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The GRCT is a UK based charity that aims to help alleviate poverty amongst children in South Africa through the provision of food and education.

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The Garden Route Children’s Trust, or GRCT for short, is a UK-based charity. The aim of the GRCT is to alleviate poverty among children in South Africa through the provision of food and education

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Helping to educate and feed South African children in need. #grctcharity
All smiles after e’pap breakfast! #grct #grctc All smiles after e’pap breakfast! #grct #grctcharity #epap
✨Supporting our work ✨ Would you help support ✨Supporting our work ✨ Would you help support our work? A donation of just £20 will fund one child’s healthy e’Pap breakfast each school day for a year. We know that times are challenging at the moment, but perhaps you might be able to consider supporting us through a standing order, matched employee giving schemes or fundraising efforts at your school? Please do go to our website for details on the different ways you can support us and, in turn, our beneficiaries. Even a small amount goes a long way.
To combat the January blues, the e’Pap Children’s Feeding Project (our main beneficiary) has shared a good news story about an initiative for young football players in their area: “Strikers FC Development Academy have gratefully been receiving donations of e’Pap since May 2023...we have boys between 8 and 17 years of age, descend on Lorie Park to play soccer.  All boys travel by foot from townships around the Knysna area – most of them from Hornlea, Nekkies, Concordia and White Location – a 10-12km round trip. Volunteers....make sure the boys have clean water, cordial juice, a piece of fruit and prepare e’Pap for the boys to have at the end of training (or before if they need it). Some boys will not have eaten since the morning, some not at all.  As you can imagine, this is a little challenging to do on a soccer pitch, but we have great camping tables, equipment etc and created ingenious methods, such as using a tall tub, paint mixer and drill to mix the powder to be a very smooth texture!  The boys love it and often come over for a quick go with the mixing. The process of soccer training, feeding of e’Pap and the volunteers have created a family environment for the boys, some of whom have very difficult home lives.”
Our winter newsletter is here! Click the link in o Our winter newsletter is here! Click the link in our bio for an update on our activities, reports on fundraising events and news from our beneficiaries! https://us11.campaign-archive.com/?u=adca9144968c8c0cde0b6f9cf&id=e6bc2cd678
Wishing all of our friends, supporters and benefic Wishing all of our friends, supporters and beneficiaries a very Happy Christmas!
As the weather gets colder and we gear up for Chri As the weather gets colder and we gear up for Christmas, a reminder from one of our beneficiaries, the NG Church in Laingsburg (who feed between 150 and 180 children a day), of why our work is so important: “Keeping the children fed and healthy (especially in the cold winter months) remains the biggest financial challenge for the centres who care for the children... and they rely on donations to keep their doors open. Receiving e’Pap relieves a lot of financial strain and all centres are very thankful for the contribution.”
✨Ceramics sale in aid of the GRCT ✨ Friday 29 ✨Ceramics sale in aid of the GRCT ✨ Friday 29 November 2024 10 am - 3 pm 18 Fairmile Avenue Cobham KT11 2JB UK Yoko Crow and Caroline Wilson met many years ago at a pottery class and are now active amateur potters with studios at home. They would like to invite you to view and buy some of thier recent work, and enjoy coffee and mince pies too! 50% of all net proceeds will be donated to the Garden Route Children’s Trust. Please do pop in anytime between 10 am and 3 pm if you can! Examples of their work can be found on @yoko_ceramics instagram x
Our Christmas sale and coffee morning raised nearl Our Christmas sale and coffee morning raised nearly £4,000 yesterday - a record year that wouldn’t have been possible without your time, help and generosity. Thank you, as ever, to all of our wonderful stall holders, volunteers and supporters for making this happen!
🌟SAVE THE DATE - 5 NOVEMBER🌟 Yes, it’s b 🌟SAVE THE DATE - 5 NOVEMBER🌟 Yes, it’s back! Our annual coffee morning and Christmas sale in aid of the Garden Route Children’s Trust is returning for another year in the Oxshott Village Centre! 🎄🎁✨ We would love you to join us for: 🎁 Christmas shopping (gifts, fashion, jewellery, bags, plants & more) ✨ Tea, coffee and delicious homemade cake 🎄Raffle with fantastic prizes to be won We will also be selling a beautiful new Christmas card designs with all profits going to the GRCT. Free entry, but we are raising funds for the GRCT’s incredible feeding projects along the Garden Route, South Africa. Last year we raised over £3,000; enough to feed over 150 children a nutritious breakfast for a whole school year! 9am - 1pm The Oxshott Village Centre, 19 Holtwood Road, Oxshott, Surrey, KT22 0QJ We do hope you can make it!
✨The magic of e’Pap✨ e’Pap is made from w ✨The magic of e’Pap✨ e’Pap is made from wholegrain maize and soya beans. Vitamins are added into the mixture in a form that the body can easily absorb. e’Pap contains 24 micronutrients and four macronutrients which maximise absorption and “bio-efficacy” in the human body. This means that e’Pap will be absorbed into the body more effectively. 

e’Pap addresses the issue of “hidden hunger” and micronutrient deficiencies, which can compromise the immune system and interfere with focus and concentration at school.  Preparing e’Pap is straightforward - it just needs to be mixed with clean water.  This is an invaluable feature in the areas in which our feeding projects are based, as it can therefore be prepared in even the most basic of settings.  📸 thanks to e’Pap Children’s Feeding Project
Why do we need your help? In the words of the e’ Why do we need your help? In the words of the e’Pap Children’s Feeding Project in Knysna, “the need for healthy food seems to be growing daily and we are often told of instances where the families just cannot make ends meet and the children are hungry. Our regular e’Pap breakfasts are a blessing to all the children along the Garden Route and help to keep them healthy and engaged at school. For some, this might be the only decent meal they receive and for most of our children it is by far the most nourishing.”
Our summer newsletter is here! Click the link in o Our summer newsletter is here! Click the link in our bio for the latest updates from some of beneficiaries in South Africa and news of our recent fundraising efforts. #gardenroute #GRCT #gardenroutechildrenstrust
A beautiful video received from one of our benefic A beautiful video received from one of our beneficiaries, Ma’s vir Wellington, to thank us for our support #breakfastbreakfasts #GRCT
Some photos from our recent Breakfast for Breakfas Some photos from our recent Breakfast for Breakfasts events! With your help we have raised over £2,000 and counting through Breakfast for Breakfasts events so far. Are you feeling inspired to host a breakfast of your own? If so, please do click the link in our bio (or e-mail us at b4b@grct.org.uk) for links to the publicity materials we have produced to help you, fundraising pages or to see details of breakfast events happening near you! #breakfastforbreakfasts #GRCT #epap
Happy Easter to all our friends, family, supporter Happy Easter to all our friends, family, supporters and beneficiaries! 🐣☀️❤️ #grct #epap #heisrisen
Are you in the Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire area ? Are you in the Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire area ? Join us on Monday 25th March for a delicious breakfast in Cuddington, Drop Ali, one of our trustees, a message if you fancy joining!
Some photos from our first🌟Breakfast for Breakf Some photos from our first🌟Breakfast for Breakfasts🌟 event hosted by our GRCT trustee Cath! Are you feeling inspired to host a breakfast of your own? If so, please do click the link in our bio (or e-mail us at b4b@grct.org.uk) for links to the publicity materials we have produced to help you, fundraising pages or to see details of breakfast events happening near you! #breakfastforbreakfasts
🌟Breakfast for Breakfasts🌟 The GRCT is very 🌟Breakfast for Breakfasts🌟 The GRCT is very excited to launch our new fundraising initiative, Breakfast for Breakfasts! During March and April this year, we would love for you to join us in hosting a breakfast and, in return, inviting your guests to donate to the GRCT and help fund the cost of providing e’Pap breakfasts to children in need in South Africa. The breakfast can be as straightforward as coffee and pastries, or a more elaborate meal - it’s totally up to you! Please do click the link in our bio (or e-mail us at b4b@grct.org.uk) for more information, links to the publicity material we have produced to help you in hosting your own Breakfast for Breakfasts or details on Breakfast for Breakfasts events happening near you! #breakfastforbreakfasts
Why we do what we do….the projects we support co Why we do what we do….the projects we support continue to face struggles in the communities in which they are based - poverty, unemployment and social issues. The reports we received last year once again highlighted that the children benefit hugely from the regular e’Pap meals they receive. The e’Pap Children’s Feeding Project in Knysna in their end of year newsletter said that:

“The need for healthy food seems to be growing daily and we are often told of instances where the families just cannot make ends meet and the children are hungry. Our regular e’Pap breakfasts are a blessing to all the children along the Garden Route and help to keep them healthy and engaged at school. For some, this might be the only decent meal they receive and for most of our children it is by far the most nourishing.”
Our latest newsletter is out - click the link in o Our latest newsletter is out - click the link in our bio for an update on our activities, reports on fundraising events and news from our beneficiaries ❤️
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