By 2026 The KFF had supported 57 projects in 29 countries. Read about a few of our latest initiatives below.
We’re delighted to partner with the Neonatal Nurses Association to fund the Dr Kate Farrer Foundation Scholarship.
Our awards have provided the opportunities for research into vital projects and offer support to the nurses career developments. Read more about the scholarships here.
Children who suffer with disabilities that can be corrected or alleviated through an operation. Alongside this they work to empower local healthcare workers and educate parents/caregivers.
The children have conditions including clubfoot, crooked spines, bow legs and other limb deformities, such as cleft lip/palate, hydrocephalus and spina bifida. The KFF has been supporting the treatment of Malawian children with clubfoot operations.
The KFF has contributed regularly to WaterHarvest helping fund rain water harvesting tanks providing year-round water for hundreds of people.
Set up by Ben Freeth MBE in memory of his father-in-law Mike Campbell, a white Zimbabwean farmer whose farm was destroyed in 2008. Mike, Ben and other displaced farmers took President Mugabe to court over his controversial land seizure programme. Mike sadly passed away, but MCF continues to confront political and economic abuses in Zimbabwe.
Over the years the KFF has supported their ‘Farming for Destitute Farm Workers’ project, which trains Zimbabwean workers in conservation agriculture methods.
ZOA-UK was set up by Dr Shimwaayi Muntemba after tragically losing three sisters to the AIDS epidemic. In her native country Zambia there are 1.2 million orphans, half due to AIDS. ZOA-UK works with schools and community groups to provide educational support for children including school resources, sponsorship, meals and vocational training.
The KFF has supported ZOA’s work with children at Twavwane School in Lusaka. Along with other projects, the support has included aid for nutrition, schoolbooks, solar panels and help for children with poor eyesight.
Helping disabled children, orphans and vulnerable families across Eastern Europe.
From 2016 the KFF has supported two ChildAid projects in Moldova, the poorest country in Europe.
The Tony Hawks Children’s Centre provides therapy and opportunities for chronically-ill and disabled children and Esther House where the KFF has been involved in the funding of speech therapists and vital therapy equipment.
Inter Care provide medical equipment and vital medicines to many hospitals in Africa by collecting surplus UK healthcare goods and transporting them abroad.
The KFF has given regular grants towards the costs of transporting medical goods to Sierra Leone and Malawi.
The Divine Hope Foundation runs health clinics and support over 30 young people with secondary education.
The KFF helps fund education for these children from difficult backgrounds with sponsorship. If you would like to sponsor a child (only £6 a week) or would like more information please contact us.
Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP) provides essential health services and sustainable skills to communities across the Middle East.
The KFF has provided funding for medical supplies for midwives working in the Palestinian refugee clinics in Lebanon. This includes dopplers, blood pressure monitors, stethoscopes, baby weighing scales, gloves and sanitary products.
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The Kate Farrer Foundation is registered as charity number 1156580.