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What’s your story?
We suspect it’s quite a good one. Why not start a new chapter by getting involved with HOPEHIV? Below we’ve got some quick and easy ways you can take action. If you’d like to sound out your ideas, email Mark. Then check out What do you need? - useful resources, we think.
what's your 10/10/10?
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HOPEHIV was founded in 2000 on £10 notes. 10 years on, we’re celebrating and a new wave of supporters is gathering for the next 10 years. It seems only right to take over 10th October 2010 to mark the occasion, have fun and make friends! We’d love it if you livened up a gloomy October Sunday for your friends with something fun, whether that’s baking (and eating) exquisite cupcakes, taking everyone for a beautiful country walk, or turning your lounge into a cinema. Get 10 people to come and ask them to donate £10 and get involved with HOPEHIV for the new decade. Go to www.hopehiv.org/my101010 for more info.
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PS. Schools and companies – we know Sundays won’t work for you so how about organising a non-uniform/dress down day on Friday 08/10/10?
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make a difference when you shop online
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Go to www.hopehiv.spendandgive.co.uk and just click on your favourite store. This directs you to their normal site, but when you buy something, the retailer automatically donates a percentage of your spend to HOPEHIV. Easy! Tell friends, colleagues, random people on the street with our flyer, which you can download here.
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use quick and easy fundraising tools
www.justgiving.com/hopehiv is a hassle-free way to set up a fundraiser: it tells people what you’re doing and gets their money safely to HOPEHIV. On our What do you need? page, there’s all the stuff you need to galvanise others: posters, sponsor forms and more. Of course, there’s still a teeny bit of hassle, but it’s up to you whether you run a marathon, bath in beans or simply keep schtumm for a day.
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get married
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...and persuade your other half that the John Lewis list is best left to MPs! Check out www.thealternativeweddinglist.co.uk to set up your list and donate to HOPEHIV and a range of other great charities.
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Make a statement
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| Isaiah 61 is a positive statement clothing company, offering a contemporary collection of ethically sourced t-shirts and hoodies. For every Isaiah 61 product you buy from their website, www.isaiah61clothing.com , they’ll give 5% to HOPEHIV. |
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listen
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| Eight years ago, premier UK Christian band Phatfish partnered with HOPEHIV by organising a series of ‘unplugged’ concerts, raising a staggering £14,000 for us. This autumn, Phatfish and Lou Fellingham (the band’s lead singer who has three hugely successful solo albums in her own right) will be back on the road with ‘The Light Tour’ which will showcase much of the material from the recent Phatfish album ‘In Jesus’ and Lou’s new release ‘Step Into the Light’. We're delighted that the band, who have never lost their concern for the plight of AIDS ravaged communities in Africa, will again be donating to HOPEHIV. A list of tour dates can be found at www.phatfish.net/gigs. |
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| In response to the 1010 Challenge at Spring Harvest this year, Ant Duke and Sam Saunders recorded some of their comedic songs and are selling CDs in aid of HOPEHIV. If you like Flight of the Conchords, give Duke and Saunders a try. |
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| Singer/song-writer Emma Pears not only wrote a Song for Africa, but created a huge choir of more than 400 people to record the CD single We Believe! The record sold thousand of copies and was featured on TV and radio, raising money and awareness for HOPEHIV. The single is available online from Emma's record label Dependant. |
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Putumayo World Music has released two CDs, African Reggae and African Party, sales of which will be partially donated to HOPEHIV. Both are available on amazon - make it a double whammy and go through spendandgive!
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dear little heart is a CD written especially for pregnant women and new mothers looking for beautiful instrumental music to play to their unborn child whilst in utero and then as familiar soothing sounds to calm their babies once born. 10% of all CD sales are donated to HOPEHIV. You can buy it online at www.dearlittleheart.com
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volunteer skills, ideas or friends
IT, Law or HR professionals – we welcome pro-bono advice. Graphic designers, AV technicians, social networking whizzes - please get in touch. Mere mortals - if you’ve got ideas about how HOPEHIV can be more effective, tell us! Everyone - tell your friends. The more people that know about us the better. Invite them to join us on Facebook or Twitter. |
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We see hope in Dawn and Otila.
Dawn lives in Epworth, an urban suburb of Harare. She was the Sunday school teacher at her local church when she was selected to attend training as a pre-school teacher in 2006. The training was part of the HOPEHIV-funded Oasis Pre-School Programme, which helps churches use their facilities and volunteers to give the most vulnerable children access to education.
They set up Breakthrough School in September 2006 with just 10 orphaned or vulnerable children. The church offered its outdoor meeting area to the school and also built a simple two room structure. Oasis provided furniture, educational resources and toys, and the curriculum, as well as training another volunteer, Otila, to help Dawn. Otila is good at sewing and has started to make uniforms for the children attending, to reduce the stigma felt by those who have very few clothes to wear.
Oasis visits Breakthrough School weekly to provide support. Staff visit children’s homes to assess how their families can contribute to the school. Some pay a small fee, others bring things like firewood or maize, while other parents and guardians help out at the school. In 2009 the school had 38 children aged 4 to 6 and was receiving good feedback about former pupils from the local government primary schools.
Find out more about the Pre-School Programme. |
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