Thank you for the already overwhelming response to our Christmas Appeal: Her Education is Life-Saving. This appeal is extra special because anything you give can be doubled. Thank you to everyone who has gotten involved so far. Donations are still being matched, so we’ve taken to the phones – if you’re a regular supporter, you might still …
I am delighted to announce that, thanks to all our supporters, we have beaten our Coronavirus Crisis Appeal target of £500,000! Thank you to everyone who got involved. To see the very real impact donations have already had, please watch the short video below: These are just a few of the thousands of people we’ve already reached with emergency supplies and …
At Karuna, we share the concern expressed by many in the Overseas Aid community about yesterday’s announcement of the planned merger of DFID with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Since DFID was founded in May 1997, it has supported many wonderful projects which address the needs of people from marginalised communities in different parts of …
As coronavirus cases continue to rise and restrictions to slow its spread are being put in place, we are launching our biggest ever appeal – and we are asking for your help. On 11th March 2020, The World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The impact of this global outbreak will have a catastrophic effect …
I’m currently visiting projects in India, and have just spent an afternoon with young women from the ‘Sikhai Hatiyar’ (Education is the Tool of Empowerment) project in Rural West Bengal. I took part in a meeting with over 100 girls who have recently enrolled in Higher Secondary school. This means that they have graduated from …
Earlier in the year, we contacted some of our supporters to ask a few questions; why they chose to support us, what they like about us and what we could do better. Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond. I’d like to share some of those responses with you now, as well …
Last week, on the first day of May, it was a pleasant Spring evening in West London. Mike, our volunteer fundraiser, was already on the residential street he was to fundraise on, when I met him at 6.30pm. As Head of Fundraising at Karuna, going out “on the doors’ with our volunteer fundraisers, gives me …
