Dear supporter,
As we enter a new year, we wanted to take a moment to say a heartfelt thank you.
Thanks to your generosity and ongoing belief in our work, we are delighted to share some wonderful news: we have secured Kiya for the year!
At the end of 2025, having lost a significant sponsor, the team and I were concerned at how to keep the projects running as yet more grant applications were rejected. Since Covid, fund raising has been incredibly tough for small charity’s, including Kiya, as many new projects and NGO´s sprang up to help those being effected by major world events and the competition for funds increased drastically leaving small projects like us, vulnerable.
However, we didn´t give up and over the first few weeks of January, after a big push between the rather wonderful Kiya team, we managed to secure 30 new sponsors and an unexpected, incredibly generous, one off donation came through as a very welcome surprise! This along with confirmation from a current sponsor that they would be continuing their support, gives us much needed breathing space and time to focus once again, on the project, the patients and our families.
This simply wouldn´t have been possible without you all. Your belief in Kiya is already changing lives, and we are deeply grateful.
The monthly contributions our sponsors donate, along with the one off donations from appeals, makes an enormous difference when we come together as a community, allowing us to ensure our projects can continue.
However, we are still not comfortably sustainable long term again and are already looking at how to fund 2027 and the years to come, but…. we have time on our hands now that will hopefully allow us to do some serious fundraising and reach our new target of signing up 40 sponsors of £50 a month (or the equivalent of)….this will give us the opportunity to fully fund the projects in a sustainable manner.
So! If you don´t already sponsor a child, and feel you´d like to help Kiya in this way in 2026, (even as little as 75p a week makes a difference) sponsor us today and help us take a step further towards sustainability!
Deciding to sponsor a child or project is a massive commitment, one that we understand takes considerable thought, especially as living costs continue to rise. It is an incredibly selfless act and one that we are so very grateful to so many of you for doing.
From the heart, thank you for walking this journey with us, we feel immensely grateful and deeply moved for the help we received that got us through a particularly difficult time and allowed us to climb the seemingly insurmountable wall blocking our path and head into the future, supported and strong!
Wishing you all a wonderful year ahead.
Peace and love from myself and the Kiya team,
Suzy x
