At the request of the local community SGG began the "Support for 500 Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Busia" project in 2007. This consists of providing a weekly supplementary meal which now costs SGG £1.20/month/child. In 200 about 45 % of these children were seriously underweight and/or stunted according to UNICEF's child/age profiles. Many showed signs of malnutrition e.g. discoloured hair, swollen belly and skin infections. Here children wait at Lonely Orphans for a much needed meal.

Here is a classroom at Lonely Orphans Early Child Development Centre [ECDC] in 2026. The children are now generally better dressed, and seem more lively, healthy and happy. The classroom facilities show there is still much to be done but here we wish to focus on the progress made over the last 19 years. This ECDC provides education for the very poorest children and has given them a better start in life.

Unfortunately not every SGG scheme succeeds. We are currently promoting increased tree cover around Same in North East Tanzania. This photo shows an excellent, profitable initiative by the NGO Empower Tanzania. On this visit there were 160 pawpaw trees providing a strong income to the farmer. Unfortunately elephants from the nearby Mkomazi Park destroyed the whole plantation in one single night.