the vision of the late Moosa Kasimonje whose desire was to see the work spread to other countries. We thank God for our friends who worked round the clock to get the South African Trust started, Ron Wheldon, Ruth Hwindingwi and Anthony Haggie. There are also those who have been working hard to get provisions to the children like Bahati Kasimonje and Farirayi Kadungure. We love them and cherish their goodness.

Rudo Centre – Resumption of work

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:32:35 +0000

Rudo centre

Renovations at Rudo Centre, which have been on hold owing to lack of funds and the instability in the economy over the past few years, is expected to resume soon following the recent arrival of more funds for this project. The centre is going to be a critical social service amenity as the demand to house abandoned babies and those orphaned in the area is rising. Currently there are eight babies at a local hospital and the authorities there are appealing that we take in the babies.