One Kind Act, Global FICCS & Lentorre Lodge announce the launch of their Bug Off Malaria Campaign with immediate effect: MALARIA, The Ignored PandemicDetailsYou can hardly go a minute in today’s world without being bombarded by news about COVID-19. It has affected us all in one way or another, and there is no question that the impact is huge.However, as is the case with most crises, other important and immediate issues can get ignored. This is definitely the case with Malaria in Kenya right now. After prolonged rains in November, December and January, the rains have hit again across the country. This amount of standing water, especially in rural areas is excellent breeding ground for Mosquitos and the onset of Malaria.Some facts1. 16% of all outpatient consultations in Kenya are Malaria related, and that is only what is reported.2. Loss of Income: The effects of Malaria on households include economic pressure from having to treat the patient, because they cannot work. It is especially devastating to children and pregnant women.3. Limited Access: The knock-on effect is significant in small communities that do not have access to medicines and the infrastructure to help them recover, let alone prevent the disease.4. Prevention: Treated mosquito nets remain the primary first defence against the deadly disease.How can you support?One Kind Act have partnered up with two Kenyan-based organisations, Lentorre Lodge (www.lentorre.com) and Global FICCS https://www.facebook.com/globalficcs/) who have, for many years, been working with the Olkiramatian, Shompole and Entasopia communities in Kajiado county on various projects. These communities are located past Magadi Town, bordering with Tanzania. They have little to no infrastructure, medical facilities and resources.At this point in time, their need is great to combat Malaria and we ask you to join hands with us to ensure that they are not confronted by another silent and deadly killer.The goal is to distribute 4000 family size, treated mosquito nets and 1000 food packages, starting with those most vulnerable. Lentorre & Global FICCS will work closely with the leaders of the communities to ensure this reaches the right hands and they will be personally involved on the ground.The cost of each net: Kshs 400 ($4 or £3.25) and each food package: Kshs 1500 ($15 or £12.25)Please do support! Every donation means a lot to the families so that they can sleep protected and keep a normal semblance of life in these trying times. Small or large, every little bit will help.Thank you from everyone at Lentorre Lodge, Global FICCS and One Kind Act.About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Changes Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here

One Kind Act announce the launch of our COVID-19 Relief Fund with immediate effect: COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDUpdate 3 23 May 2020Through continuing donations of our kind Supporters, this outstanding amount as displayed on this page has been raised to date for the COVID-19 Relief Fund. OKA continue to support the three charities providing the invaluable and selfless on-the-ground work required to keep the homeless and the vulnerable alive during this Covid crisis.  As a result of specific donations made by individuals, OKA have made further urgently-needed grants to:  Organising Food For London (OFFL): £2008 in total to continue helping them to purchase long life provisions and fresh fruit and vegetables. OKA wish to thank a) Children’s Hunger Relief Fund (CHRF),  a Sri-Lanka based charity we support, for their very kind donation of £1008 made from their charity reserves and b) OKA Associate, Ritu Soni for her kind donation of £500 in memory of her parents and which has been matched by OKA to £1000. London Community Kitchen (LCK): £1350 in total to continue helping them towards providing the hundreds of food parcels and local community cafe they provide for the vulnerable, homeless and the marginalised people of our Harrow community. OKA wish to thank a) one of our regular supporters for her donation of £350 on behalf of charity the Rudy A Menon Foundation (www.rudyamenon.org) and b) OKA Associate,  Ritu Soni for her kind donation of £500 in memory of her parents and which has been matched by OKA to £1000. PLEASE DONATE HERE TO HELP US HELP OTHERS.  Update 2 25 April 2020Through continuing donations of our kind Supporters, this outstanding amount as displayed on this page has been raised to date for the COVID-19 Relief Fund. As mentioned in Update 1 below, OKA are reaching out to other well-deserving Causes here in the UK and abroad to see how we can help them help others during this crucial lock-down period of the pandemic. As a result, OKA have made another urgently-needed grant as follows: 1. Organising Food For London (OFFL):  £6120 in total to purchase long life food and drinks and fresh fruit and vegetables for 220 homeless people being sheltered across 3 hostels and provided over 9 separate deliveries (totalling 1980 food parcels in all) and for 4 hubs set up to meet the food needs of 100 elderly and vulnerable families in the Harrow and Haringey districts of London, provided over 7 deliveries (totalling 700 food parcels in all). OKA wish to thank OKA Associate, Neena Koshal and her friends and family members who have made kind donations to the sum of £702 to help towards the fund for supporting OFFL to buy these urgently needed provisions.   Please also note Prideview Group have directed some (£7,000) of the funds raised at last year's Prideview Cricket Challenge Cup Day to the Covid-19 Relief Fund, which has helped One Kind Act to make this grant to OFFL. PLEASE DONATE HERE TO HELP US HELP OTHERS.  Update 1 20 April 2020Through the kind donations of our Supporters, over £3600 has been raised to date for the COVID-19 Relief Fund. OKA have matched this amount and so far have made desperately needed grants to the following amazing voluntary organisations (see below under Details for further details).1. THE REAL JUNK FOOD PROJECT (set up as London Community Kitchen to serve the C0VID-19 crisis in Harrow): £3500 to purchase long life food products, PPE and packaging for the distribution of food to residents defined as vulnerable in the Harrow area 2. NishkamSWAT: £3750 to provide meals directly to our brave NHS workers who constantly are risking their lives to help the very vulnerable and sick within hospitals.                                                                     OKA are reaching out to other hands-on voluntary groups here in the UK and other Causes around the world that are dealing with the challenges of COVID-19 to help in any way we can during this crisis and will be deploying further funds imminently. PLEASE DONATE HERE TO HELP US HELP OTHERS.   DetailsOne Kind Act hope that you and all your family are well and staying safe in view of all that is happening around the world. It’s a hugely uncertain time globally, with closures everywhere affecting everyone. So many of our plans have been disrupted, leaving us frustrated and disappointed. But more sadly, so many people’s lives are now so adversely affected by the economic aftermath of all closures. Impoverished people already experiencing serious hardships are now even more vulnerable to the threat of Covid-19, along with the elderly and people with serious health issues.One Kind Act are very clear, we HAVE to help in any way we can. So, One Kind are launching a COVID-19 Relief Fund with immediate effect.  At the outset, we are teaming up with two trustworthy UK Causes we already support who we knew would step up to this crisis. You’ll see below what measures these Causes have already taken to help the local communities. And going forward, we may well identify other Causes doing similar work whom we will want to support after necessary due diligence. It is with our best intention that all monies raised through this Relief Fund will be used as intended, either through provision of food or meeting other needs. NishkamSWATAs well as the normal regular feeding of the homeless, NishkamSWAT will be providing a FREE MOBILE LANGAR SERVICE at this crucial time of need for over 65-year olds in isolation. They will be taking all the necessary health and safety precautions to make sure they run a safe service to bring food to their doorstep. They have sent out an appeal to all their communities to identify these vulnerable people who would benefit from this service.   NishkamSWAT have also got involved in providing meals directly our brave NHS workers who constantly are risking their lives to help the very vulnerable and sick within hospitals. Their Free Mobile Langar Service has served over 3000 meals so far to NHS staff at these following hospitals;  Chelsea & Westminster, Royal Free, West Middlesex, Ealing, Hillingdon & Northwick Park. Their needs are increasing day by day as most canteens are closed. The staff work long hours on the frontline and risk their lives for our safety.  The grant will go a long way towards providing regular meals for the staff. THE REAL JUNK FOOD PROJECT TRJFP have been enlisted onto the Harrow council “mini cobra committee” and have been given full access to the Council’s fleet of vans and social workers to help distribute hot food and parcels to the needy. TRJFP founder, Taz Gaffar, has been nominated to lead the distribution.  TRJFP find themselves to be the only Hub currently operational in the Borough of Harrow. They are truly overwhelmed with the demands upon them; they are supplying on an average of 120 families food provision daily as well as supporting several organisations including, Mind, Men cap, HAD, Relief, Harrow Care Homes and Northwick Park Hospital.  Please see below photos of the TRJFP Community Kitchen based in Harrow of food parcels being prepared by a group of volunteers for the most vulnerable, as identified by the Harrow Council, as a result of the pandemic.    BOTH CAUSES CLEARLY NEED MONEY TO BUY ALL PROVISIONS THEY NEED TO PREPARE THE FOOD THEY INTEND TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE VULNERABLE. PLEASE DONATE TO HELP US HELP THEM.   You may DONATE by way of: 1. An online donation on this Page by clicking on PLEDGE NOW or2. A Bank Transfer/Cheque/Cash by proceeding to the DONATE tab at the top of this Page where you will be able to download our Manual Donation Form which provides the bank details and the address to which the form/cheque/cash should be sent.   More so, if you feel you wish to do more as the lockdown continues, perhaps consider raising funds for these worthy causes through innovative ideas such as cookery classes, yoga sessions etc, using social media and the well-oiled communication apps we have at our disposal eg zoom/skype/facetime. Come up with an idea and contact us on annu.shah1@sky.com and we will help set you on your way.                       Thank you.About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Changes Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here

One Kind Act are delighted to announce their forthcoming event, CHILD OF MINE BALL:Post Event Update28th December 2019The night surpassed expectations. It was the Saturday before Christmas and guests arrived at the Child of Mine Ball full of festive spirit in the truest sense of the word - ready to have a wonderful time but also with their hearts open to spreading love and goodwill around the world. A drinks reception was followed by short but powerful speeches. Sarah, Duchess of York, a new Patron of One Kind Act, spoke of the healing that comes through giving and read out an inspiring letter to OKA from HRH Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur. Mark Ramprakash, Patron, spoke movingly of witnessing deprivation around the world and the effectiveness of the charity's work. Shamit Malhotra, Chairman of OKA, spoke of the extraordinary journey of the charity and recognising all children as part of us.Three Causes supported on the night spoke of the improvements to health, nutrition and education to hundreds of children in UK and abroad that OKA has facilitated.Most powerful was by a 16-year old boy called Tyler. Between palpable nervousness, emotional moments and raw pain, he gave a first-hand account of what it's like to watch your mother struggle to feed you, to helplessly watch your younger siblings go hungry, to feel weak with exhaustion and hunger. A chance encounter with a Cause supported by OKA has ensured he and his family have enough to eat every day.The Auction and Raffle were lively affairs raising further funds for deprived children.The evening MC was the charming Navin Kundra who had the crowd dancing to his talented catchy singing until the late hours. Over £130,000 was raised which will give impoverished children in UK and around the world hope, opportunity and nourishment where there is none. What the Guests Said: - I have been to hundreds of charity events; the difference between other charities and OKA is, with you, it all comes from the heart - you have no idea how impactful last night was- you are a rare charity, keep on inspiring- what an impactful fabulous way to bring 2019 to a close- whole heartedly wanted to thank you all for the wonderful evening- so inspired to hear about the amazing charities you have supported along the 5 year journey- we were so moved by the presentations- the event was organised to most incredible meticulous detail and it was absolutely fantastic- we are absolutely flabbergasted at how much you have achieved as a charity- the work that you do is absolutely commendable and we are blessed to be associated with you- the whole world should know what phenomenal work you amazing people are doing- what a great evening, your team does a truly amazing jobAbout One Kind ActOne Kind Act Changes Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More hereEvent DetailsThe CHILD OF MINE BALL is the most exclusive event in the One Kind Act 2019 calendar. Join us for a sophisticated, lively and fun filled evening with world class entertainment while fundraising for children in poverty around the world.An enticing three course meal, unlimited free premium drinks, a raffle and auction will be followed with a live performances by NAVIN KUNDRA, acclaimed, award winning scion of the British Asian music scene and a night of music, dancing and conversation in a delightful ambience.TICKET PURCHASE:Bring along your partners, friends, colleagues and business associates for an elegant and festive pre-Christmas celebration.You are invited to purchase tables of 12 for either Premium or Standard tickets. The Premium tables will be in a prime location, and will include 2 chilled bottles of premium champagne.Premium Tables: £1,560 for a table of 12 (equivalent to £130 per person). Please note only 16 Premium tables are availableStandard Tables: £1200 for a table of 12 (equivalent to £100 per person). TABLE LOCATION WILL BE GIVEN ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVE BASIS. Please appreciate that as this is a Charity Ball, there will be no refunds once purchase has been made. FOOD ALLERGIES: Any enquiries regarding ticket purchase or food allergies, please contact Shamit Malhotra on shamit@isgroupuk.com or Annu Shah on annu.shah1@sky.com.DRESS CODE: Sparkles and Glitz / Lounge SuitACCOMMODATION: We have arranged for special room rates and terms with the Hilton Hotel, should you be interested in staying overnight. Please click here for further details. As is expected with this event, tickets are likely to sell out fast, so SO HURRY AND BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW! PLEASE NOTE: Where photos and videos have been taken at our fundraising events, we will use these for marketing purposes on our website and on social media. Please contact us on info@onekindact.org if you do not want your photo/video used.  About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Changes Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here