UK Charity No. 281776 · Operating Since 1980
You Can Give a Child in Africa a Future They Would Never Have Had.
IRFF UK connects UK donors with trusted, local-led projects across Africa, in education, period poverty, and community health. Your monthly gift goes 100% to the ground. No overheads. No middlemen.
TRUSTED BY UK DONORS FOR 40 YEARS
Of verified impact in Africa
Go directly to the work you choose to support
Through other general income sources
Millions of Children in Africa Are One Decision Away From a Different Life.
In rural Uganda, a child misses school because her family cannot afford the £3 term fee. In South Africa, a teenage girl stays home every month because her school has no safe toilets and no sanitary products. In Ghana, a young woman with no qualifications has no path to employment.
These are not statistics. These are the children and young people that IRFF UK's partners work with every single day.The gap between the life they have and the life they could have is not wide. It is a school place. A sanitary kit. A meal. A classroom that stays open.
That gap is something you can close.
Three Ways Your Support Changes Lives
Every project below is led by a trusted local partner.
Every pound you give goes directly to them.
Keep a School Open
Destiny Junior School in Kibiri educates 207 children who would otherwise have nowhere to learn. Your monthly gift helps pay the teachers, fund the meals, and keep the doors open.
£10/month feeds a child for a month
Keep a Girl in School
No girl should miss school because of her period. Your support provides reusable sanitary kits, safe washrooms, and hygiene education to girls across three countries.
£5/month provides a full sanitary kit
Feed a Family Today
The Walmer Soup Kitchen in Port Elizabeth serves hundreds of meals every week to people living in extreme poverty. Your gift ensures no one in the community goes hungry.
£15/month feeds a family for a week
"We mostly have disadvantaged children with a lot of challenges at home. Destiny Junior School has become their home. With the support of IRFF, we have been able to transform the lives of the students, the community, and Uganda."
Supported by IRFF UK since 2009
The Numbers Behind the Mission
Every figure below comes from verified field reports and published annual accounts.
Children in school at Destiny Junior School today
Girls supported through period poverty programmes
Years as a registered UK charity
See What Your Support Has Built
Over 40 years, IRFF UK has run more than a dozen projects across Africa. Some conclude when a community is ready to stand on its own. Others end because of circumstances beyond our control - the loss of a key leader, a global pandemic, the unpredictable realities of working in some of the world's most challenging environments.
Between 2009 and 2022, our Mobile Medical Team treated over 2,300 people for jiggers, a debilitating parasitic infection across towns and villages in rural Uganda. When we lost our project leader during the COVID-19 pandemic, the programme could not continue. But the thousands of people treated, the communities reached, and the awareness raised did not disappear with it.
Your Donation in Three Steps
Step 1:
Choose a project
Pick the cause that matters most to you: education, period poverty, or community health.
Step 2:
Give monthly or once
Set up a simple monthly gift via Donorbox, or make a one-off donation. Cancel any time.
Step 3:
See the impact
Subscribe to our newsletter. We send regular updates directly from our project partners on the ground. You will know exactly what your money did.
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IRFF UK works with UK companies to deliver transparent, verifiable ESG outcomes. From funding a school IT system to sponsoring a period poverty programme, we provide full financial reporting and real-world impact data.
The Gap Between the Life They Have and the Life They Could Have Is Something You Can Close.
Start with £5 a month. Cancel any time. 100% goes to the project.