Calling all Amani supporters who shop online! Friends of Amani (UK) has recently signed up for 'Give as you Live', an online platform that lets you raise money for Amani as you shop online, at no extra cost to you. The site works much in the way of online price comparison sites. Online retailers pay 'Give as you Live' a commission when a purchase is directed through their website, and 'Give as you Life' then passes at least 50% of that commission on to us. In some online stor

Great news from Pontesbury, where Friends of Amani UK trustee Jon Challinor's fundraising event raised a grand total of £800 to support the work of the Amani Centre for Street Children. The evening featured an audio-visual presentation by award winning photographer Ben Osborne, who's work has taken him all around the world including Antarctica for BBC's Life in the Freezer series with Sir David Attenborough. Jon was also able to secure a signed Manchester United Football, whi

On the 4th of March 2017, the very courageous Leanne Cheshire and Beth Whitehouse undertook their first tandem skydive and jumped out of a plane in support of the Amani Centre for Street Children in Moshi, Tanzania. Having set themselves a target of £750, these lovely ladies managed to raise a very impressive grand total of £1,165. The funds will go straight to supporting the kids and staff in Moshi, where they will secure Amani’s vital programmes. Leanne and Beth are part o

Friends of Amani (UK) trustee Jon Challinor has managed to obtain a signed football kindly donated by the Manchester United Foundation, complete with a Certificate of Authenticity to raise vital funds to support the good work of Amani in Tanzania. If you'd like to enter the silent auction, send an email to Jon at jonchallinor@gmail.com, with the subject: 'Amani Football', enclosing your full name, address, telephone number and the value of your bid. Closing day is Sunday 19th

On Saturday 18th March 2017 (7:30 PM), Friends of Amani UK trustee Jon Challinor is hosting a fundraising event in Pontesbury, Shropshire. The event is an audio-visual presentation called "Wild: Life and Landscape" by award winning photographer Ben Osborne looking back over 35 years of photography trips around the world including work for the BBC's Life in the Freezer and Planet Earth. There will be a raffle and refreshments available during the evening. A few tickets (£7.50)

The Friends of Amani UK Board had the chance to meet again at the beginning of the year with a full UK board meeting held in Cheltenham on January 7th. Alongside the usual charity administration obligations, Cathie, Martin, Jon and Janika had the chance to discuss FOA-UKs activities last year, as well as fundraising and awareness raising plans for the coming months. While we've seen a recent drop in UK based income for Amani, 2017 promises to be an exciting year with a new we

The Hauser family have been busy baking in the run up to christmas, having offered up their talents to raise funds for the Amani kids this festive season. Getting in touch with their German roots, Susanne, Janika and their little helpers managed to produce a whopping 26kg of traditional German christmas biscuits including old favourites like lebkuchen and cinnamon stars, as well as the more curiously named "rauwuzel" (a rum, chocolate and coconut concoction) among others. Wit

Friends of Amani UK supporters have been getting into the Christmas Spirit and raising funds for Amani during the festive season. Our long time supporter Debbie Carmichael has one again turned some of her artwork into Christmas cards. How lovely to think that Amani will be part of christmases all over the UK. Debbie generously donates all profits to Amani, while printing costs are kept to a minimum thanks to the support of Gavin Stewart and his team at Design Print Online. If