Impact Report 2024

Thank you so much to all our wonderful supporters who gave so generously in 2024. With your help we were able to reach people around the world with the Good News of the Gospel. We find it both important to quantify our impact each year but also to hear from individuals about the depth and breadth of the impact of these projects.

We invite you here both to look at the numbers of our ministries last year, but also to read the stories of the people represented by these numbers. We wish we could share with you all 51,530 stories of transformation! But that may be quite a long read…

How many people were supported by IN UK in 2024?

Below is the beneficiary count from across the projects we directly funded last year. This doesn’t include the broader impact for ‘indirect beneficiaries’ (such as family members of sponsored children) and beneficiaries who continue to benefit from projects supported in previous years (such as all the 1,213 babies safely delivered at St Ophel’s in Burkina Faso). We want to account for the impact of your giving in 2024, as we do in other years. 

However, the biggest number to celebrate is that across the IN Network (of 32 partner countries) over 1,075,400 people have been reached! We feel privileged to be part of such a far-reaching network with inspirational leaders who are sharing the good news of the gospel in a multitude of ways.

Of particular importance, 2024 saw the completion of two major projects in Uganda, WASH 2 (Water Sanitation and Hygiene) and DIP 2 (Disability Inclusion Project). These highly successful projects have been developing since 2017 and are having great impact for rural families. Over 500 disabled children have gained access to an education, 240 families of disabled children were supported with income generating activities, and 3,750 parents and community members were reached with positive messaging about disability.

Photo 1. Disability inclusive sports festival in Uganda

Through the WASH programme, 6 school toilet blocks were built benefitting 1,335 students, 26 water sources were built or repaired, and 15,315 people were reached with hygiene education. We celebrate this impact and continue to work together to improve our ministries. We are sharing the love of God through all these projects.

In 2025 we hope to launch new programmes in these areas building on our experience, learnings and success.

Photo 2.  WASH committee in Kikwanya village, Uganda, with their new water source

Two major construction projects were also launched in 2024, where their impact for
beneficiaries will be realised in 2025 and beyond. At Makonge Primary School in Kiyindi Uganda we committed to building ‘Block B’ with seven classrooms across three storeys. These expand the learning spaces available at the growing school and drastically improve the learning environments compared to the old and rundown buildings. These classrooms are expected to be ready for use in 2025.

Photo 3.  Foundations being dug by parents at Makonge Primary School in Kiyindi, Uganda

Photo 4.  Progress made on construction of new block of 7 classrooms in Kiyindi, Uganda

In Kenya, in partnership with IN Kenya and Grace Empowerment Organisation, we have purchased land and started preparation works to build a ‘Leadership and Talent Centre’ that will provide holistic rehabilitation support and leadership development for an estimated 75 street youth each year.

With increasing global conflicts, our ministries to displaced peoples continue to be of great importance. The needs of these people are receiving reduced media attention and therefore are less known to the general public. Though this impacts our ability to raise funds for these needs, we are very grateful to our supporters who continue to respond generously.

We are supporting children and their families displaced by conflict in Burkina Faso and in Ukraine (ministry based in Romania). Both ministries include trauma counselling recognising the severe impact of their experiences. Trauma in children has been evident by some stopping speaking, experiencing bad dreams, disruptive behaviour and more. This trauma care is critical to help them process what they have witnessed and to provide them with the tools to improve their mental health. In Burkina Faso, St Ophel school has welcomed 400 internally displaced children to their school and support them and their families as they settle in Bobo Dioulasso. In Romania there are 70 Ukrainian children directly supported by the Joy Centre where they received childcare, education sessions, sports, arts and trauma care, this is alongside holistic pastoral care for their families. In Egypt we continue to serve Sudanese and Syrian refugees with essential resources and through training at the vocational centre.

Photo 5.  Ukrainian refugees supported in Romania with holistic care including trauma counselling.

Learning and collaboration have also been enhanced within the International Needs Network with new learning communities for thematic areas such as for water and education. The IN Network continue to deliver programmatic training for its members and are developing a new programme management system to improve collaboration, efficiency and monitoring and evaluation. We look forward to how these initiatives can improve overall programmatic impact.

Thank you for making all this possible!

Stories of hope
Impact numbers give an indication of the scale of our work and the reach of the donations of our supporters. Yet it is the transformation and stories of all those individuals that are the most important. Here are two stories of significant impact from 2024.

Kantano Ruth (pictured below) has been supported through the IN Uganda WASH Programme. Her family were identified by their community as being in significant need and were provided with a 500-litre tank for water storage. Before this intervention, Kantono Ruth, an elderly blind woman aged 103, faced immense challenges accessing clean and safe water due to the hilly and steep terrain of Kikwanya.

Her daughter, Nabwire Beatrice, had to assist her in fetching water from a distant well, which was not only physically demanding but also time-consuming. With the installation of the water tank, their lives have been transformed. They no longer need to undertake arduous journeys to fetch water, as they now have a convenient and accessible source of clean water right in their compound. This has not only alleviated the physical burden on Kantono Ruth and her daughter but has also given them the freedom and independence to manage their daily tasks more efficiently. Moreover, the availability of clean water has significantly improved their hygiene practices. They can now wash their clothes regularly, bathe comfortably, and maintain a clean-living environment, which has contributed to their overall health and well-being. This improvement in hygiene has also reduced their vulnerability to waterborne diseases, enhancing their quality of life and ensuring their long-term health.

In summary, the project’s intervention has not only provided Kantono Ruth and her family with access to safe water but has also empowered them to live with dignity and independence despite their challenging circumstances. It has improved their quality of life, enhanced their health and hygiene practices, and made a tangible difference in their day-to-day lives.

Alongside providing water storage tanks for vulnerable families, WASH Uganda have built and repaired a total of 26 water sources such as borehole and natural springs, serving over 18,417 people.

Gnanamanogaran (pictured below) has been supported through the IN Sri Lanka WASH and Livelihoods project. He is married and has 2 teen daughters; and has benefited from the peanut farming project.

He was injured during the war and has limited use of his right arm and leg. Gnanamanogaran received 35kg of peanuts for which he was able to harvest a yield of 450kg of peanuts. Through the profit of LKR 130,000 – he told us that he was able to settle a debt for extra tuition classes for his daughter’s education (O/Ls), buy new clothes for his family, and invest some money for his children. Following the harvest, Gnanamanogaran has planted banana trees as he finds them easier to cultivate.

These are just some of the 51,530 lives that are improving around the world. Thank you for your partnership in 2024!