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Past Projects

Here you can see photos from out past projects. We first started working with New Life International Orphanage in Ghana and the majority of our work so far has been with them. A big thank you to all the people who have helped by supporting these projects. We look forward to developing further projects which will help these children and those in other countries we have made links with.

Our past projects include:

Providing funding for Sports Programmes in South Africa
Clothes Distribution in South Africa
Creating a Partnership between two South African Organisations
Legal Advice for Organisation in Romania
Clothes Distribution in Romania
Support for a Hospital Project in Romania
Distribution of School Items for Children in Argentina
Installation of Louvre Blades for an Orphanage's Windows in Ghana
Providing Sewing Machines for an Orphanage in Ghana
Building a Playground at an Orphanage in Ghana
Installation of a Water Storage Tank at a Ghanaian Orphanage
Installation of Electricity for an Orphanage in Ghana
Providing Tables and Books for a Ghanaian Orphanage
Giving out Teddies at a Ghanaian Orphanage
Distributing Clothes at two Orphanages in Ghana

The Future Factory in Cape Town runs many programmes for children coming from deprived areas. One of its major initiatives is to run sports schemes for underprivileged children. It ran an appeal asking people to donate money to buy soccer balls and CHW held a coin collection to be able to make a donation. We raised four hundred and twenty eight pounds - all in small change! A big thank you to everyone who took part. Special thanks to those who attended our Cash-in and Coffee Event and to Marie-Lise Despeghel for running a collection at her work; the American Express office in Brighton, and to Jana Liebau for running the collection in Germany.

The sports programmes are run for children of all ages

As well as being good for their health and developing their teamwork skills, taking part in a sports programme keeps children off the street and away from the temptation of crime, which is a big problem in South Africa.

Thank you to everyone who gave clothes. They were given to the Future Factory, one of the organisations we support in Cape Town. The clothes were distributed to individual families helped by the Future Factory and also to children attending programmes supported by the organisation.

Clothes given to children at Seawind Educare. CHW already worked with Seawind Educare, and has now linked them with the Future Factory, which will offer them support too.

CHW works with both Future Factory and Seawind Educare in Cape Town. On her last visit there, CHW's director, Catherine Franks, introduced the founders of both organisations to each other. The Future Factory runs many diverse programmes and also supports smaller organisations which help children. The Future Factory will now work with Seawind Educare, giving the creche donations of food, whenever possible, and helping its director, Rita, to arrange activities for the children. For example, the Future Factory provided the creche with a bouncy castle when Rita wanted to hold a Christmas party for the children and helped arrange a "surf walk" in March, among other things.

Anne Siroky, director of the Future Factory, and Rita Benjamin, director of Seawind Educare, will now work together, helping to improve the lives of children in Cape Town.

CHW trustee Anna Booth, has arranged for Cristina Birsan, the director of the Atelier Sacelean Association, to have free legal advice for her organisation. This is useful for if she wants to draw up or enter contracts or make applications for various things. Anna has a training contract with a large international law firm, and Cristina can contact the lawyers at the Bucherest firm whenever she needs. We would like to say a big thank you to Anna for arranging this, and to the lawyers in the London headquarters and in Bucharest for allowing this pro bono work to go ahead.

Anna helping on the babies' ward at one of the projects run by Cristina Birsan.

Babies' and children's clothes were collected to help the underprivileged children of Sacele, Brasov County. The babies clothes were used by the local hospital, while the children's clothes were given to the children in the hospital and to other children in the nearby Roma community. Anna Booth, a trustee of CHW, made a trip to Sacele, with our director, Catherine Franks. They were able to start distributing the clothes. Cristina Birsan, the director of the local organisation we work with, the Atelier Sacelean Association, continued giving out the clothes. Over the past year, we were able to give clothes to the Atelier Sacelean Association three times, as volunteers going there took the clothes for us.

We would like to thank the following people for arranging collections:
The employees of Pershing in Liverpool and London.
Agnieszka Perkins who arranged a clothes collection at her work.
Marie-Lise Despeghel, who arranged a clothes collection at her work, at American Express, Telecom House, in Brighton.
Thank you to all those who gave.

We also want to thank all of the individuals who donated clothes, both at our fundraising event, the Children's Fun Day, and at other times. Your generosity is very much appreciated and will make a difference in the lives of children who really need help.

A young mother with her baby. Supporting the Hospital Project allows babies like this one to receive better care when they fall ill.

Some of the painting done by volunteers, so that the babies in their cots have something to look at.

School Items for Children in Argentina

Louvre blades were put in the windows of New Life International Orphanage in Ghana. This was made possible due to a grant given to us by the Marr-Munning Trust. The louvre blades keep out both the rain and the mosquitoes, allowing the children to sleep peacefully at night.

Sewing Machines

Sewing machines have now been provided for the children of New Life International Orphanage in Ghana. Sewing is a useful skill in Cape Coast, the town closest to the orphanage. The daughter of the founder of the orphanage used to work as a seamstress and will teach the children how to sew. This will give the children a skill which will allow them to provide for themselves once they have grown up and left the orphanage.

Playground

A playground was built for the children of New Life International Orphanage in Ghana. The children enjoy playing on it very much!

We would like to thank Steve Parkinson for his involvement with this project and with the water storage tank (see below). His help through donations and raising awareness has been invaluable.

Water Storage Tank

The children at New Life International Orphanage, Ghana, will now always have a supply of water.

The necessary equipment for New Life International Orphanage, Ghana, to have electricity was installed.

Esther, 7, of New Life International Orphanage, Ghana, can be seen using both in the picture below.

Teddies

Teddies for Tragedies donated teddies for the younger children at New Life International Orphanage, Ghana. Click here to visit their website.

Second hand clothes in good condtion, along with bed clothes, were distributed to New Life International Orphanage and Sankofa Mbofra Fie, both in Ghana.