Who we are

Our Mission & Values

Helping communities to thrive

We believe, that with support, every community has the potential to thrive. Our aim is to help build a foundation for the communities we support to achieve economic independence, to develop sustainable infrastructure in areas such as healthcare and water, and to improve the quality of life for all those in need.

Since 1994 New Ways has supported development work in Africa, particularly basic nutrition, healthcare, agriculture, water infrastructure and education. The charity was set up by MCSPA and like mind friends, a community living and working in 4 African countries predominantly in the Turkana region in Northern Kenya.

In the UK we:

Organise and support fundraising activities
Raise funds through applications to grant making bodies
Build relationships with, and understanding of, the communities with whom we work.

Since our launch we have funded almost £6m of development projects in 8 countries although the majority of our projects are based in Turkana, Northern Kenya. We funded our first project in 1996 in Nairobi, supporting an orphanage. In our first year, 1994, we raised about £5,000 and we have steadily increased this amount over the years.

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 registered charity, no. 1035688.

Observations from New Ways CEO

People who make New Ways

New Ways is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures. We are based in London but also have members in continental Europe and Africa. What we share in common is a commitment to use our talents, time and energy to help communities suffering deprivation, and bring new opportunity to the people we work with.

Our directors are based in UK, France and Kenya. Most of our fundraising is organised from London and most of the volunteers involved in fundraising are based here.

Our volunteers come from all walks of life but have a common goal of alleviating the suffering of the world’s poorest communities. Amongst our volunteers we have teachers, housewives, finance specialists, retirees and students. We try to make our fundraising events fun, rewarding and sociable. Through them we raise money but also want to raise awareness of the issues faced by the communities we work with.

We are not involved in accepting volunteers for overseas placements in Africa but from time to time friends do go for 3 months to help in the field. Our volunteers are predominantly involved in raising funds and awareness where they are. If you would like to be involved in one of our fundraising events or would consider organising some fundraising yourself, we’d love to hear from you. Please email info@newways.org.uk