Welcome to the Vana Trust Lens
Vana Trust is a UK registered charity (Number 1105276) set up in June 2004 to provide funding for the relief of poverty, sickness and distress, the advancement of education and the preservation and protection of good health of children and young people in Africa. Vana Trust also fund raises to achieve these objectives for people in UK.
Vana is a Shona word meaning children, chosen because our aims are mainly for the benefit of African children.
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Vana Trust has started two projects:
St David's School Project
St David's School project is one of Vana Trust projects:
The story so far Vana Trust was registered as a charity in July 2004 for the relief of poverty, sickness and distress, the advancement of education and the preservation and protection of good health of children and young people in Africa and UK.
This started with a pilot scheme in a Zimbabwe village school called St David's School - Nyandoro. The head teacher helped us identify a group of 60 children who were not able to fund costs of attending school such as the school buildings fund and uniforms. These children were either orphans or their parents were affected by HIV/AIDS and were not able to pay the school. Due to the success of this pilot we want to consolidate this project by making a long term commitment to these children and continue our links with the local teachers and Red Cross volunteers.
With this pilot now moving into phase two we are developing a plan to expand our fund raising to enable us to fund/sponsor more children in more schools in Southern Africa.
Vana Organic Therapeutic Farm
Vana Organic Therapeutic Farm is a planned therapeutic project in a beautiful rural setting between Bicester, Aylesbury and Thame.
It aims to work with a range of vulnerable people with varying needs, including:
Asylum seekers
People with mental health difficulties
Families
Children living in cities
The Farm will offer:
A safe, supportive environment where people can begin to recover from distress and trauma, and regain confidence
Opportunities to build links with the local community, helping to reduce stigma and isolation
Opportunities for users and volunteers to share and learn new skills, such as organic gardening, wildlife maintenance and rural crafts
Supervised, rural activity-based school visits
Possibly, horticultural or social work student placements
You can help by:
Offering financial support, or helping to raise funds
Becoming a trustee or offering expertise in other, less regular, ways
Volunteering to help with developing the site and setting up the project
Volunteering to work with vulnerable people once the project is established
Support our Work
To donate an amount to Vanatrust
http://www.vanatrust.org.uk/donate/default.aspx
St David's School Project
St David's School project is one of Vana Trust projects:
The story so far Vana Trust was registered as a charity in July 2004 for the relief of poverty, sickness and distress, the advancement of education and the preservation and protection of good health of children and young people in Africa and UK.
This started with a pilot scheme in a Zimbabwe village school called St David's School - Nyandoro. The head teacher helped us identify a group of 60 children who were not able to fund costs of attending school such as the school buildings fund and uniforms. These children were either orphans or their parents were affected by HIV/AIDS and were not able to pay the school. Due to the success of this pilot we want to consolidate this project by making a long term commitment to these children and continue our links with the local teachers and Red Cross volunteers.
With this pilot now moving into phase two we are developing a plan to expand our fund raising to enable us to fund/sponsor more children in more schools in Southern Africa.
Vana Organic Therapeutic Farm
Vana Organic Therapeutic Farm is a planned therapeutic project in a beautiful rural setting between Bicester, Aylesbury and Thame.
It aims to work with a range of vulnerable people with varying needs, including:
Asylum seekers
People with mental health difficulties
Families
Children living in cities
The Farm will offer:
A safe, supportive environment where people can begin to recover from distress and trauma, and regain confidence
Opportunities to build links with the local community, helping to reduce stigma and isolation
Opportunities for users and volunteers to share and learn new skills, such as organic gardening, wildlife maintenance and rural crafts
Supervised, rural activity-based school visits
Possibly, horticultural or social work student placements
You can help by:
Offering financial support, or helping to raise funds
Becoming a trustee or offering expertise in other, less regular, ways
Volunteering to help with developing the site and setting up the project
Volunteering to work with vulnerable people once the project is established
Support our Work
To donate an amount to Vanatrust
http://www.vanatrust.org.uk/donate/default.aspx
