HarvestHelp.org is a charity dedicated to helping rural communities in Africa.
Title
Harvest Help - a charity supporting rural African families to grow enough food and earn a living
Contact
- Harvest Help
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- Telford Shropshire
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland TF1 1PS
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- +1.441952260
Description
Established in 1985, Harvest Help provides practical support to communities in rural Africa, helping them to improve their livelihoods through sustainable farming and increased self-reliance.
Harvest Help was born out of the compassionate response of the UK public, to famine in Africa. In 1985, Voluntary Christian Service (VCS) came across the work of Leo and Ginnie Goodfellow in Zambia. Leo and Ginnie were working with the desperately poor Tonga people on the shores of Lake Kariba. VCS felt compelled to give people in the UK the opportunity to support this good work – Harvest Help was the organisation established to make this possible. Since 1985, Harvest Help's work has gradually expanded, helping over 15,000 farmers and their families (90,000 people) across rural Africa.
Today, Harvest Help assists these farmers to grow more food and earn enough money to provide for their families. We aim to reach 20,000 by the end of 2006. Our vision is a world in which rural communities, especially in Africa, are free from poverty and insecurity and have the skills and resources to improve their own livelihoods. We hope for an Africa where no child will go hungry and where farmers can provide for the needs of their families.
