Dear loyal supporter,

Firstly and importantly, we want to say a massive “Thank You” for your support. At the beginning of 2019 Hands at Work in Africa UK passed the key milestone of supporting over a thousand orphaned and vulnerable children. Thank you so much for being part of this story! Your support in giving towards the three essential services of food, education and basic health care has played a crucial part in helping improve the health and wellbeing of children in some of Africa’s poorest communities.

For the last 10 years we have set the amount necessary to do all of this at £15 per child, per month. As you know, global food costs have risen considerably in this period and some of the countries we work in have seen as much as a 100% increase in inflation over the past 5 years. This means that many of the everyday items which form part of our daily care services, like vegetables and school books, cost double today what they did just a few years ago.

In order to continue providing the same quality of life-giving services to the most vulnerable children we need to increase the cost from £15 per month per child (or £180 per year) to £20 per month per child (£240 per year).

We are able to limit the cost increase to this amount because, as always, 100% of these funds go onto the ground in Africa, and because our team is run by African and International volunteers giving sacrificially of their own resources and time. You are a part of this movement of compassion around the world!

Our request to you

This increase will begin on the 1 st January 2020. We cannot make this change automatically and so we are asking all our supporters where necessary to contact your bank to change your standing order or to reflect the increase in your present method of giving.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us at enquiries@uk.handsatwork.org.

Thank you again for your commitment to the children of our communities.

Yours in Christ,
Oliver Westmancott
Chair of Hands at Work in Africa UK Board