Children belong in a classroom, not working in a quarry. With your support, 30 children’s lives will be changed for the better.
(Stripe Button)
For several years, through the faithful support of our generous donors and charity shop customers, we’ve been privileged to stand alongside our amazing partner, Le Triomphe, in Madagascar.
By shopping with us, or donating financially, your generosity has helped cover some of the practical costs of their children’s home, as well as providing safety, education, and hope for 36 full-time resident children, who have been either orphaned, abandoned, abused, or even victims of child labour.
Your donations have also supplied food every Saturday to dozens more from the surrounding communities. In addition, support from our partners in the USA, The Collaborative Project, we are on track to cover the majority of these ongoing needs for 2025.
These blessings have enabled us to now launch this new campaign to extend our assistance even further to another 30 children in need.
A call to go the extra mile
During a recent visit, we witnessed a heartbreaking reality we cannot ignore. Children, some as young as five, are working long, dangerous hours in a nearby quarry.
Instead of attending school, they spend their days breaking rocks under the scorching sun, inhaling dust, and, if lucky, earning just €0.80 a day — barely enough to buy three cups of rice, in most cases, for their only meal.
With your help, we can provide:
We will not look away. That’s why we are launching this special summer campaign: to get 30 additional children out of the quarry and into school by the end of August.
Full school fees and uniforms for one academic year (starting this September)
Nutritious meals five days a week (rice, vegetables, or minced meat) for one academic year, starting this September.
Additional pastoral care and educational support at Le Triomphe Children's Centre, six days a week.
The cost to support one child with all of the above and remove them from the quarry is just £130.
(Stripe Button)
We are seeking sponsorship for 30 children who have been identified as the most vulnerable and most in need of this support in the quarry.
Would you consider giving one child the chance of a new start with a one-off donation of £130? Your gift will enable them to begin school this September and cover all the above needs for the first academic year of this new scheme, and remove them from this awful quarry.
The launch of this initiative will allow CRY and Le Triomphe to respond to this urgent needimmediately, while giving us one year to seek long-term, sustainable funding to continue supporting these children beyond their first year. Furthermore, our dedicated partners on the ground will continue alongside this support to engage with the respective mothers or carers of these children, aiming to educate them on the importance of education and to encourage consideration of alternative ways to best raise their children.
(Stripe Button)
Please note: If we raise more than is required to support 30 children, any additional funds will be allocated to sustain the ongoing work of the orphanage and the Saturday Feeding Programme, now or in the foreseeable future, as we aim to carry this support into the long term.
