In 2010, we will continue with our ‘No Excuse’ approach towards contributing to voluntary activities with an understanding that volunteering is not relegated to selected contributors.

Let us use what we have, until we get what we need to make a difference.

With great volunteers and great results, there are no limits to what we can achieve with each other’s support.

Thank you

Thank you for visiting Hearts to Africa

  

On the 16th May 2010, a shipment of gifts was shipped to Uganda by Mr & Mrs Kambugu for Nakati Nursery & Infant School and the surrounding community in Buddo Uganda.

Mrs Kambugu (to the left) has personally hand delivered the treats to the school children of Nakati Nursery & Infant School and Leslie Gordon has confirmed the main shipment of gifts will clear Uganda’s shipping port by the end of July 2010.

Mr Rajab Nsubuga of the Nakati Nursery & Infant School in Buddo Uganda wrote:

We are one of the many lucky recipients of your (Hearts to Africa) Humanitarian Sponsorship. On behalf of the School and myself, we wish to express our gratitude towards the support that you sent.

We are happy recipients of foodstuffs. This is a promising start in promoting the schools major objective of helping the needy people in our local societies.

With you,  we therefore, grantee our commitment to uplift and promote the education of the African child. We shall not waiver nor comprise ourselves in this noble cause.

I once again thank you and hope to further an everlasting and smooth working relationship.

Yours faithfully,

Rajab Nsubuga

Robin March: - UPF, Samuel Burke: - HTA, Keldon Alieyne: - YA Member - Awarded, Lord King of West Bromwich: - LP & Mercy Addo: - YA chair.

Supporting great young leaders from around the UK, for their ‘No Excuse’ approach towards leadership and volunteering to help others.  

Cllr. Margaret Ali and Robin March: - "This as been a great award ceremony for young people and we would be honoured to host another Youth Achievement Awards for 2011"

Samuel Burke - The House Of Lords is an honourable place to host and celebrate the achievements of young leaders.

Please always support us.

 

If you would like to raise funds for Hearts to Africa by taking part in a sponsored event you can create a fundraising page of your own which you can then promote to your family and friends, with any sponsorship made on-line going directly to Hearts to Africa.  Check this link for more details, it’s free to use and easy to set up:- Raise Funds for Hearts to Africa 

Mr K. Kimbetshi and AFR Supporters

HTA and UHUK would like to say a big thank you to everyone for their contribution of gifts. All of your gifts will be personally delivered to people who will use them to benefit themselves and their families.

On the 19th June, UHUK will be shipping their 4th container from Birmingham to Haiti.  

 

HTA Volunteers

 

 

Amanda Michael - families & friends have collected over 50 bags of gifts and raised over £300 to support Hearts to Africa, a big thank you to Amanda for her excellent work.

Maria Augustus and Belinda Hunte - Respite Short Break Foster Carers, received gifts which will be used to help special needs children in Wandsworth.

Belinda is a long time friend of HTA and was very pleased to receive the gifts and her team will be volunteering for HTA in the future.

Please always support us.

Youth Aid – Coordinator: Ojarlkre Udu, Lewisham Councillor: Cllr Crada Onuegdu and HTA: Samuel Burke.

Samuel Burke, on behalf of Hearts to Africa, is proud to have been invited to attend and give support to young people at the 2010 Young Leaders Awards @ Youth Aid in Lewisham.

We wish you all the best.  

 23rd May 2010

 Haiti Relief Effort
 
3rd Shipment of gifts to Haiti

 

Please continue supporting us in sending more containers.

 

Gift List

Men & women shirts Men & women trousers Women dresses Men & women accessories Children’s clothing Baby clothes & accessories Men & women shoes Bedding sheets Bath towels Pens and Pencils

Toothpaste Toothbrush Educational Books Disabled equipment First Aid Equipment Kitchen equipment Building & Gardening tools Candles Tents  Bathroom accessories

Body spray Tin food Children toys Large group toys for schools Educational toys Soft toys Footballs Dry food Children treats Gift bags

Gift Collection  

Thanks again. 

The amount of gifts shared between the Sierra Leone, Uganda and DR Congo projects were equivalent to the amount needed to fill a 20 foot container.

 

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Uganda


Leslie Gordon

Nakati Nursery & Infant School




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DR Congo

2nd Shipment of gifts to the DRC


Anna Reynolds and Steve

Mr Ibrahim s al-Kamara - Director of Galaxy-Sultan Foundation: - our organisation is based in Sierraleone; Kambia District is in the Northern Province 100 miles from Freetown and about 50 miles to Guinea Conakry.

Our development programs include teaching young people computer skills, radio journalism and at present we offer an educational advice service to families with amputee’s adults whom send their children to work in the street, we give advice on how important it is to send their children to school.

Hearts to Africa gave Galaxy-Sultan Foundation educational, healthcare and domestic gifts for hundreds of people.

Hearts to Africa & African Caribbean Re-Union continued support for Kathantha Village with Aid to the Regent Chiefs and Local Health Officers.

 

Men & women shirts Men & women trousers Women dresses Men & women accessories Children’s clothing Baby clothes & accessories Men & women shoes Bedding sheets Bath towels Pens and Pencils

Computers Computer parts Educational Books Disabled equipment First Aid Equipment Kitchen equipment Building & Gardening tools Mobile phones Boxes of papers Bathroom accessories

Children bicycles Adult bicycles Children toys Large group toys for schools Educational toys Small teddy bears Footballs Small radios Children treats Gift bags

Gift Collection 

All your gifts will be personally delivered to people who will use it to benefit themselves towards the improvement of their families, schools and villages.

 

Thanks for your support.

 

Mr Dawkins gave HTA a gift from his farm and thanked HTA for supporting this local school.

Mr Biggs a long time supporter of HTA and HTA’s taxi driver, volunteered 50% of his time in helping us to cut cost when giving support to schools.

Thank you for your gift and support.

Carole Attis – Chair of UHUK said, Thank You, for helping to successfully fill and ship a 40 foot container full of gifts for Haiti.

Thanks again.

Jamaica  

 

 Randomly distributed educational material to the Jamaica public.

 

Mothers                              Teachers 

Fathers                               Farmers 

 

Our "No Excuse" approach towards helping others has been very successful, thanks to everyone in Jamaica for their voluntary input towards helping others.

 

With everyone's support, we will continue with our voluntary programs in Jamaica. 

 

These gifts will be given to schools and the updating of African Family Reunion - AFR office equipments, which will help the team to carry out more Voluntary Projects

Laptops, desktop computers, printers, projector, GCSE Level ICT text books, clothes, toys, shoes and other gifts.

 

Thank you for helping us to support the people of Africa.

 

Shoot The Messenger talked about the contribution of aid to Africa from large and small charitable organisations.

This interview is available on VoxAfrica website and the Sky channel network 218.  

Thank you Henry Bonsu for supporting Hearts to Africa for 11 years.

‘Celebrating the economic, political & social achievements of women past, present and future’

Hearts to Africa would like to say thank you to all our past and present women supporters around the world for their 12 years of priceless contribution and commitment towards achieving success in all of our voluntary activities.

Samantha Chase (HTA), Varnia Lovinsky (UHUK), Cllr. Margaret Ali (UPF & WFWP) and members.

Thank you for inviting Hearts to Africa to UN International Women’s Day.

 

Hearts to Africa would like to thank South Camden Community School who have kindly donated their surplus computer equipment after the refurbishment of their IT Department. The beneficiaries will be Schools, Colleges & Small Learning Centres in both The Gambia and Haiti.    

 

 

 

The donated I.T. equipment consists of laptops, desktop computers, printers, smart boards, projectors and GCSE Level ICT text books.    

Haiti Relief Effort


Thanks to everyone for their gifts.

The Jola community from Cassamance southern Senegal war torn Zone all are refugees residing at Kotu Quarry. Due to some natural disaster, we contain during the rainy season, it was bad we never contain water like that before and all the three classrooms were washed away in two days with the continuous rain in August 2009.

The roof and wall fell on the furniture; we lost all our educational material so the school was closed.

We rented a room to use as a school but could only teach 30 students, the other students would turn up crying carrying their school bag saying they want to go to school.

On the 1st January 2010, we have rebuilt and renamed our new school too “Sam’s Hearts to Africa Nursery School” and "Hearts to Africa’s logo is our new school logo".

On behave of the management, students of HTA School, board members of Sam’s Hearts to Africa Nursery School and Kotu Quarry, we would like to thank you all for your kind gestures and understanding for the stationery you gave to the school through our Coordinator:-  Mr Famara Badjan.

Carole Attis – Chair of UHUK and UHUK members will be distributing the gifts.

Thanks to everyone for their full support.

Together we have collected, sorted and packed gifts for thousands of people in a very short time.

Thanks again for your support. 

Two of many voluntary projects for Haiti: - Voluntary Projects

Our organisations will be working closely together to give long term assistance to the people of Haiti.

 

Together we will be able to provide essential items for hundreds of families, which will allow their children to continue schooling, while the adults rebuild their homes and businesses.

For more information on gifts for Haiti please visit: Gift Collection & Dates and Times and on Haiti Relief Effort please visit: UHUK

Thanks again for your continued support.