Donate
Currently, all general donations made to TFCM are going towards the items listed in “Other projects”. To see up to date stories of where supporters are making a difference, check out our Facebook page or drop us an email.
100% of funds received into TFCM go out to Uganda each month, NONE are used for UK operating costs.
Stewardship
All donations to TFCM are managed for us by Stewardship who operate a 100% secure payments service. There are no set up costs or monthly charges, and payments are optimised for payment from mobile devices. For more information about Stewardship please see: About us (stewardship.org.uk)
GIFT AID
If you are a U.K. tax payer please consider gift aiding your donation(s) as this will make a significant difference to what can be achieved by us on the ground in Uganda.
Gift aid enables Stewardship to claim back from HMRC an extra 25% on each donation to TFCM.
This is an example of success stories through various appeals we have launced…..
“BUILD A BETTER FUTURE” appeal
This appeal launched on 28/05/22.
The key priorities for this appeal were to address the following:
#Severe impact of increased food prices & no job opportunities
Financial uncertainties were present both here in the UK and equally in Uganda . Uganda was however on the edge of severe difficulties related to the rising costs of food prices in what was already a volatile situation with widespread and severe poverty. Families living in slum conditions simply couldn’t afford to feed their families. The basic diet of Ugandans is posho- a porridge like meal. A bowl of posho at that time cost twice as much as before lockdown. Job opportunities were increasingly also difficult to find.
With no additional finances to support these additional costs, and no children’s social care support in Uganda, an acceleration towards further starvation across the country had already begun. Our teams were seeing the damaging effects of hunger and lack of finances on people’s health already, both mentally and physically. For many families who already lived hand to mouth in slum conditions, with jobs few and far between, any income generated was simply not enough to sustain them. The associated increased costs of food in Uganda & to TFCM as a charity, meant we couldn’t provide the additional support that was needed; and sustaining an even basic food provision was becoming a real challenge.
#Costs of teacher retention
Secondly, the Ugandan government had significantly increased the pay of their state school teachers in order to bolster urgent recruitment nationwide. This was because of such vast numbers of teachers being lost during the pandemic- with schools shutting, and teachers leaving their jobs to find an income elsewhere. With schools reopening after a 2 years of lockdown, there was a huge drive for teacher recruitment, which was being driven by the government offering significantly higher earnings. This had left our school with a financial deficit that had to be made up, & we needed to be able to retain our teaching staff and keep the school functioning. We needed to sustain a better income to support & retain these teachers, and to provide our school the extra food resources as detailed above.
Thank you for to all those who helped us to build a better future for these families- Together we are stronger, and Together we made a difference. This appeal raised around £7,000, and both food provision and security for our school was secured.
ONE OFF GIFTS
If you already sponsoring a child, or granny through TFCM, please also use the link below for any additional one-off gifts that you would like to make. This is an easy way to make Birthday money donations or Christmas gift donations. You will need your Stewardship login details to do this.
Please include in the reference box to whom or what you want your donation to go to. We will then allocate this gift accordingly.
If you already financially giving to TFCM but are unsure of your online account details, you can also make additional payments by calling Stewardship and they will be happy to assist you. For this please call 02085 028 560. Lines are open between 10:00-17:00.