News | ERSF - Part 10 ERSF

Jessie May

A £15,000 ERSF grant to Jessie May is helping children with a terminal illness and their families, through the provision of specialist nursing care and educational support in Bristol, north Somerset and south Gloucestershire. The money has paid for two families, each with a child with a terminal illness, to receive specially trained nursing visits […]

Arpan

Preventing child sex abuse through a personal safety education programme was the purpose of a £5,000 ERSF grant to Arpan. It empowers children, aged six to 12 years, with the adequate knowledge, attitude and skill to prevent the risk of child sex abuse and to seek support if such incidents have occurred. In 2011/12 the […]

Children on the Edge

Providing a place of safety for 170 homeless refugee Burmese children living in Thailand – through five children’s boarding houses in the Mae Ra Ma Luang Refugee Camp on the Thai-Burma border – was the purpose of an ERSF grant to Children on the Edge. In fact, the money helped exceed the target of 170 […]

Child Welfare Scheme (CWS)

Jyoti Training Centre (JVTC) in Pokhara, Nepal, received a £10,000 boost thanks to ERSF in its efforts to provide housing, vocational training, social and life skills to 128 disadvantaged, vulnerable and at risk young people in the area. The £10,000 grant helped to pay for classroom/training costs which are geared up to helping them gain […]

Power International 2011

ERSF made a grant of £5,000 to Power International to combat domestic violence against women with disabilities in Mozambique. The money was used to pay for radio broadcasts and women’s meetings to produce broadcasts on domestic violence issues.