In pictures: Spurgeons do more food distribution ….
….thanks to donations via CRED Supporters
Black Lives Matter – CRED statement
Greetings friends, As Chairman of CRED Foundation, a Christian organisation, I find myself deeply troubled by the recent events in the United States and across the globe in the aftermath of the of death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The insidious evil of racism stalks the world, as dangerous and…
Food distribution in Kibera, thanks to CRED supporters
Food and hygiene parcels were recently distributed to residents of Kibera slum in Nairobi, thanks to the generosity of CRED Supporters. CRED Partner, Spurgeons Childcare Kenya, under the leadership of Kenyanito Dudi, distributed parcels of basic food stuffs, plus face masks, to families in the community who had been recognised…
Thank you smiles from Acholi Quarters
Thanks to generous donations from CRED Supporters, we were recently able to send out some money for food to the Lubanga Ber community-cooperative that we work with in Acholi Quarters, Kampala, Uganda. The members of the cooperative were struggling with lack of income, due to the restrictions imposed by the…
Spurgeons Childcare in action: COVID-19 response
‘The donations reached at a perfect time. Our people have had it rough in the slums. Majority will die of hunger let alone Corona Virus if this pandemic continues.’ So wrote Kenyanito Dudi, head of Spurgeons Childcare Kenya, when reporting back on how they have been using recent financial donations…
COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
At this Easter-time, the globe is still gripped by this ongoing COVID-19 crisis and we at CRED are wondering how we should be responding to support the CRED Partners around the world who, along with the projects they run, face great difficulties arising from this crisis. Many of them are…
Spurgeons Childcare Kenya – responding to Covid 19
Handwashing and social distancing aren’t easy to achieve in a densely populated place like Kibera slum in Nairobi, where homes are temporary and none have access to clean running water on tap. But that doesn’t mean that you don’t try and follow the guidelines to reduce the spread of Covid…
Coronavirus and our partners – the wider picture
Nobody who lives in a country that is experiencing coronavirus is in any doubt about the breadth of the impact of the virus on the daily life. Lockdown, social distancing, self-isolation: they are all terms we have become very used to. But what is it like to experience the virus…
Running in memory
Staff and pupils from the Nkuru Vocational Training College in rural Uganda, along with friends from the nearby Namutamba Child Rehabilitation Centre, took part in a 6km fun-run recently – an event organised by CRED Partner John Njendahayo of Nkuru-Nziza Foundation, in memory of two dearly departed ladies The Namutamba…
Message from Chairman of Trustees Simon Wareham re COVID-19
The world is facing very uncertain times as people across the globe look to deal with the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. The sense of isolation and anxiety is rising as we witness the impacts of the virus stretching across every nation and affecting virtually the whole global population in…