CHARITIES

Headshots for Charity events

WELCOME

I run regular events to raise funds and support the charities below. My “Headshots for Charity” events are also a great way for everyone to be able to access professional photography on a budget.

I am happy to organise such events for companies and businesses as part of the Social Corporate Responsibility activities. Get in touch if you’d like to organise one.

These are the most recent events I have organised to raise funds for the charities I support.

The Super Woman Pole Dance school, Christmas showcase, raised £145 in support of “A Cup of Uji”.

Headshots for Charity 18th September 2019 raised £115 in support of “A Cup of Uji”.

Headshots for Charity 19th June 2019 raised £305 in support of “SOS Children Villages UK”.

Photography Party 20th February 2019 raised £400 in support of “A Cup of Uji” and “Samara’s Aid Appeal”.

CHARITIES I SUPPORT

The four charities below are the ones I support.

Help Them Grow is something I am involved together with 4 other Albanian mums in London. We collect second hand toys and we send them to Albanian state nurseries. To support this cause, I ask families if they would like to donate their old toys after a spring clear out.

SOS Children Villages are a great charity who support children who are alone or without support by offering them a home. We have a sponsor child in a SOS Children Village in Tirana, Albania and I love what they do and I have fundraised for them on a number of occasions.

A Cup of Uji, is a feeding programme for children in poverty in Kenya working to keep children in school and fed with a daily cup of porridge. I met Francis Amonde, who runs the programme via Instagram and I have supported his efforts through a few fundraising events.

Samara’s Aid Appeal is run by Samara who I have met during a talk in Balham at the height of the Syrian crisis. I was touched by her mission and her spirit of hope and fighting to help others.

Help Them Grow

This is an iniative I am directly involved in with 5 other Albanian Mums in London. We regulary collect second hand toys and books that we send to Albanian state nurseries. If you are having a clear out, let me know, I can come and collect the toys from you. This is “Help Them Grow”‘s facebook page to find out more and see the pictures of what we do.

A Cup of Uji

I have discovered Francis Otienon Amonde, online and I have supoorted the work he does through my events. His initiative “A Cup of Uji” feeds underprivileged children in Kenya with a daily cup of porridge that keeps them in school. I have raised £320 for the Cup of Uji so far. To find out more about what he does and how to support him, this is the “Cup of Uji” facebook page.

SOS Children Villages

This is a charity that is very close to my heart and one that we support, as a family by sponsoring a child in an SOS Village in Albania. I have also fundraised for them, raising £305 at my last “Headshtos for Charity” event.

The charity offers a home to children who are on their own and vulnerable, giving them love, support and better opportunities in life. To find out more visit their website “SOS Children Villages Uk”

Samara’s Aid Appeal

Started by Samara a mum from Brighton in 2014, Samara’s Aid Appeal, helps displaced people in Syria with clothes and emergency health support. I have raised £150 for Samara’s Aid Appeal at my “Headshots for charity” event in February. I have also taken part in a number of clothes collections for them. To find out more abotu their work and how you can suport them, visit their website, Samara’s Aid Appeal.

The importance of giving!

”We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

Winston Churchill

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