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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£214.1K
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Spending
£250.3K
Public benefits
The Charity’s Beneficiaries Friends of Vispa’s beneficiaries are Highly Vulnerable Children (HVC) in Sub-Saharan Africa. HVC are defined as children under the age of 18 whose safety, well-being, or development is at significant risk due to inadequate care, protection or access to essential services. HVC include those who are orphaned; receive
inadequate adult support because of death, abandonment, economic distress, or chronic illness; live outside of family care; or in some other way have suffered from a collapse of traditional social safety nets in their communities. The Charity’s Purpose Friends of Vispa seeks to relieve poverty and advance education, healthcare and religion for HVC in order to enhance their well-being and future prospects. The Direct Benefits which flow from the Charity’s Purpose Friends of Vispa promotes relief of poverty. Specifically, Friends of Vispa provides: • Strategic advice and personnel to enable the initiation and implementation of programmes to relieve poverty and the consequences of poverty, and assist with the provision of: Shelter and healthcare for HVC; basic amenities such as food and water; and education. This enables HVC to have a secure and safe environment to advance their emotional and educational well-being, leading to economically sustainable employment in the future. Additionally, Friends of Vispa provides: • Skilled people and materials to conduct spiritual teaching camps for HVC in Sub-Saharan Africa which promotes the principles of the Christian religion in relation to the provision of spiritual support to communities throughout the world, including the community of HVC, again enhancing their well-being and future prospects. How the Direct Benefits are Demonstrated and Monitored These benefits are demonstrated through an increase in the health, emotional and material well-being of HVC and in the wider communities to which they belong and in the region as a whole. The benefits are monitored by Friends of Vispa through school visits to monitor the welfare of the children, monitoring of exam results and university placements and through health checks that are carried out on children. Private Benefit The only private benefit flowing from the purpose is the payment of wages to teaching and administrative staff and this is incidental and necessary because such dedicated and qualified teachers are a direct benefit to the HVC.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The principal aim of Friends of Vispa is to raise funds and awareness to support the work and activities of a Kenyan based charity - Vision and Passion Centres (Vispa). Vispa manages an orphanage, nursery, primary and secondary school in Rabour, western Kenya, supporting around 500 children and young people in the provision of education,
healthcare and religious teaching. Friends of Vispa maintains and promotes a child sponsorship programme for the orphaned and highly vulnerable children who attend Vispa. Friends of Vispa raises awareness as to the needs and activities of Vispa in local churches, interested groups and through corporate funders to obtain funding for capital schemes at Vispa, such as new classrooms or dormitories. Friends of Vispa organises visits of teams of volunteers to Kenya to offer practical support to Vispa, such as construction, teaching and healthcare.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of religion
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Overseas/developing countries
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness
- Relief of poverty
- Religious activities
