St Nicholas World Development Group
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The charity aims to help human development and social justice in developing countries. We are run solely by volunteers with minimal overheads.
St Nicholas WDG supports three projects. Feed My Lamb school for street children and post education initiatives in Uganda; Help for trafficked adults in Albania; Temporary accommodation for abused and trafficked women and their children in Romania. All our money is raised by donations, both monthly standing orders and one-off donations and by a variety of fundraising events throughout the year. Many of those who give regularly gift-aid their donation, so we are able to claim money back from the taxman. UGANDA
In Kampala, for many years we supported Claire Dorcas Kobugabe to run a primary school for street children. There were many setbacks over the years as is the nature of running a school for children that live in a slum. The final setback was the news that a property developer had bought the slum and the whole area was to be cleared. As a result, in June 2015 we launched the ambitious project to transport the children to Fort Portal, 300km west of Kampala and to build a permanent Feed My Lamb school there. In February 2017 the new school opened and 68 children and their guardians arrived by bus to the beautiful countryside. Their new school is impressive, spacious and safe, built to government standards. The school houses seven classrooms, an area for administration, a staffroom, a library, a kitchen and toilets. We continue to fund the running of the school for 140 pupils, including children from the poorest of the local community. We have also supported arable, fish and rabbit farming projects, cows and chickens, which not only help feed the children but provide extra money for the school. Further education is provided by tailoring and hairdressing projects, with carpentry also in the pipeline. ALBANIA
This project began by funding a doctor at the Little Angels Centre, in Tirana, to treat the Roma children and to provide a health education programme for their families. As these families have become a more established part of the local community, our support is now required to help the most vulnerable people in society. In particular trafficked adults and children, victims of modern slavery. The project provides counselling, psychological support and training and education for those in the isolated towns and villages of Albania. ROMANIA
This project began by supporting a soup kitchen where the very poor and elderly would visit three times a week to receive bread and the comfort of social interaction. The soup kitchen still helps these vulnerable people. Our support is now focused on funding temporary accommodation to help abused and trafficked women and their children, giving them protection and opportunities to train and support themselves. COVID -19
When the pandemic struck the world in 2020, it hit all of our projects very hard. As always, it is the most vulnerable people in society that are most at risk and in danger of losing the most.
28/02/2024
Check out the latest news from St Nicholas World Development Group!
31/01/2024
On Saturday 2nd March a group of dads from St Nicholas Church will be running 21 miles from St Chad’s Cathedral Birmingham to St Chad’s Cathedral Lichfield, to raise much needed funds for the World Development Group. Any donations would be fantastic. Thank you and good luck brave runners!
Fundraiser for St. Nicholas World Development Group Help Andrew Davis raise money to support St. Nicholas World Development Group
Congratulations! Once again FML school are celebrating excellent P7 examination results. 11 out of 19 children were in Division 1 and will be awarded scholarships to secondary school. The other 8 are in Division 2 and may still be lucky enough to gain a scholarship too. Fantastic work by the students, supported by our wonderful teachers and staff.
To raise some much needed funds, the pupils from FML Kabarole school sang during Easter masses at their local churches. We hope you enjoy!
07/03/2023
On International Women’s Day we’d like to share with you the joyful face of our top P7 achiever, who along with 13 others, has earned herself a 6 year scholarship to secondary school. Congratulations to all the hard-working young women at FMLK school!
07/03/2023
Wonderful news! The P7 exam results were outstanding, with 14 students being awarded scholarships to secondary schools. The highest results in the area. This is due to the children and staff’s hard work and the high reputation FMLK now enjoys. The 6 year scholarships include tuition, food, uniform, beds & mattresses. FMLK have provided books, pens, sheets, blankets, towels, sanitary pads, shoes, a bucket and soap. The pupils were also invited to be on local radio to discuss safeguarding issues. Congratulations and good luck!
06/02/2023
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01/01/2023
As we start a new year, we would like to thank you all for your amazing support in 2022.
It has been a year of highs and many lows for both our projects and the group’s members. Covid, extreme weather and Ebola continued to make life difficult in Uganda. Your response to these challenges was as generous as always.
In September, we finally managed to gather with our supporters, at our Thank You event. It was wonderful to see so many of you and we were encouraged by your enthusiastic support for all the projects. We were delighted to receive many ideas for future social and fundraising events, which we hope to start implementing in 2023.
For those of you who may have missed this earlier in the year, here is a link to the ever positive, undeterred Claire Dorcus:
A special mention to Karen and Pat, who came to our Thank You event and sold socks, jumpers and cards and gave all the money raised to the World Development Group. Thank you for your kindness 😊
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