Our mission

 

As Christians, we are responding to Christ’s call to love and serve the poor.

 

Our programmes are available to the poor in the communities where we work, regardless of race, faith, ethnicity or gender.

 

Our mission is to empower the very poor through skills training. This offers opportunity and hope, increases self esteem and  builds community. Above, you can see a training session taking place in Kameruka village. 

 

As a result of the projects we enable, people are able to excercise choice, to strengthen their livelihoods, feed and educate their children, improve their health, develop their lives and become more resilient in challenging circumstances.

 

 

Why work with us?

 

We always work at the grassroots level, through a trusted and highly skilled local partner

 

Our projects respond to requests from local communities, providing resources and training projects designed locally to meet identified needs

 

Our projects support each other, leading to greater synergy and impact than any of them could achieve alone

 

Our projects are designed and implemented with sustainability in mind, to maximise their long-term impact

 

We always check the results of our programmes so we can work on making them even more effective and so we can report back to you

 

All our work in the UK is done for free. All donations and gift aid received is spent on our projects in Uganda

 

Our values

 

Empowerment - our projects strengthen families' economic resilience, building skills and self-confidence, enabling people to take control of their own lives and futures.

 

Respect and inclusivity- our projects respond to requests from local communities and from local government. We value, welcome, respect and meet people where they are, listening  to their needs in order to enable access to opportunities and resources.

 

Partnership - overseas, we partner with local organisations who are experts in their fields and are already closely involved with local communities. This ensures your donation is used as effectively as possible, and has maximum impact in changing lives for the better. 

 

Sustainability - we help communities establish initiatives which will start to provide for their current needs while also creating long term provision and self sufficiency.

 

Accountability -  our close links with local partners allows us to provide direct feedback to our UK donors on the progress of our projects

 

Transparency - all work in the UK is done by volunteers. No running costs at all are charged. All spending is in Uganda, on our projects. Our accounts are available to view on the Charity Commission website.

Our patron

 

Bishop Terence Drainey, Bishop of Middlesbrough, is our Patron. Bishop Drainey spent six years working in Kisumu, Kenya,  and fully understands the challenges faced by the poor in sub-Saharan Africa. Here is his comment on Just Small Change:

 

'Here is an organisation which can help at grassroots level and which can turn one’s kind and good intentions into concrete and practical reality...I encourage you to support Just Small Change in whatever way you can, because with the help of this organisation, you can make such a difference.'