GOAL’s programme for street living children & youths (SLCY) in Hawassa, Ethiopia aims to rehabilitate these “lost” young people, giving them life and employment chances through self-development, non-formal education, and hands-on vocational training. Our 2016 funding of this project has directly led to the salvation (there is no better word) of 33 young people, giving…
2016 struck many of us as a strange and disconcerting year – with the continuing agony of Syria, departures of great names like Leonard Cohen & David Bowie, and dubious arrivals like Donald Trump and Brexit. However, it also was a year of solid progress and real delivery for ElectricAid, and for the people we…
The Good News! Trust is a fairly small faith-based charity, located in Jersey, and with excellent links with the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission and in rural Kenya. In the last 10 years, they have completed a massive 102 school rehabilitation projects, and 62 water & sanitation (WASH) projects, in a relatively-small rural area around Oyugis,…
ElectricAid has always funded in Ireland as well as the Developing World. This year, we have approved a special “Christmas” funding of €10,000 to Focus Ireland, to help in their work against Homelessness in Ireland. The funding will be split 50:50 between education and training for homeless people, and work on behalf of families and…
In the words of the song, November is a time for preparation and creation. ElectricAid’s November funding round commitment of €166,297 to 19 different proposals certainly fits that bill. From a replacement rural school in Nepal, to supporting a block-making enterprise for people with disabilities in Zambia, we are helping to prepare people for a…
This application sought help for their multi-dimensional child and family health support programme, targeting 50 seriously-ill children and their families in Florianópolis, SE Brazil. These children are chronically ill – with HIV, cancer, cardiac issues etc. The application was very well supported by Irish referees who knew the project well. One of the principles is…
ElectricAid’s commitment of €10,000 to Concern & Plan Ireland last week for relief and recovery in Haiti represented the limit of what we could do at the time. But in just a few days since, our friends, members, supporters – and ESB – have come through and stood with Haiti in their latest dark hour.…
A week on from the devastating impact of Hurricane Matthew on Haiti, and the news keeps getting worse. At least 1,200 people have died, and in some of the worst-affected areas, up to 50% of all infrastructure has been destroyed, in an already fragile and very poor country. Widespread flooding has contaminated water supplies, caused…
