The COINS Foundation seeks to work in genuine partnershipto address the needs of the most excluded communities in the world. We believe in supporting projects that are sustainable; which do the greatest good for the greatest number; which model practices that can be replicated and which demonstrate the civilising nature of Inclusion.
The COINS Foundation receives sponsorship for all of its costs. This means that 100% of the money raised goes to our project partners.
Thanks to the efforts of the 2008 teams, the foundation made its first round of grants in September 2008 to the following projects:
Habitat for Humanity received £125,000. This money will build almost 100new homes for orphaned and other vulnerable children. Nearly 500 young people across Zambia, Uganda and Mozambique will no longer be homeless thanks to your efforts. In addition, this grant will fund 20 young people to gain apprenticeships in construction skills enabling them to be future contributors to their local communities and economy. But the best bit is that thanks to matched funding from USAID – all of the above is doubled!
PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools) receive £92,500.This charity aims to increase the number of young Ugandans who receive a secondary education. (Currently only 20% of children who attend primary school have the opportunity to further their education.) Your donation will build a school on the banks of the Nile just north of Lake Victoria for over 600 pupils. Almost 100 of those places will be free to the most impoverished children in the area.
CURE International received £77,000 to build a new Orthopaedic Surgical centreat their recently-opened BEIT hospital in Lusaka. The new Orthopaedic Centre will provide day surgery for up to 400 disabled children and those with minor injuries every year. In addition, the centre will provide increased training opportunities for Zambian Health workers and will create greater capacity in the main hospital wards for critical admissions.
CARE International tackles the underlying causes of poverty so that people can become self-sufficient. They run approximately 1200 projects each year in over 65 countries and reach more than 50 million people in poor communities. The COINS Foundation will continue their support of CARE this year. Although specific projects have yet to be identified, the Foundation will award CARE in the region of £50,000 towards projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
About 1 in 2500 babies in the UK is born with cystic fibrosis. It is a debilitating hereditary disease which primarily affects the lungs and digestive system. Cystic Fibrosis is a life-limiting illness - there is currently no cure. In the 1960’s life expectancy for a child with Cystic fibrosis was just five years. Thanks to the work of the Cystic Fibrosis trust, it now stands at 31. COINS’ Paul Thompson raised £6,000 to support the work of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and the Foundation was pleased to match this sum.
Congratulations and enormous thanks to everyone who did so much to raise the funds to support so much amazing work. Look what you achieved!
