The KFF works closely with the following charities, some of which Kate directly supported. We hope you enjoy reading about our international and local partnerships.
Neonatal Nurses Association KKF Scholarship
We’re delighted to partner with the Neonatal Nurses Association to fund the Dr Kate Farrer Foundation Scholarship. Our awards have provided the opportunities for research into vital projects and offer support to the nurses career developments. Read more about the scholarships here.
Zambia Orphans Aid (ZOA-UK)
ZOA-UK was set up by Dr Shimwaayi Muntemba after tragically losing three sisters to the AIDS epidemic. In her native country Zambia there are 1.2 million orphans, half due to AIDS. ZOA-UK works with schools and community groups to provide educational support for children including school resources, sponsorship, meals and vocational training.
The KFF has supported ZOA’s work with children at Twavwane School in Lusaka. Along with other projects, the support has included aid for nutrition, schoolbooks, solar panels and help for children with poor eyesight.
ChildAid
ChildAid helps disabled children, orphans and vulnerable families across Eastern Europe and Russia.
From 2016 the KFF has supported two ChildAid projects in Moldova, the poorest country in Europe. The Tony Hawks Children’s Centre in Chișinău (set up by the comedian) provides therapy and opportunities for chronically-ill and disabled children. Esther House (Casa Esterei) is a day centre in rural Vălcinet where disadvantaged children enjoy art, singing, sports and dancing. The KFF has been involved in the funding of speech therapists and vital therapy equipment. We had the opportunity to visit these projects witnessing the incredible work being done. The KFF visits Moldova.
Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP)
Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP) provides essential health services and sustainable skills to communities across the Middle East.
The KFF has provided funding for medical supplies for midwives working in the Palestinian refugee clinics in Lebanon. This includes dopplers, blood pressure monitors, stethoscopes, baby weighing scales, gloves and sanitary products. The KFF felt this link with maternal health and infant survival particularly aligned with Kate Farrer’s clinical expertise.
HOPE WALKS
HOPE WALKS provides compassionate support and healthcare for African children who suffer with disabilities that can be corrected or alleviated through an operation. Alongside this they work to empower local healthcare workers and educate parents/caregivers.
The children have conditions including clubfoot, crooked spines, bow legs and other limb deformities, such as cleft lip/palate, hydrocephalus and spina bifida. Find out here how the KFF is supporting the treatment of Malawian children with clubfoot operations.
The Mike Campbell Foundation, Zimbabwe
The Mike Campbell Foundation (MCF) was set up by Ben Freeth MBE in memory of his father-in-law Mike Campbell, a white Zimbabwean farmer whose farm was destroyed in 2008. Mike, Ben and other displaced farmers took President Mugabe to court over his controversial land seizure programme. Mike sadly passed away, but MCF continues to confront political and economic abuses in Zimbabwe. Kate Farrer saw their struggle in the award-winning film ‘Mugabe and the White African’.
Over the years the KFF has supported their ‘Farming for Destitute Farm Workers’ project, which trains Zimbabwean workers in conservation agriculture methods. View some of the feedback received here.
Chem-U, Uganda
Chem-U is run by Dorothy Egessa in Uganda. Kate met Dorothy at St Paul’s Church in Cambridge and was touched by her story and dedication to supporting and educating children, many who are orphans due to AIDS.
Dorothy and her colleagues arrange for young people to receive primary and secondary education in Kampala and Rukungiri. The project secures safe housing and schooling for around 60 vulnerable children in desperate need of regular meals, healthcare and education. Explore some of the highlights of the amazing work here.
The Divine Hope Foundation, Uganda
The Divine Hope Foundation (DHF) is run by Fred Bbosa in Western Uganda. Fred spent a year in Cambridge and met the Farrer family at St Paul’s Church. He started DHF with his wife Prossy who works as a community nurse and together they run health clinics and support 30 young people with secondary education. The KFF helps support education for these children from difficult backgrounds.
WaterHarvest, India
WaterHarvest help remote rural communities in India, Ghana and Uganda, to safely store and use rain water. Providing clean drinking water for families reduces disease, frees women and girls from water duties, allowing them to attend school and enables communities to become self sufficient.
The KFF has contributed regularly to help fund rain water harvesting tanks providing year-round water for hundreds of people, irrigation systems restoration of land.
Inter Care
Inter Care provide medical equipment and vital medicines to many hospitals in Africa by collecting surplus UK healthcare goods and transporting them abroad.
The KFF has given regular grants towards the costs of transporting medical goods to Sierra Leone and Malawi.
Action Syria
Action Syria is a charity that works with local organisations to fund health and education programmes much needed in Syria. These basic health services are a lifeline for people in poor and remote areas.
The KFF provides grants which go towards vital medical supplies for mobile health clinics and maternity hospitals in Idlib province.
Please click here to visit our archive page and see some of our earlier grants since our establishment in 2014.