Project Updates Autumn 2023

A map showing the locations of different projects across the world. The countries where FTHUK works are shown in pale orange; the ones reported on in this article are in dark orange.

Coventry Foodbank

In the UK, Coventry Foodbank is our largest project, which in the year ending April 2023, distributed over 29,000 emergency food parcels. In recent months, we’ve faced a dual challenge as the need for the foodbank has increased while at the same time, donations of food and finance have decreased.

Warehouse, Bucharest

Members of the team from Bread of Life in Romania visited Feed The Hungry’s Coventry Warehouse in September with a view to developing stronger links and systems for the delivery of aid into Eastern Europe.

Ladies’ Volleyball, Kibera

A team photo of female school age volleyball players. Some girls are in school uniform and others in red and navy sports kits. They're all smiling.

The Soweto Academy Ladies Volleyball Team in Kibera, Nairobi, has had a run of wins throughout August, which led them to be second runners up in the Kenyan National High School Competitions. They will now go on to represent Kenya at the East Africa Competitions. The Soweto players are teenagers who have grown up in the Kibera slum; representing their country is an incredible feat.

Mission Bolivia, Santa Cruz

Isaac and Anali Butcher are continuing to build a rehabilitation centre for street children in Santa Cruz. After 18 months of construction, the structure of the building is in place and in the coming months, the roof will be erected. Isaac, Anali and a team of volunteers continue to do outreach on the streets every Friday, using food as a way of starting conversations.

Farming in Njanja

Following a training course with Foundations for Farming in June, The Joseph Foundation in Zimbabwe are developing a community farming project in Njanja. The project will teach agriculture and enable people living in Njanja to grow their own food to feed their families and to sell for income. Over the summer, land has been cleared to make space for the upcoming sowing season in November.

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