just-giving

Top 8 Benefits of JustGiving

JustGiving is a global online social platform for giving. In the past 12 months our supporters have raised £40,336.40 on JustGiving for us. To say they are amazing is an understatement, and JustGiving is pretty good as well. It has re-written the fundraising rule book!  Here are 8 of the biggest benefits: 1.It’s super easy  It…

Richard Allen - Hard As Oak

Hard As Oak

After graduating from the University of Ulster with a degree in Sports Exercise and Leisure Richard travelled the world before returning in 2006  to his run his family farm . Instead of the traditional farming his family had done for the past 100 years Richard diversified the business and began Oakfire Adventures a multi activity…

Micro Finance

Micro Finance

As a lifelong teacher and advocate for young children and families, Mary Kabati embodies the Children in Crossfire values.  Mary is the program coordinator for Tanzania Home Economics Association, a Children in Crossfire –funded organization that empowers individuals, families and communities in Tanzania through education and training. Through her work, advocating for young children and their families…

Alyssa at Malin Head

Development Education Internship

Meet Alyssa who has interned with our Development Education team for these past 8 weeks.  Alyssa shares her journey with us, and how working here has helped challenge her “extremely critical assumptions about charities” and “develop so much respect for Development Education and the power it has to connect our work in Africa to the…

Scatter Kindnesss

Scatter Kindness

Recently I was drawn to an image shared by a friend of mine on Facebook “A Simple Recipe for Happiness is to Scatter kindness wherever you go!”  I started thinking how, and in what ways could I be more open, compassionate and kind? In our ever changing world, where the gap between rich and poor continues…