Emergency food for Covid-affected communities in India

Emergency food for Covid-affected communities in India

We are funding iPartner India with a £20,000 grant to support their essential work in food provision for marginalised populations across India. Our grant will provide food parcels to 800 families that will last for a month. iPartner, through its local Indian partners,...
Contributing to the valuable work of Childline Gibraltar

Contributing to the valuable work of Childline Gibraltar

Young people in Gibraltar are being affected by the enforced lockdown with calls to Childline Gibraltar’s free helpline service doubling during the month of March. Social-distancing policies also meant that Childline Gibraltar were forced to cancel two of their...
Supporting Gibraltar’s vulnerable elderly through lockdown

Supporting Gibraltar’s vulnerable elderly through lockdown

We have awarded a grant to the Gibraltar Care Agency’s ‘Meals on Wheels’ initiative. During the coronavirus enforced lockdown, the scheme has provided one hot meal a day to those aged 70-years and over who are unable to cook for themselves, either because they have no...
Leaving no child behind during India’s Covid-19 lockdown

Leaving no child behind during India’s Covid-19 lockdown

On 24 March 2020, due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown limiting the movement of 1.3billion people. Our partners Transform Schools, People For Action were concerned by the potential impact this could have on students and...
Kusuma School of Biological Science’s Covid-19 test approved

Kusuma School of Biological Science’s Covid-19 test approved

Researchers from our partners, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Kusuma School of Biological Science (KSBS), have developed a detection test for Covid-19 that has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The test has the ability to...