About Us
New Ways is a charity dedicated to transforming the
lives of some of the world's 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 basic nutrition, healthcare, agriculture,
water
infrastructure and education.
In the UK we
- raise funds for the projects we support
- raise funds through applications to grant making bodies
- build relationships with, and understanding of, the communities with whom we work.
In 2009 we raised over £450,000. In 1994 we raised
about £5,000 and we have steadily increased this amount over the
years. By the
end of 2011 we had funded almost £3.5m of projects.
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 existing subscriptions and specific donations
from benefactors,
all of the money raised through our fundraising events or through
other
donations goes directly to project work.
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. 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 - this
does not affect our aim to help reduce poverty regardless of the
race, religion
or politics of those in need.
New Ways is a UK registered
charity.
