Our impact

What changes when a widow isn't left alone.

Children who stay in school. Women who earn again. Businesses that are still open a year later. Here is the evidence.

120widows supportedWomen who have joined a cohort, a sponsorship, or a seed grant.

85children sponsoredKept in school from pre-school through college.

96women trainedGraduates of the Skills Acquisition Program across seven trades.

48businesses launchedSeed Initiative grants that opened a trading business.

Outcomes

Change that lasts

Numbers served are only the start. These three measures show whether each programme actually worked.

94%

of sponsored children stay in school year over year

Fees paid each term, against verified enrollment.

Adopt a Child

78%

of skills graduates earn an income within 6 months

A trade is only a skill if it pays.

Skills Acquisition

71%

of seed businesses are still trading after 12 months

Capital released in stages, with a year of mentoring.

Seed Initiative

Stories of change

Behind every number, a name

Choose a story to see where she started, and where she is now.

A tailor with a measuring tape around her neck smiles as she works at her sewing machine outside her shop.

“For a year after my husband died I could not think past the next week. The other women in my cohort had all lost someone too. That was the first room where I did not have to explain myself.”

Grace A. · Sewing & Tailoring

Before: Widowed with three children. Behind on two terms of school fees. No independent income.
After: Runs a uniform-sewing business from home; all three children are back in school.

Representative story and photograph, pending a consented testimonial.

Accountability

How we measure

We only count what we can check. Here's where our figures come from.

Financials & transparency

Verified enrollment
School fees are paid each term only against confirmed enrollment, and sponsors get a progress update.
Monthly business records
Seed recipients keep a ledger and meet a mentor monthly for their first year. We track what they report.
Published every year
Figures are reported in our annual report alongside our Form 990 — not rounded up for a headline.