About Us
New Ways is a charity dedicated to transforming the lives of some of the worlds poorest people.
The charity was founded in 1994 by Albert Salvans, a Catholic priest working in London, with the aim of supporting development work in Africa, particularly healthcare, agriculture, water infrastructure and education.
Most of our work in the UK is fundraising for the projects we support but at the same time, to build relationships with, and understanding of, the communities with whom we work.
We raise money through fundraising events and through applications to grant making bodies. In 1994 we raised about £5,000 and have steadily increased this amount over the years. In 2009 we raised over £450,000.
We make great efforts to keep our administration costs low (our aim is to keep these below 5%). As all of these costs are covered by subscriptions that we already receive and specific donations from benefactors, all of the money raised through our fundraising events or through other donations goes directly to project work.
While we are non-denominational, most of our funding goes to our main overseas partner organisation the Missionary Community of St Paul the Apostle (MCSPA) a Catholic community based in northern Kenya. The beneficiaries of the projects that we support come from a wide range of faiths and backgrounds and in this we are completely non-denominational. Our aim is to help reduce poverty regardless of the race, religion or politics of those in need.
New ways is a UK registered charity.
