Our work
We empower the most vulnerable people in society and work to ease the suffering of people living with ill health and disability.
Focus areas
Select an area to read more about it and see related programmes.
Sickle cell and blood disorders
Support for people living with sickle cell disease and other blood disorders, and for the families who care for them.
Mental health
Care, understanding and support for people facing mental health problems.
Cancer support
Easing the suffering of people living with cancer and helping families cope.
Disability inclusion
Equal opportunity, dignity and support for people with physical and other disabilities.
Women and girls
Opening up opportunity for women and girls through skills, finance and support.
Youths and adolescents
Helping young people build the skills, health and confidence to take charge of their future.
Children
Protecting children and giving them a healthy, safe start in life.
The elderly
Care and dignity for older people, who are too often forgotten.
Innovative financing
New ways of funding support so that it reaches more people and lasts longer.
Humanitarian response
Responding early and adequately when communities face a crisis.
How we work
The same principles run through everything we do, whatever the focus area.
Lasting partnerships
We work with government, development partners, the private sector, community leaders and other civil society groups, because no single organisation can solve these problems alone.
Many sectors, one goal
Health, livelihoods, education and social protection affect each other. We plan across sectors so that support for a family meets more than one need.
Sustainable financing
We look for funding arrangements that keep support going after the first grant ends, so that families are not left stranded.
Innovative solutions
We test new ideas, new tools and new ways of reaching people, and we keep the ones that work.
Timely response
When a crisis hits a community, speed matters. We aim to be ready to respond early and adequately to humanitarian needs.
Accountability
We keep clear records of what we spend and what changes, and we report back to the people and partners who support us.
Our approach
Three principles decide how we design and run a programme.
People first
We start from the needs of the people we serve and treat every person with dignity, whatever their age, health or ability.
Together with others
We work with communities, government and partners, so that each brings what it does best and the results last.
Built to last
We favour long-term answers that build local skills and structures over short-term handouts.