What can a small charity achieve in the face of a worldwide crisis?

Since the UK entered lockdown two years ago, on 23rd March 2020, Global Care has raised a total of £199,904 to fund our coronavirus response, directly helping an estimated 19,459 people in 12 countries, including over 13,000 extremely vulnerable children, and providing improved hygiene for a further 24,000 people.

Over half the funds (55.6%) were spent on feeding programmes for hungry families facing starvation in multiple lockdowns. Like Vinod and Priya in India, or Gordon in Kenya and Immaculate in Uganda .

Another third (36.2%) was spent on initiatives supporting learning. In Bangladesh, our partners offered mobile tutoring for children like Amrito , while the team in Guatemala opened a study centre for high-risk children like Miguel . In Zimbabwe and Albania our partners ran catch-up classes and in Zambia a summer school for exam students. In Uganda and India , they delivered study packs to students’ homes.

Thanks to the generosity of UK donors, Global Care was able to fund it all.

CEO John White says: “Covid has had catastrophic effects on the lives of millions. In the face of such enormous need it’s easy to be overwhelmed and I am so proud of our partners, small grassroots groups themselves, who sprang into action right at the beginning and never stopped working. They have magnificently served the needs of the communities they support. It has been a privilege to stand alongside them.

“Sadly, we know it’s not over yet. Rebuilding after Covid will take years, and will be harder still in the context of increasing conflict and financial instability. But we will continue to support initiatives which help children back into learning, and support children to catch up on all they missed. Looking back, our long-standing motto has never been more apt: Can’t do everything, mustn’t do nothing. we can always do something!”