Charities for Trinity 2005
Save the Children
Save the Children fights for children in the UK and around the world who suffer from poverty, disease, injustice and violence. We work with them to find lifelong answers to the problems they face.
Send a Cow
Send a Cow tackles the problems of poverty and malnutrition in Africa, where 85% of poor people are small-scale subsistence farmers. It provides livestock, low cost veterinary services and training in animal care and sustainable organic farming to poverty-stricken families. The animal's first female offspring is passed on to someone else in the community, thus sustaining the benefits of the projects. It targets the most disadvantaged people in communities, women, disabled people and child-headed orphan families, helping them to create lasting solutions. These solutions are very practical. 1) Milk, eggs and meat to eat 2) income from selling the surplus produce 3) Fertilisers from animal manure leading to increased yields. Improved diets lead to improved health, families can afford to send their children to school and can purchase more land and livestock to increase incomes further.
Jacari
Jacari is a home teaching scheme for children who donÕt speak English as a first language. Run by students, we match up suitable volunteers with local children who often struggle at school as they have a limited grasp of English. Volunteers teach at the childÕs home for an hour a week and aim to improve the childÕs ability levels and confidence. Jacari supports volunteers in several ways: through teaching advice pamphlets and seminars from local school teachers, as well as use of our fully stocked library. We put on several events each term for children and volunteers next term we plan to visit Cadbury's World! We currently have around 300 volunteers and are aiming to expand further.
Let's Play Project
Email Julie.gibbard@oxfordshire.gov.uk
The "Lets Play" project aims at including disabled children in mainstream play-schemes. The project was formed in recognition of the fact that disabled children are some of the most ostracized members of society. By providing support to enable them to participate within mainstream play-schemes the project ensures that the children attending have the opportunity to make local friends. Furthermore, the project dismantles barriers and stereotypes which hinder disabled children from progressing socially and teaches all children to respect others on their individual merits. Disabled children have been proven to benefit enormously from the opportunity to socialise and play with other children who aid their developmental progress. A child with a limited verbal capacity, for example, could gain considerably from socialising with other more verbally advanced children.
The Honeypot Charity
Honeypot is dedicated to improving the quality of life for severely disadvantaged children aged 5-12, living in Britain, by offering respite holidays at The Honeypot House in the New Forest, Hampshire and an ongoing programme of support to the children in their own environments. All of the children who visit Honeypot are in need. Many are living in homes where there is extreme financial hardship or where they are the main carer in their family. We also help children who have suffered some form of abuse or neglect. For a child growing up with few childhood pleasures, the impact of a really special holiday can be great and cherished for years. Honeypot's philosophy is to provide children with simple experiences that many take for granted such as baking a cake, having a bedtime story or riding a bike, all essential to a child's development.