Here’s a simple video with a powerful message – of the worldwide impact of some typical ElectricAid funding activity. Whether it’s for old folks in Ireland, or isolated villagers in Liberia, your generosity reaches out and helps real people. Come fly with us!
Category Archives: Projects
January Funding: New Year, New Hope, New Beginnings
ElectricAid has kicked off the New Year with 14 new fundings of a total value of €136,000. Thousands of the world’s most needy people will derive new hope, and the beginnings of self-sustainable development. The funding committed includes water & irrigation projects in Ghana, Zambia and Swaziland, and school & education projects in Kenya, Zambia,Continue reading “January Funding: New Year, New Hope, New Beginnings”
Good News! in Kenya … and now in Mozambique
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,Continue reading “Good News! in Kenya … and now in Mozambique”
November, November – Preparation, Creation
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 aContinue reading “November, November – Preparation, Creation”
Saúde Crianca – community child health in Brazil
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 isContinue reading “Saúde Crianca – community child health in Brazil”
Trachoma Ghana – Sightsavers
These images tell the story of Chief Abdul-Rahman Neindow in the village of Zuozugu, near to Tamale in Ghana. When Trachoma goes untreated, it becomes Trichiasis, where the eyelids turn in upon themselves so that the lashes are constantly scratching the eye. At this stage, only surgery, using TT kits, can save a person’sContinue reading “Trachoma Ghana – Sightsavers”
September Harvest
ElectricAid’s September Funding Round saw us approve 16 really excellent projects with a massive €158,000. The projects range from elder care in Ireland, to Honey processing in Kenya; from solar power in Nicaragua to portable clean energy stoves in Bangladesh. These fundings will change the lives of thousands of people, and, as ever, are onlyContinue reading “September Harvest”
Clean Water for Gran Sab & Keynober
Haven is a small Irish NGO, specialising in community development projects in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. This simple project involved the extension of a water supply to the commune of Gran Sab on Isle a Vache, an extremely poor island off the south coast of Haiti, and the rehabilitation of existing wells in theContinue reading “Clean Water for Gran Sab & Keynober”
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