Every year, tens of thousands of young people become homeless. Sadly, council services are often unable to support more than half of the young people across the country that so desperately need a helping hand. Consequently, many are forced to sleep in overcrowded hostels, on people’s sofas or even on the streets. LandAid is the property industry charity working to end youth homelessness in the UK. It brings together remarkable businesses and individuals across the property and wider built environment industry to fulfill ESG goals through supporting projects delivering life-changing services for 16–24 year-olds experiencing homelessness. By awarding monetary grants and arranging free property expertise through their Pro Bono Programme, LandAid invests where lasting community impact can be achieved. LandAid receives no government funding. All monetary grants are generously provided through the property and wider built environment industry. This includes long term partnerships, individual donations and fundraising through LandAid’s flagship sponsored events throughout the year. The incredible support and continuing commitment from the industry enables homelessness charities across the UK to provide safe, secure accommodation within a supportive environment for young people, helping them reach their full potential and look towards a brighter future.Help One Kind Act to support the young and vulnerable homeless in the UK.Grants Awarded to LandAid by One Kind Act    About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change 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

Punarnava Charitable Trust is wholly focused on improving the health, education and welfare of poverty struck villages on the outskirts of Coimbatore in Tamilnadu, South India, highlighting, amongst so many pressing demands, the need to feed the neglected elderly and provide a monthly free medical health camp. They specifically address: Relief of sickness.  Every month they provide a free medical camp to ill villagers for whom this is the only access to medical care.  The difference they make to the quality of life of the sick and diseased is inestimable.  Diabetes, infectious diseases, blindness, strokes, arthritis are  just some of the prevailing issues. Feeding 100 elderly neglected villagers daily.  With increased urbanisation many elderly are left to fend for themselves with no family to take care of them. Many of them are blind, disabled or immobile. All of them are malnourished and painfully thin. They are too frail to work and would slowly starve to death if it wasn't for the wholesome, fresh, hot meal Punarnava delivers to them daily.  Careful due diligence was done by an OKA associate who visited them.  The incredible thing about their work is the minimal costs. There are no administrative costs at all as it is run by dedicated volunteers.  Similarly the logistics, doctor's fees, identification process for eligibility is all free.  This means that all the money donated goes directly to those that suffer most with no wasteful and unnecessary administrative costs. Grants Awarded to Punarnava by One Kind Act   25 July 2022: From a kind donation by Ritu Soni and from OKA funds, a grant of £3,000 was made towards the purchase of provisions and for the preparation of a daily midday meal for 100+ elderly villagers, as part of the continuance of Project Annam.7 February 2022: A grant of £8,000 was made towards the purchase of provisions and for the preparation of a daily midday meal for 100+ elderly villagers, as part of the continuance of Project Annam.27 August 2021: From funds raised through our India Covid Appeal, a grant of £2,500 was made towards provision of Ayurveda medicines and post covid support to families who have lost loved ones12 February 2021: As result of the kind donation from a kind donor, a grant of £1,000 was made towards the purchase of provisions and for the preparation of a daily midday meal for 100+ elderly villagers, as part of the continuance of Project Annam, which is working under the strict rules of Covid-19. 16 October 2020: A grant of £12,200 was made for the purchase of vegetables, rice, coconuts and provisions and for the preparation of a daily midday meal for 150 elderly villagers for the whole year, as part of the continuance of Project Annam, which is working under the strict rules of Covid-19. 19 October 2019: A grant of £14,320 was made for the purchase of vegetables, rice, coconuts and provisions and to prepare daily Community lunches for 100+ elderly for the whole year. 1 August 2018: A grant of £12,283 was made to provide food and medical camp for 100 neglected poverty struck villagers for 1 year 19 June 2017: A grant of £11,500 was made to provide food and medical camp for 100 neglected poverty struck villagers for 1 year  04 April 2016: A grant of £10,000 was made to provide food and medical camp for 100 neglected poverty struck villagers for 1 year   About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change 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

Founded in February 2007 by His Highness Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur, the Indian Head Injury Foundation was the outcome of a father’s concern for his injured son. After Maharaja Gaj Singh’s son Yuvraj Shivraj Singh suffered a serious head injury during a polo match, the family was subject to countless medical procedures, numerous remedial opinions and many tough decisions. Seeing the state of India’s social and medical response to head injury accidents and brain trauma, the Maharaja started on a mission to build a comprehensive system for the head injury prevention through the education of road users, diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain and spinal injury, and to provide physical and neurological rehabilitation to the victims of such unfortunate incidents. IHIF cater for the under-privileged sections of India's society after suffering life-changing injuries to the brain. They have rehabilitation centres in Jodhpur, Delhi ad more recently in Patna. Grants Awarded to IHIF by One Kind Act   26 June 2023: A continuing grant of £8,000 was made to continue providing quality care to the underprivileged users of the Neuro Rehab Centre in Patna at almost no cost to them.21 June 2021: A continuing grant of £12,000 was made to continue providing quality care to the underprivileged users of the Neuro Rehab Centre in Patna at almost no cost to them.4 April 2020: A continuing grant of £21,480 was made to continue providing quality care to the underprivileged users of the Neuro Rehab Centre in Patna at almost no cost to them.21 June 2019: A grant of £905 was made that was raised at a coffee morning held on 1st May (see EVENTS page for details) to purchase a much-needed multi-activities work station for upper extremities exercise.      7th February 2019: A further grant of just under £24,000 has been awarded towards the civil works, building, furniture and fittings of a new Rehab Centre in Patna. It also includes the cost of essential new Rehab equipment; a Paediatric Walker, a Tilt Table and a Functional Electronic Stimulation Machine. The work in Patna is in full swing. OKA are HUGELY proud of the fact that the new Rehab Centre in Patna will be entitled with SUPPORTED BY ONE KIND ACT.IHIF hope to complete the project and perform the inauguration in June 2019 to which OKA have been invited. 5th March 2018: A grant of £26,000 was made for the treatment and rehabilitation of up to 30 trauma victims in rehabilitation centres in Jodhpur and Delhi, India together with the provision of up to 50 active wheelchairs to those in need. About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change 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

NishkamSWAT is a 100% voluntary humanitarian-aid organisation founded in 2008 that look after the immediate needs of the street homeless. We serve at least 5000 meals a week in 24 locations in the UK, and 2 locations internationally, 32 times a week based on the concept of Langar (Free Community Kitchen) through our faith-based values of love, truth, compassion, forgiveness, contentment and humility. One outreach location in particular, Trafalgar Square in London sees at least 350 meals being served on some nights, 5 times a week. During these unprecedented times in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen an increase in service users which has increased the amount of food, refreshments, clothing and blankets/sleeping bags we serve.NishkamSWAT ProjectsHomeless Project - Serving 5000meals a week in the UKNishkam Healthcare - Serving 150 people a month with healthcare help/advice in Slough, Reading and at Trafalgar Square (people who do not have an address do not have access to the NHS in the UK)Project Recovery - A helpline for those suffering from drug and alcohol abuse and those supporting them (On Hold)Elderly Care Project - Visiting Elderly residents in West and East London (On hold)NishkamSWAT Help COVID-19 Free Mobile Langar Delivery Service (20th March 2020 - 31st July 2020) -50,000 meals delivered and served by volunteers and Sky Engineer Drivers across the UK to those who were vulnerable, isolated and shielding due to the COVID-19 Pandemic as well as various NHS staff members and hospitals tooNishkamSWAT Vaccine Service for the Homeless (Strand and Hounslow)NishkamSWAT Oxygen for India AppealGrants Awarded to NishkamSWAT by One Kind Act   February 2023: Through langars done by various supporters and the Hunger Relief Appeal, we have been able to award a grant of £1500 and £1000 to help keep supporting the homeless and vulnerable suffering from food poverty.  December 2022: Through various supporters, we have been able to award a grant of £3000 to help keep supporting the homeless by providing Winter essentials over the Christmas.October 2022: Through funds raised at the 100km for Ukraine event,  we have been able to award a grant of £3651 to continue supporting vulnerable families in the Ukraine with food supplies.July 2022: Through two generous supporters for OKA's Ukraine Appeal, we have been able to award a grant of £7000 to help with the setting up of a hot food  permanent food kitchen in Ukraine.May 2022: Through the funds raised at OKA's Heroines & Vamps Ladies Event, we have been able to award a grant of £4000 to help provide support for the homeless with up to 2000 meals. April 2022: Through OKA's Ukraine Appeal, we have been able to award a grant of £3000 to help provide support for the displaced people of Ukraine with essential supplies through direct effort by SWAT volunteers.February 2022: Through kind donations, we have been able to award a grant of £1000 to purchase food for those suffering food poverty in the UK.December 2021: With OKA’s 2021 Winter Appeal, we have been able to award a grant of £2000 to purchase Clothing, Toiletries, Blankets and food items for the homeless.January 2021: With OKA’s continued appeal for funds to help SWAT, we have been able to award a grant of £1000 to allow supporting families with essential food supplies during the pandemic. This grant was been possible through the kind donation from our sponsor Prideview Group. November 2020: OKA have made a grant of £4200 to SWAT for funding 3 pallets of biscuits that will be used to feed the Homeless of London during these weeks up to Christmas 2020.October 2020: A grant of £3000 was made towards your purchase of a Van to facilitate SWAT's ongoing work in the community. The grant was funded through a donation of £3000 made by Balwinder Kapila to One Kind Act on behalf of the Aman Kapila Memorial Fund specifically in response to SWAT's appeal for the purchase  of the Van. April 2020: SWAT have responded to the Covid-19 crisis is a very big way. As well as the normal regular feeding of the homeless, NishkamSWAT are providing a FREE MOBILE LANGAR SERVICE at this crucial time of need for over 65-year olds in isolation. They 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. A grant of £3.750 has been made to provide meals directly to our brave NHS workers who constantly are risking their lives to help the very vulnerable and sick within hospitals.    November 2019: A grant of £2,010 has been made to fund winter clothing packs for the homeless.February 2019: A grant of £500 has been made to fund the feeding of homeless on Sunday 17 February. Numerous members of the One Kind Act team were present to serve the food. OKA are very proud to donate a cheque for £10,000 to help towards the purchase of a new building for SWAT to operate from. They are currently renting but feel the need to lay their foundations as they have grown rapidly over the last 10 years. We presented the cheque on Sunday 17 February at the Strand, when many members of One Kind Act team were present to serve the food to the homeless who come every week to be fed their daily nourishment. OKA made a further grant of £500 to fund the feeding on Sunday 17 February.February 2019: A grant of £2,000 has been made to fund 100 sleeping bags and 100 hats and gloves for the homeless.August 2018: A grant of £1,460 has been made to provide a supply of biscuits to over 200 homeless people.March 2018: A grant of £1,663 has been made to provide a supply of biscuits to over 200 homeless people.December 2017: A grant of £2,200 has been made to fund 100 sleeping bags and 100 hats and gloves for the homeless.January 2017: On Sunday 29 January 2017, a dozen OKA affiliates and Sponsors, Meera & Harry Bhogal, joined SWAT for their regular slot in the Strand to feed the homeless. Hot food, dessert, cake and hot drinks were distributed along with blankets, scarves and hats to almost 200 deprived homeless. It was a particularly brutal day with icy driving winds and heavy rain.  Everyone was huddled under hooded jackets, handing out food, trying hard to be upbeat and joyous. However, an OKA trustee looked sorry enough to be mistaken for one of the homeless and was promptly offered compassion and a warm meal!Despite of, or perhaps because of the weather, the homeless continued to stream through for almost two hours, grateful for the food, blankets and the warmth of volunteers who clearly cared about them as individuals.SWAT not only feed the homeless in UK through their volunteers' fundraising efforts, but also do other wonderful work like providing maternity care support for mothers in poverty in Kenya. May 2016: On one of the warmer evenings in May we’ve experienced this year, members of the OKA committee gathered at the Strand to offer help to an amazing charity SWAT (Sikh Welfare & Awareness Team). Initially set up as an organisation to primarily unite and transform financially disadvantaged communities, SWAT recognised in 2009 a desperate need to attend to so many people sleeping rough on the streets of London.  It was then that they established their "Homeless Project" to reach out and feed the less fortunate in all different areas of the UK.  London brightens up noticeably in periods of fine weather, no doubt apparent on that sunny evening in May as we noticed a greater bustle and liveliness on its streets. However, balmy weather does not disguise the real hardships of the homeless, who struggle daily without food and shelter. This uncertainty prevails throughout rain or shine. This was abundantly clear as we witnessed a queue of around 200 men and women waiting in line to be given their daily meal. We felt privileged that we could help. With an assortment of drinks, snacks, pre-prepared food and pizzas donated by the Pizza Express chain of restaurants, we were able to help alleviate some of their despair. In particular, one woman stood out. 8 months pregnant, she expressed immense gratitude for her next meal. She had nowhere else to go and though she was likely to be admitted into hospital for the birth of her child, she was under no illusion that she would return with her new-born to the unforgiving harshness of the streets of London. It saddened our hearts to hear this and we, as associates of OKA, felt humbled to be able to help.   December 2015: A grant of £100 per month for 1 year (Total of £1,200) has been made to provide monthly supply of biscuits to up to 200 homeless people.About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change 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

Made With Hope believes every child living in rural Tanzania should have access to a quality education and they are achieving this by collaborating with rural Tanzanian communities to understand their barriers to education and finding solutions together. This includes building classrooms, collecting rain water for good health and bringing light to rural homes.  Grants Awarded to MwH by One Kind Act   12 May 2023:: One Kind Act feel immense gratitude towards our generous donor that has allowed us to make a grant of £22,947 towards renewing girls toilet facilities in a school in Manyire, Tanzania 7 February 2022:: One Kind Act feel immense gratitude towards our generous donor that has allowed us to make the final grant of £254 towards the final touches to the building of new classrooms and a girls toilets block as part of MARURANI SCHOOL PROJECT, Tanzania   21 November 2021: One Kind Act feel immense gratitude towards our generous donor that has allowed us to make a further grant of £18,707 towards the next phase of rain water harvesting and instalment of new classrooms and a girls toilet block at a school in rural Tanzania. 21 September 2021: One Kind Act feel immense gratitude towards a generous donor that has allowed us to make a grant of £21,237 towards the next phase of rain water harvesting and instalment of new classrooms and a girls toilet block at a school in rural Tanzania. 19 July 2021: One Kind Act feel immense gratitude towards our very loyal and supportive Sponsors - Calcott Services for Children – who have recently risen to their call on social responsibility and made very generous donations to Causes we support. One such Cause is Made with Hope. Their donation of £5,000 will increase water accessibility to 629 students in Tanzanian schools through rainwater harvesting as part of their Mzmuni Water Project.9 October 2020: A grant of £12,595 to support the children of rural Tanzania for better hygiene and education through 3 new projects: Construct 5 handwashing stations and provide soap for 1,843 children in 5 schools to prevent COVID-19 and hygiene-related diseases which put children at risk and increase absenteeism      Construct 14 girls toilets so they have a safe and private place to use and do not feel the need to stay at home 5 days a month (2 months a year) during their menstruation. Renovate 2 of Mshikamano Primary classrooms so up to 316 children do not get wet in class during rainy season and have to stop learning.         20 January 2020: Following on from the grant made in September 2019 of £11,000 to build the foundations of 3 classrooms, a further grant of £12,185 has been made to complete the project by installing the roof, windows and doors, painting of the walls and filling them with desks, ready for the students to use.10 September 2019: As a result of funds raised by the Prideview Cricket Challenge Day 2019 and OKA Garden Party 2019, the following grants have been made:  ·         £11,000 to build the foundations of 3 classrooms ·         £13,280 to build numerous water harvesting tanks   About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change 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

Your One Wish is a UK based charity dedicated to raising funds and granting wishes for vulnerable and disadvantaged children and families around the world. Founded in 2015, Your One Wish is run by a small team of volunteers, using 100% of funds raised to help those in need. The charity raises donations by encouraging volunteers to take part in challenges such as the London Marathon, long-distance bike rides and mountain treks. Some of their recent local projects include the building of a sensory room in a newly built hospice ‘Noah’s Ark’ in Barnet; funding a 2-day camp for autistic children in Ealing; throwing a ‘celebration of life’ party for a seven-year-old girl who wasn’t expected to live for more than 48 hours; redecorating a paediatric treatment room; stocking the library of a local school with a host of new books, and providing medical equipment to community projects, to allow them to cater for children and young people with disabilities.During the pandemic crisis here in the UK, they have hand-delivered food to NHS staff; supplied iPads to hospitals so that patients could make calls to loved ones; distributed hundreds of laptops and tablets to children across the UK to allow them to continue with their learning from home throughout lockdown; provided supplies to food banks and co-ordinated the distribution of donated meals and supplies from generous businesses to Soup Kitchens and community hubs. Internationally, they have provided medical equipment to The One Heart Therapeutic Centre in Ethiopia, who care for severely disabled children, and they continue to send funds to them monthly to cover the cost of food, medication and bills. They have sent vital supplies to vulnerable children and families in Lebanon and Yemen, sourced oxygen concentrators and shipped them to those in desperate need in India to help with the third wave of Coronavirus, and have sponsored the education of a child from a family suffering hardship, in Mumbai.Grants Awarded to Your One Wish by One Kind Act    12 May 2023: A grant of £5000 was made through the funds raised from the Turkey and Syria earthquake emergency appeal to provide up to 20,000 meals to those affected by the earthquake disaster 13 February 2023: A grant of £5000 was made through the funds raised from the Turkey and Syria earthquake emergency appeal to deliver emergency aid of essential supplies.  16 June 2020: OKA have provided a grant of £1000 through the kind donation of CHRF to help families get through the COVID-19 crisis. 20 September 2021: Through our very successful fundraising at One Kind Act's annual flagship event, OKA Garden Summer Party 2021, we are proud to be able to have made a grant of £24,500 for their project of Rebuilding and refurbishment of a primary school in Adhi, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. These funds will allow the extension to the school through the construction of new classrooms and rebuilding existing classrooms. and provision of food, stationary, uniform and other necessary equipment to assist the children in achieving an education, in both the primary and the high school. A discretionary grant of £2,000  to provide garden furniture and a shelter for vulnerable young people leaving the social services care system in Hayes, Middlesex.About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change 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

London’s Community Kitchen is a food charity that supports the community through the sad crisis of food poverty we are encountering here in the UK.Over this past year during the Covid crisis, LCK have established an extensive network of suppliers of food provisions who all work using a ‘zero waste, zero hunger’ model. Working with other charities, they operate as a food hub for cooked food and run weekly food markets to serve families and the vulnerable who suffer from extreme food poverty within the Boroughs of Harrow, Barnet and Brent. In addition, they serve local schools and support Outreach projects and many other community projects.Going forward, LCK will also be working on delivering education through Cookery projects. This will enable some of the most disadvantaged in our communities to gain an understanding of nutrition, qualifications and hence employment opportunities. Grants Awarded to LCK by One Kind Act   10 February 2023: With OKA’s Hunger Appeal, OKA have been able to award a grant of £1,000 to LCK to allow them to carry on with helping the vulnerable and homeless suffering with food poverty in the UK. 17 October 2022: Through the funds raised at 2022 Prideview Cricket Cup Day, a grant of £8,000 was made towards purchase of bags of Fruit and Vegetable bags for children at 12 schools in Harrow for a period of 4-6 weeks. 13 July 2022: With OKA’s Hunger Appeal, OKA have been able to award a grant of £2,500 to LCK to allow them to carry on with supporting people suffering food poverty in UK.7 February 2022: With OKA’s LCK Appeal, OKA have been able to award a grant of £4,000 to LCK to purchase food for those suffering food poverty in the UK.21 December 2021: With OKA’s Afghan Appeal, OKA have been able to award a grant of £1,500 to LCK to purchase Clothing, Toiletries, Blankets and food items for the Afghan Community.10 December 2021: With OKA’s 2021 Winter Appeal, OKA have been able to award a grant of £4,000 to LCK to purchase Christmas gifts for children living below the poverty line. 17 September 2021: Their recently launched Plant To Plate Project provides an 8 week curriculum at schools to show children how to grow their own nutritious food and cook with what they have grown. A grant of £20,000 from the funds raised  by our Sponsor Partners Prideview Group (£5,000) and Calcot Services for Children (£15,000) will procure 10 Cooking Stations for use by children and adults as part of this Good Nutrition Programme.10 June 2021: With OKA’s new LCK Appeal launched in January, we have been able to award a grant of £1,000 to LCK to allow the purchase of essential food supplies for desperate families during the pandemic. This grant has been made possible through the kind donations of all our Supporters for this LCK Appeal. 4 May 2021: With OKA’s new LCK Appeal launched in January, we have been able to award a grant of £1,000 to LCK to allow the purchase of essential food supplies for desperate families during the pandemic. This grant has been made possible through the kind donations of all our Supporters for this LCK Appeal. 5 April 2021: With OKA’s continued appeal for funds to help LCK, we have been able to award a grant of £4,620 to allow supporting families with essential food supplies during the pandemic. This grant has been possible through the kind donations from 1. The 'Run 100K for LCK' Challenge amazingly completed by Karun & Aditi which raised £1642 and which OKA topped up to £2000 from our own reserves. 2. Mishal Shah of £500 which was then matched by Goldman Sachs to make up to £1000 3. Supporters raising £810 which was then matched by Barclays Bank to make up to £1620.  5 April 2021: With OKA’s new LCK Appeal launched in January, we have been able to award a grant of £1,000 to LCK to allow the purchase of essential food supplies for desperate families during the pandemic. This grant has been possible through the kind donations of all our Supporters for this LCK Appeal. 3 March 2021:  With OKA’s new LCK Appeal launched in January, we have been able to award a grant of £1,500 to LCK to allow the purchase of essential food supplies for desperate families during the pandemic. This grant has been possible through the kind donations of all our Supporters for this LCK Appeal. 2 February 2021: With OKA’s new LCK Appeal launched in January, we have been able to award a grant of £1,500 to LCK to allow the purchase of essential food supplies for desperate families during the pandemic. This grant has been possible through the kind donations of all our Supporters for this LCK Appeal. 24 January 2021: With OKA’s continued appeal for funds to help LCK, we have been able to award a grant of £3,120 to allow supporting families with essential food supplies during the pandemic. This grant has been possible through the kind donations from our sponsor Prideview Group, from our supporters and from the noble efforts on part of OKA committee members (Naina Chohdha for the Xmas Appeal and Reeta Hosein From us to You Appeal) and from supplementary funds out of OKA’s own reserves.22 November 2020: OKA have made a grant of £1000 to purchase food supplies for OKA Langar Day held at LCK on 27 November 2020.   15 November 2020: OKA have made a grant of £8550 to LCK towards their Winter Appeal. This is part of their Community Outreach Project in Harrow to help support the Homeless on the streets, Shelters, Support houses, Women in Refuge and Socio-Economically Deprived Children. The monies will be used towards providing Winter Clothing packs and Children Xmas Food packs.  2 November 2020: OKA have made a grant of £17680 to LCK to purchase a much-needed van for the distribution of food to the vulnerable and homeless affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. These funds were raised as a result of a rigorous government grant application.  8 October 2020: In continuation of the support OKA wish to give LCK, we have made a further grant of £6000 (which includes £500 from funds received from Lloyds Bank Foundation under their Staff Matched Giving scheme for COVID-19) to help them towards maintaining the food supply they provide through home deliveries and food market for the vulnerable, homeless and the marginalised people of our Harrow community during this Covid crisis. 3 July 2020: In continuation of the support OKA wish to give TRJFP/LCK, we have made a further grant of £1000 to helping them towards the hundreds of food parcels and local community cafe they provide for the vulnerable, homeless and the marginalised people of our Harrow community. 9 June 2020: In continuation of the support OKA wish to give TRJFP/LCK, we have made a further grant of £400 to helping them towards the hundreds of food parcels and local community cafe they provide for the vulnerable, homeless and the marginalised people of our Harrow community. 23 May 2020: In continuation of the support OKA wish to give TRJFP/LCK, we have made a further grant of £1350 to helping them towards the hundreds of food parcels and local community cafe they provide for the vulnerable, homeless and the marginalised people of our Harrow community. 23 May 2020: In response to the pledges made for TRJFP at last year's Child of Mine Ball, a grant of £5,440 has been made to TRJFP/LCK. It may be the case that in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of the funds will follow the general principles of food poverty rather any exact purpose discussed at the time of the Ball. OKA feel reassured that the funds are being directed to where the immediate need arises during this Covid crisis; to provide the hundreds of food parcels and local community cafe they provide for the vulnerable, homeless and the marginalised people of our Harrow community. 20 April 2020: TRJFP have responded to the Covid-19 crisis is a very big way. As well as running their Burnt OAK project, TRJFP have set the London Community Kitchen (LCK) in Harrow through the support of Harrow Council who have provided them very good premises. They 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 with food provision daily as well as supporting several organisations including, Mind, Men cap, HAD, Relief, Harrow Care Homes and Northwick Park Hospital.  OKA have made a grant of £3500 to purchase long life food products, PPE and packaging for the distribution of food to residents defined as vulnerable in the Harrow area. 11 March 2020: A grant of £3000 was made to purchase and repair kitchen equipment required for the Pay As You Go cafe at TRJFP in Burnt Oak, NW London.14 December 2019: A grant of £1500 was made from funds raised at the Ethical Catering event held by OKA Associate, Ritu Soni, to support the local impoverished community of Burnt Oak, NW London.28 November 2019: A grant of £4000 was made from funds granted by the Willesden Green Swaminarayan temple to buy Christmas presents for the children of the local impoverished community of Burnt Oak, NW London.  10 November 2019: A grant of £5000 was made from funds raised at the 2019 Prideview Cricket Cup Challenge Day to support the local impoverished community of Burnt Oak, NW London.  7 June 2019: A grant of £3500 was made from funds raised at various recent OKA events. The monies will be used to create storage space at the Harrow Cafe project, purchase kitchen equipment and signage for the Barnet cafe, and for general training of volunteers in the kitchen in Basic Food and Hygiene.        10 December 2018: OKA were very clear we wanted to help source xmas presents for the children of low-income families in Burnt Oak being suported by TRJFP.  So OKA Associates Alisha Malhotra and Ritu Soni went out on a shopping spree to buy £300 worth of presents. OKA are proud to be able to help towards making Christmas a time of peace and love for those here in the UK in desperate need.        29 July 2018: A further grant of £150 was made as a result of a fundraising initiative by Hilton HQ in celebration of the UN World Day for Cultural Diversity. Hilton HQ held an international bake sale to raise funds for The Real Junk Food Project. See further details on our Event page.  Furthermore, Hilton and TRJFP have joined hands in launching the first of their Bistro nights, when they served a 3-course meal created entirely from rescued food. It is so heart-warming that OKA have been able to facilitate a new partnership that will help towards the future success of this noble efforts by TRJFP in north west London. 24 September 2017: A further grant of £2000 has been made to complete the expenses for the much-needed van to collect vast quantities of available provisions from local major food retailers. 23 June 2017: A grant of £10,000 has been made to purchase a much-needed van to collect vast quantities of available provisions from local major food retailers. These provisions are then being made available to needy people in the local community at a pop-up shop in north west London. About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change 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

The Global Foundation for Cardiac and Children’s Services (Global FICCS) provides both medical and educational services to the under-served communities of East Africa. Medical initiatives: FICCS provides charity heart surgeries and follow-up care, free health screenings for women & children,  medical equipment, medicine and first aid kits, training symposiums for Kenyan cardiologists & nurses and biomedical engineer training to utilize and maintain donated state-of-the-art equipment. Education initiatives: FICCS provides medical school and nursing school scholarships to aspiring Kenyan students, began to lay framework for a cardiology-focused graduate medical education program at local hospitals, supports 7-week job skills training programs and donates uniforms, school supplies, computers and medicines to local elementary schools. The Global FICCS Women’s Centre: This is a space for FICCS affiliated programs to educate themselves on topics such as physical education, health topics affecting young women, offers internet access, a classroom, kitchen, work out machinery, speakers, medical evaluations, and meals. This space was created to have a home base for FICCS and a place where the young women in the programs can seek guidance, counselling, and empowerment.Grants Awarded to Global FICCS by One Kind Act   13 February 2023: A grant of £18,605 as 2nd instalment was made for Makindu renal unit programme in Kenya for their water treatment plan and Dialysis machines, and start up equipment with consumables.2 November 2022: A grant of £18,695 as 1st instalment was made for Makindu renal unit programme in Kenya for their water treatment plan and Dialysis machines, and start up equipment with consumables.September 2019: Global FICCS also works with Compassionate Hands with whom their key objective is to support and enable girls, women and underprivileged children from marginalised communities in Kenya through two key focus projects:1. Supporting a children’s home close to Nairobi (Ruai), whose main focus is providing a home for children with diseases and disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy2. Supporting a Maasai community in a remote location in Nairobi, by providing schooling, supplies and other necessities, to enable the community to grow, developand become self reliable, & sustainable.OKA granted £12,500 to Global FICCS towards the construction of a new dormitory at the children’s home.About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change 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

Light in Africa provides dignity, love, education and care for sick, disabled and children abandoned due to cultural stigma, as well as those who are unsupported in the Kilimanjaro and Manyara Regions of Tanzania. Impact1. Building of Roof for Children’s Learning Centre2. Completion of building of Children’s Learning Centre3. Install Furniture in Children’s Learning CentreUpdate - Grant(s) Provided by One Kind Act1. 3 August 2015 - A grant of £8000 was made to build the roof of the new Learning Centre.2. 22 February 2016 - A grant of £20000 was made to complete the building of the new Learning Centre.3. 16 July 2016 - A grant of £750 was made to provide furniture for the new Learning Centre.4. 13 December 2016 - A grant of £2500 was made to LIA to provide school fees for the children.5.    30 July 2018 - A grant of £3000 was made to pay for the school fees of 3 older students of LIA into further taining in nursing/social work. This was done as a result of a fantastic fundraising effort by Amin Karimi through his Crazy Bike Ride (see details on the Events page) and OKA's supplementary  pledge of monies to see the 3 girls of LIA into further education. 6.     8 August 2022 - A grant of £1000 was made for medical treatment for 20 disabled children in the care of LIA as a result of kind donation by Mehul & Miti Shah.6.     3 January 2023 - A grant of £2000 was made as result of kind donors as part of fundraising efforts for drought-hit Tanzania to help with malnourished and sick children in the care of LIA. DetailsLIGHT IN AFRICA(LIA) :  Albinos, Abuse & AIDS - The English grandmother saving Africa’s childrenIn the East Africa republic of Tanzania British, great-grandmother Lynn Gissing, known as Mama Lynn, oversees the Light In Africa NGO, running orphanages and food kitchens for children no one else wants to love. These are children who are HIV+, have suffered horrific abuse particularly Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the case of girls, are disabled or traumatized, or have been abandoned because they can no longer be cared for their parents. There are grim tales of sick children suffering terribly for the simple lack of painkillers, a five year old girl suffering from gonorrhea, the disabled being tied to trees in the wilderness and left to die, starving street kids living in a mining township under constant threat of being kidnapped into the mines, while others have a price on their heads for the color of their skins, namely the albinos....the list goes on. Mama Lynn began her mission in 1999 just two years after the passing of Mother Teresa, India’s angel of mercy for the poor, needy and unwell. Perhaps in some heavenly capacity she may have passed the torch of human charity to another believer, this time from the north of England with three children of her own. To that end Mama Lynn’s passion and compassion has saved countless lives, with an estimated 350,000 lives impacted for the better through her relentless efforts. Through her tireless efforts, she has had schools and accommodation built, food camps established and water tanks installed in remote areas where no such facilities have ever been available. On an individual basis, she has a comprehensive plan for the long term futures of these children. Each child gives a year back to the home as a staff member before leaving. In the process they learn cooking, administration, cleaning, organisational skills which hold them in good stead as they step back into the world as young adults.Even in her old age, weary and weather-beaten, Mama Lynn refuses to end her mission and retire peacefully, pushing herself to keep going for the deprived children all around her. Through sheer ignorance and inherent stigma towards Aids sufferers, albinos, the mentally or physically disabled and the like, some locals do not understand the good that she’s doing. So sadly, there have been attempts on Mama Lynn’s life at least three times from poison in a fanta bottle to being threatened to be cut up into pieces and scatter her dismembered remains in a pit. She puts unwavering faith in God and soldiers on fearlessly. Yet even with all her good work, sometimes even Mama Lynn has to face the harsh realities of life. Towards the end of 2014 she made the bitter decision to close her boys’ orphanage in the tanzanite mining town of Mererani, a heinous hotbed of criminality, due to conditions there turning it into more of a hovel than a home. Now she needs to find a new roof to house these hungry young mouths. Moreover, she relies heavily on volunteers to help at the orphanage. But with the recent fear of Ebola outbreak across Africa, she has seen a drastic fall in the number of these volunteers. Thankfully, Mama Lynn has faith and lots of it. In this God forsaken place she needs it too, an awful lot of it. But she desperately needs more help.What Is One Kind Act DoingOne Kind Act has committed to help Light in Africa both in the short and long term. As a first initiative, with the generosity of our supporters, we have sent suitcases full of shoes, shirts and books that have been delivered directly to the orphanage by a supporter in Tanzania. This is of vital necessity for children who travel enormous and difficult journeys to come to the orphanage for food, education and support. As a long-term project, One Kind Act has raised monies to finish build an urgently needed school for disabled children, those others schools cannot or will not accommodate.For more details go to:www.lightinafrica.org   Update - Progress and ReviewsUday Bhardwaj, Volunteer/Supporter at LIAToday I visited Light In Africa, a charity that supports the young, the disabled and the elderly in Tanzania.  I was carrying all the donations from OKA to give to Mama Lynn who founded the charity.  When I arrived I met two British medical students who were volunteering there for their summer holidays.  Last year LIA had almost no volunteers because of negative press about Ebola in Africa even though there hasn't been a single case in this region.  As they rely on volunteers it is good to see a few back here.  One of the good things about LIA is that other than Mama Lynn, the senior staff are all local Tanzanians (including her daughter in law) and they are as actively involved as she is.Mama Lynn came to meet me and when I presented her with the donations she was overwhelmed.  She said she thanked god that good people would send her these gifts for the children in her care. The staff and the volunteers immediately put on some of the OKA shirts that had been sent and posed for a photo with Mama Lynn.  I was told the shoes were very welcome because the children grew so fast and it was very hard to supply them all with decent footwear.  The shirts would be ideal for the school uniforms of the older kids.In the photo above there is one man amongst all the women and his name is Rushima.  He is one of the original children that LIA supported through primary and secondary school and then college.  He returned to give back to LIA what they gave to him and is working there.  he has made a short video about his experiences which I shall pass on to OKA.We had lunch together and she told me that she had well over 200 children at Tudor Village, the main part of LIA's property.  There is a smaller girls home in the mining town of Mirerani and also a food kitchen there to feed hundreds of poor children.  I did not visit Mirerani but took a tour of the Tudor House area.  First Mama Lynn took me to see the classroom and dormitory they were building as a facility for diasabled children that were not able to attend regular school.  OKA have offered to help with the roof and I have a copy of the quote from a local builder which is Tshs22,302,000.After this we toured the lavender fields and planned butterfly farm.  These facilities are intended to provide employment for the disabled children once they finish schooling as they have no career prospects and LIA are trying to find some means of giving them a future.As most of the kids were at school I was only able to meet those who were either too young or too handicapped to be sent to school.  At Happy House I met the youngest kids here that range from 11 months to 6 years (they start school at 7 here).  The kids were indeed happy and smiling and all sang me a welcome song.  They were so keen to be noticed and wanted a hug or to hold my hand which was very touching to see.  Able bodied and handicapped kids are mixed here as long as the handicapped kids do not require special needs assistance.In one of the Gallery photos of young girls standing at a doorway, a young albino girl can be seen hiding on the right hand side behind the doorway.  She is a sweet but nervous and shy young girl with a sad story.  Witch doctors in Tanzania decided that albino body parts would make powerful spells that would make them rich "like white people" and the younger the albino the more powerful the spells.  So Tanzania has seen a huge increase in the abduction and murder of albinos, especially children.  This young girl's mother tried to hide her but a local gang broke into the house one night.  The little girl luckily had been trained from a young age to crawl into a secret hiding space dug under the bed and she managed to get into it. She could hear her mother being tortured to reveal her whereabouts but managed to remain hidden until the men left.  Her mother smuggled her out the next day and brought her to LIA where she is given round the clock protection.  It may not be safe to send her to school.  At the time of the attack she was only 2 years old but has been traumatised by her experience and still hides behind the other children. After this we went to visit the house for the more special needs kids.  These are kids with cerebral palsy, terminal illnesses severe handicaps etc that are made as comfortable as possible. The three children on the left all have severe cerebral palsy but now are well looked after. The little girl on the right, whose mother had died giving birth to her, had been beaten and starved by her family from birth.  Her bones are so brittle that they break if you try to pick her up.  Her leg was broken in two places, arm fractured and she was severely malnourished. Tied to a tree and left to die she was lucky to be found by LIA staff and now is receiving the medical care and the attention she needs.  She lay there in silence and when Mama Lynn hugged her the little girl had tears in her eyes, not because she was in pain but because she had never experienced human contact that was not violent before.Finally Mama Lynn and I discussed future plans for LIA.  Other than the butterfly farm, lavender fields and facilities for the handicapped kids, LIA is also planning on promoting tourist visits by creating residential facilities and organising tours of Masai villages.  These tourists are also welcome to volunteer and help out.Having met the kids and seen the good work that LIA does, I am very happy to be helping them in any way I can and hope OKA will support them in the future.Update - Progress and Reviews - 14 March 2016Mama Lynn, Founder of LIAGood evening gentlemen.  I pray everything is going well for One Kind Act and Alisha is progressing well.  Thought you would like an update on how we are progressing with the Learning Center.The children are now taking lessons in their make-shift store, and all appears well with their studies and new teacher.Kind regards Mama LynnUpdate - Progress and Reviews - 01 April 2016Mama Lynn, Founder of LIAHi Amit, some of the desks have arrived and the children are already in class using them...Thank you so much for making there lives so much easier.   To try to raise some funds Amit to keep us going until after Xmas I am going on a 3,000 kilometer trip along the old caraven and slaving route here in Tanzania.  It is the route that Henry Morton Stanley took on his epic journey to find Dr. Livingstone. Just to make the journey that more interesting I shall be making the journey in a bajaji a three wheeled vehicle that has arrived from India into Tanzania.This week we should have all the details up on our website, we are hoping to place all the names of all the people who are willing to support this fundraiser for our children on the site.  If you have any friends Amit who would be interesting in this project, I would be deeply grateful... I do pray Aisha and her family are keeping well.  Warmest wishes, Mama LynnUpdate - Progress and Reviews -  29 November 2016Mama Lynn, Founder of LIADear committee members of One Kind Act, on behalf of the staff and children of Light in Africa I would like to express our most grateful assistance that you have given to us by donating funds to help our most 'vulnerable' of children'I have learnt today that we shall receive a 'most welcome' gift of £2.500/= over the Xmas period,  This most gracious of gifts is especially welcomed at this time of year as after our festivities of ensuring our children receive some new clothes to wear on Christmas Day when our very large family all come together to celebrate Christmas plus a bag of sweets and a gift, we are then straight into January where here in Tanzania no child can return to education unless all the fee's are paid upto Easter,  With over 120 children in the education system who all need new school uniforms etc., this is always a 'drain' on our finances and sometimes it is actually February before we have all the children back in school.Once again, we thank ONE KIND ACT for helping us to help the children no-body else wants to help, Bless you all, and we wish you all A VERY HAPPY XMAS AND A PEACEFUL NEW YEAR.   Mama Lynn - Founder of Light in Africa Children's Homes - Tanzania - East Africa.  29/11/16Update - Progress and Reviews -  31 January 2017Mama Lynn, Founder of LIAThank God the start of this New Year is proving to be far better than the end of last year.   Firstly as I write this email it's raining!!!!   That is fantastic news for us here at Tudor as the water in the river that we are able to use to water our lavender plants etc has been dry now for 7 weeks, and animals are dying by the roadside, giraffes and zebra's have migrated just down the road from us searching for food, so our prayers have been answered today with this downpour.   I might have to remove the lavender and start again but this time I will know that Lavender works!!!I am planning a further trip which I hope will help us until June when guests arrive again.     Through the eyes of a maasai worrior.On the 14th March I shall attempt to travel anti-clockwise around all the surrounding countries of Tanzania.   Kenya, Uganda, Rawanda, Burindi, Congo, Zambia,  Malawi, Mozambique by all different means of transport, starting from Tudor Village on a motorbike!    Yes I do know I'm a crazy women!....  When I did the old caravan route in a tuktuk, and my driver was a man who had never been further than 80 miles from him home, it was such a delight to watch him take on this new experience of talking with different tribal people like the go-go tribe whom he had only heard of.  So through his eyes I saw his mind expand with trying different foods and experiencing different things like seeing the Indian Ocean for the very first time, and sitting by Lake Singida.  So I thought "what would happen if you took a maasai moran worrior and allow him to experience his tribal routes with different tribes?   So on the 14th March I am taking Richard whom I have known for fifteen years and who is building our maasai encampment for the tourism, with me and my trusted bodyguard Julias and we shall be going around the country.  Can you imagine how Richard will feel when he sees the small fixed wing airplane which is a short hop to Lake Victoria... or sleeping two nights on a ship as we travel all the way down Lake Tanganyika, or sitting on a train?   I shall hopefully have video clips of the journey which we shall post, the only difference on this trip is that I won't be taking Lassie the dog with me.So there you have it my dear friend,  a complete update.Bless you and your family and your team for caring about us.  Mungu Akurbiriki. Lynn   About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change 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