From the editor
Why we publish our mistakes next to our results.
Every spring report has a section called What did not go to plan. It started as an honest footnote and became the part our donors read first. These stories follow the same rule.
Stories
Field notes, volunteer stories and plain updates.
Written by our programme team, partners and volunteers. We share what worked, what did not, and what we changed because of it.
The pump that came back in two days
When the hand pump in a Millbrook village failed in the dry season, a phone call and a motorbike did what used to take months.
A week with the Greenfield seed committee
Seven women, one ledger and 46 kinds of seed. How a village decides what to plant when the rains are less certain every year.
Why we spend two months listening first
Our slowest phase is also the one that saves the most money. A look at how projects start, and why we never skip it.
Volunteering from a desk, 6,000 km away
Three of our volunteers have never visited a project site. Their translations, spreadsheets and photo edits still reach every village we work in.
Running for Riverbend
A group of friends ran a half marathon and raised enough for twenty classroom desks. Here is how they planned it.
What a regional partner actually does
We do not run projects ourselves. Our partners do. A plain explanation of who does what, and how we keep each other honest.
Our 2025 spending report is out
Where every dollar went last year, project by project, plus the three things that did not go to plan.