Brazil

Based upon the work that the Jairah Funds team have been involved with during the past few years in Rio de Janeiro, we plan to continue with these projects and expand on them as funds become available.
Our work in Brazil consists of two completely separate - and ongoing - projects:
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Children’s School in Rio de Janeiro
The “City of God” is one of the most infamous shanty towns (‘favelas’) in Rio de Janeiro and is known for its incredible violence. Generally speaking, living conditions in certain pockets of the ‘favela’ are controlled by drug lords or other criminal elements and this has a very detrimental effect on the lives of the inhabitants, especially the children who, if they have little or no family unity, are usually caught up in a criminal environment.
Our project in the “favela” is support and assistance towards the running of a school for up to 80 children from broken and deprived families. Those children who attend the school are given a basic education, reading and writing, as well as good morals, hygiene and how to build up confidence by two teachers under the guidance of a dedicated lady, Deusdette, on a twice weekly schedule.
(We continually receive reports that other people who know the children are seeing a complete difference in them in a very short time period).
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Rehabilitation Centre in Taquara, Rio de Janeiro
This Centre, set up more than 10 years ago, assists local people who come from backgrounds of prostitution – (both male and female), those with drug and alcohol problems and those who, due to abject poverty, are homeless and destitute and have no other place to go. At any one time there are between 20 – 30 people staying at the centre and, whilst there, they are given 3 meals a day, clothing as and when required and medical help if needed.
Those being helped are encouraged to work in and around the centre during the day and, as one of the centre’s aims is to equip people with a skill for when they leave, various workshops have been set up in the centre where basic learning and writing classes are held for the adults.
When people enter the rehabilitation centre they are encouraged to stay for at least 6 months, with an additional 3 months of supervision and help as they find work, a home and are reintegrated back into their families and society. As many of the people who arrive at the centre suffer with severe mental illness or addiction problems, their stay can be extended for as long as the team, who run the centre, see fit and necessary.
India
Our current work in India:
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Rebuilding Homes
Our main project in Orissa is the rebuilding / repairing of houses destroyed in the tribal riots of 2008. We are working in many of the remotest villages in Kandhamal to achieve this and our long-term plan is to restore 1,000 homes.
- Water Wells & Health Awareness
We are helping to change the infrastructure of 20 remote villages within the Kandhamal area of Orissa. These changes include installing Fresh Water Wells and starting Health Awareness Programmes.
- North India
The areas of Jammu and Kashmir have been war-torn for decades. Jairah Funds is working together with our partners, Kashmir Restoration Fellowship, to reach out to the poorest in those areas, providing medical help, sewing centres and clothing.
- Orissa Lamps
Jairah Funds have partnered with Fuel a Dream to distribute solar powered lamps to families in Orissa that do not have any electricity. Two lamps cost £10 and last for 5 years. The lamps are very mobile and can easily be moved from room to room. Jairah Funds see this as a 'endless project' with so many houses in Orissa that do not have electricity. We hope to support this project continually, using funds from our reserves or specific fundraising events.
Morocco

In May 2005 our founder, as part of an investigatory trip to Morocco, was struck by the vast poverty amongst the people, especially those living in remote villages. Unable to ignore what he had experienced, he decided to get involved and try to make a difference.
Subsequently two houses have been acquired at a low cost to provide accommodation for charity workers operating in the city of Fes. The main role of these workers is to help – through the use of micro-finance - those in poverty in the area to establish small businesses or farm holdings which will eventually lead them into becoming self-sufficient and will also have a positive impact on the whole community.
One of our success stories in Morocco concerns a woman who had been involved in prostitution, but now has a small business making and selling costume jewellery and similar items.
Bolivia

Jairah Funds works in partnership with various Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) in Bolivia.
- One of our partner NGOs, lead by Hugo Carrasco, carries out various social works in remote areas of the country. One such project deals with Health Awareness and, as we firmly believe that prevention is better than cure, it is vitally important to raise the understanding of certaindiseases and to generally make the people more health conscious – of particular concern in this area is the need to help pregnant women as they are amongst the “most at risk”
Simple Health and Hygiene courses such as the ones run by Hugo Carrasco’s team can have a huge impact on remote villages that do not have access to Bolivia’s centralised healthcare system
- Bearing the above points in mind another desperate need in remote Bolivian villages is the dependable supply of clean water without which villagers are liable to catch life-threatening diseases from the water sources that they must otherwise use. A single well can improve the lives of hundreds of people and save those most vulnerable to waterborne diseases. Although we are not presently involved in the installation of fresh water wells in Bolivia we have, in the past, worked in partnership with other NGOs in remote areas of Bolivia installing these much-needed facilities.
Sao Tome

During the course of 2016 after discussion with our trustees, Jairah Funds supported a children's school in Sao Tome and Principle. Sao is a small island country off the coast of West Africa near the equator line. It's main language is Portuguese and has a population of 172,000. In 2016 Jairah Funds supported Sarah Santana who is from Brazil and helped run a children's school during that year. Life on the island can be very basic but that doesn't stop the motivation of the project and the children that they help! Jairah Funds are very much open to future support for this project if any new opportunity arises.
Ghana

Since 2014 Jairah Funds have been involved in supporting work in the country of Ghana, including a boy’s safe house. We have raised funds for the purchase of bunkbeds and mattresses for the boys to sleep on instead of the floor. Jairah Funds have also funded Mosquito Nets for the boy’s safe house to help with a better standard of life and also to prevent malaria. During 2014, Jairah Funds sent out a team of volunteers to visit the project. It was a life changing experience for our team as they saw firsthand the conditions the boys had to live with. Jairah Funds are committed to continue to support the safe house in whatever capacity we can.
Pakistan
Jairah Funds has partnered with another NGO in England to do social projects in Pakistan. We have put in water wells in remote villages called Kasur and Sheikhupura just outside Lahore. Our plans are to continue with these works. We also aim to provide help to street children in deprived villages. We partner with local NGO's in Pakistan to implement these works