The last few weeks have changed the world. For you, for your family, and for every person on this planet.

Like you, we at Tools for Self Reliance have been taking important steps to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus. Our staff team is working from home and our 700 volunteers across the UK have suspended their activities including collecting tool donations.

We are also in regular contact with our partners in Africa and doing all we can to support them as they take action in their own communities

Vital fundraising events cancelled

This year marks 40 years of Tools for Self Reliance supporting people to build prosperous and sustainable livelihoods, with dignity. We had planned a year of celebration events, bringing people together to raise vital funds. But we have now made the difficult, but necessary decision to cancel these. This is essential to keeping the country safe, but devastating for us and the people we support because money raised at events gets tools to people who need them most.

Please make a gift today to ensure your support reaches people when they most need it.

*£300 will fully support a young person through their 12 month vocational training and equip them with tools so they can hit the ground running after they graduate.

*£48 could equip two graduates with the tools needed to start their own shoe repair business

*£10 could enable two people to receive a tailoring accessories kit containing small haberdashery items.

We know this is an incredibly difficult time for everybody, but if you can, please make a gift today. Your donation will mean that those who already live in the most challenging of situations under normal circumstances, will have the tools they need to combat the impact that coronavirus will have on their livelihoods.

Life skills, taught as part of our vocational training projects teaching young people the importance of personal hygiene, has never been more important than it is today.

Your donation will ensure training can quickly restart in countries like Ghana where projects have had to be put on hold. It will mean that more people are able to start earning an income, and can get back on their feet again.