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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£18.7K
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Spending
£25.6K
Public benefits
HOW is set up to: 1. Advance the Christian faith by providing financial, material and practical help to evangelical mission organisations and churches: Those benefiting include: • The oversight of local churches in various countries around the world • The congregation of those churches • Pastors, missionaries and other workers spreading the
principles of the Christian gospel throughout the areas where they live and work, through outreach work • Students training for ministry in local churches and other mission organisations This is achieved by: • Providing teaching materials, including bibles and other literature for those training others for evangelism • Providing transport such as bicycles to those engaged in outreach work • Providing building materials for the construction and maintenance of buildings for churches and missions • Responding to specific requests for bespoke items and equipment required by church workers and missionaries to assist in their outreach work The benefit is demonstrated by: • Feedback from the mission or church who was engaged in the construction or maintenance work. Often supported by photographs or reports • Presentations from representatives of the relevant group who received the support. • Reports from friends or those associated with HOW who give voluntary practical assistance to the group benefitting from the provision of the materials or finance. Harm or possibility of harm: HOW at all times seeks to bring a benefit to others through supporting those who seek to advance the Christian faith. To this end HOW will only support those organisations that do not coerce or apply pressure on people to convert to the message they proclaim. HOW will withdraw support from any organisation or church that promotes hatred towards others who do not share in the Christian faith or who have doctrinal differences. 2. To relieve poverty through evangelical mission organisations and churches: Those benefiting include: • The congregation of local churches • The local and wider communities in the area where those churches and missions exist to serve This is achieved by: • Providing necessary items such clothing, bedding and other household utensils to those who cannot afford them • Providing educational materials including text books, writing materials, school bags and sports equipment to those who cannot afford them • Providing tools, and other implements to those have no means to purchase them that allows them to earn a living • Providing medical supplies and equipment to medical centres and hospitals associated with the organisations with whom HOW works The benefit is demonstrated by: • Feedback from the mission or church who was engaged in the construction or maintenance work. Often supported by photographs or reports • Presentations from representatives of the relevant group who received the support. • Reports from friends or those associated with HOW who give voluntary practical assistance to the group benefitting from the provision of the materials or finance. • Visits to the countries or communities receiving the aid by representatives of HOW. The costs of these visits are not drawn from HOW funds. Harm or possibility of harm: HOW only supports those organisations or churches that are engaged in bringing about the relief of poverty in the manner described. Support will be withdrawn where it becomes known that individuals or groups seek to make personal gain from the supply of any donated finance, goods or other materials that were supplied to bring about the relief of poverty.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
HOW organises, through a network of voluntary helpers, the collection of equipment, other materials or donated money to send to evangelical Christian missions or churches in any part of the world in furtherance of the HOW objectives. Needs are identified from churches and mission organisations at home and around the world. Specific requests are
sent by those groups to HOW and brought before the HOW governing committee. Providing they meet the criteria as set out in the HOW constitution, approval is given to provide the requested support. Details of the equipment, materials, items or finance are circulated through networkers to churches and other groups in the United Kingdom and Ireland that cut across the denominational and political divide. The materials are then sent or collected and brought to the HOW Headquarters at Portadown for storage to await shipping. The materials are then packaged, labelled and an inventory made out for shipping, usually by container but on occasions in smaller packages. The container is loaded or package put together and shipped to the requesting organisation. When shipping to a specific country the materials can often be for different groups. In some cases HOW assist in paying the expenses for the payment of customs and other charges to release the material from the port. Since 1999, HOW has sent 25 containers in furtherance of it's objectives to countries including, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Niger, England, Nigeria and India. Material including steel, roofing iron, tractors, educational material and medical equipment have been part of those loads. Every container includes clothing, footwear and toiletries and other items to meet the basic needs of the poor.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of religion
Who the charity helps
- General public
- Overseas/developing countries
- Specific areas of deprivation
How the charity works
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness
- Relief of poverty
- Religious activities
