Our Dream

With the horn of Africa in the grip of its worst drought for 60 years, we are raising funds for the Bala Children’s Centre in Kenya.

In Kenya, a land where HIV/AIDS is rife, many children are orphaned at an early age. They are desperately in need of help and support.

Food, shelter, clothes, education and pastoral care are essential. These young children have nowhere to go, no-one to turn to. Their plight is desperate. These children would starve.

There is good news… Bala, an orphanage and children’s centre, is dedicated to changing the lives of these children.

In 2010 we were looking for a way of giving something back into the world community from our profits and decided upon the Bala Orphanage as Paul Hargreaves knew some of the trustees and knows that 100% of the money raised in the UK goes to the children in Kenya. Not a penny is kept here for administration costs – this is all done completely free of charge.

Cotswold Fayre has sponsored one child for every member of staff, so there are currently over 30 children whose education, food and accommodation are paid for by Cotswold Fayre. In summer of 2011 Paul went over to the orphanage to see the work and got involved in getting to know some of the children and even teaching several lessons! It was a profoundly moving week and it became very clear that so much more could be done.

We are hoping that this ball will raise over £10,000 towards sustainable projects to feed and teach the children.

The Bala Children’s Centre is an incredible place and we are privileged to be associated with it. It is dedicated to improving the lives of children through education and has schools within its grounds.

It has a policy of never turning away a child in need, which means its numbers and needs are ever growing.

We know that we can’t banish world hunger but we hope that with your support we can make a difference by helping the Bala Children’s Centre.