The friend of a friend night out in Soho was a sparkling success. We were able to raise nearly £350 for our project in India. This was enough money to buy vitamins for all the children at the Leprosy after school project for 3 months!
Kate and Laura were fabulous in their organization of [...]
If you are going to have one meal a day, the Kawan Kuala Lumpur team should make it! Their lunches taste amazing and are packed with good nutritional content.We’re sweeping and moping the floor (the meagre remnants of lunch evidence of its being enjoyed) of Kawan’s little ministry building in downtown Kuala Lumpur. [...]
Three girls running around energetically, two boys intently playing some
kind of checkers/pool combination and one focused on building a Lego
mansion complete with swimming pool and dog house. This was the site
that met Molly and I as we walked into “House of hope“.
These seven children have been given a hope unusual to the society in
which [...]
Sitting in the middle of a group of studious children, Suman looks up at the camera with a contented smile on her face.There are about 30 children sitting side by side in a small one room tin shack - they are the latest of over 1200 children from the Pune slum who have been through [...]
We were given the opportunity to visit the work of the newly established Tel Aviv YWAM team. On the particular day that we spent with Monica we were taken along to a drug ministry work. I have to admit to being sceptical as the efficacy of standing out on a street with coffee juice and [...]
In a nondescript building in the quiet neighborhood of Ashrefieh in Beirut, Lebanon a great work is taking place. In 1868 the Blessed School was established as the first school in the Middle East devoted to the education of the blind and special needs. Today, children from around the region still come to receive an [...]
The swollen banks of the Zambezi are visible by air, but the repercussions of flood rains in the north of Mozambique are not truly known until you reach the ground…
After long periods without moisture, the parched earth is unable to absorb so much at once, leaving the ground awash. Standing water ruins many crops and [...]
“We were in a strip of water one and a half meters wide and very deep, so we decided to get out and push the boat, we just wanted to be out of that place,” YWAM worker, Elias Santos said describing one perilous trip to Luwawe from Sofala, Mozambique. “The water level went down and [...]
By Lynn Green
The movement which labels itself as “Make Poverty History” has made a huge impact on young people in their teens and twenty. For me it’s a most encouraging development, one which marks the rise of hope and the belief that the concerted actions of ordinary people can change the world.
I grew up in [...]
Friend of a Friend is proud to announce our first fundraising event.Taking place on thursday the 6th of December at Jrink in Soho London.
Drop by if you are in the area and enjoy an evening of interesting company, good music and great drinks.
Friend of a Friend hopes to inspire you with different projects and fund [...]