London’s Community Kitchen is a food charity that supports the community through the sad crisis of food poverty we are encountering here in the UK.Over this past year during the Covid crisis, LCK have established an extensive network of suppliers of food provisions who all work using a ‘zero waste, zero hunger’ model. Working with other charities, they operate as a food hub for cooked food and run weekly food markets to serve families and the vulnerable who suffer from extreme food poverty within the Boroughs of Harrow, Barnet and Brent. In addition, they serve local schools and support Outreach projects and many other community projects.Going forward, LCK will also be working on delivering education through Cookery projects. This will enable some of the most disadvantaged in our communities to gain an understanding of nutrition, qualifications and hence employment opportunities. Grants Awarded to LCK by One Kind Act   4 May 2021: With OKA’s new LCK Appeal launched in January, we have been able to award a grant of £1,000 to LCK to allow the purchase of essential food supplies for desperate families during the pandemic. This grant has been made possible through the kind donations of all our Supporters for this LCK Appeal. 5 April 2021: With OKA’s continued appeal for funds to help LCK, we have been able to award a grant of £4,620 to allow supporting families with essential food supplies during the pandemic. This grant has been possible through the kind donations from 1. The 'Run 100K for LCK' Challenge amazingly completed by Karun & Aditi which raised £1642 and which OKA topped up to £2000 from our own reserves. 2. Mishal Shah of £500 which was then matched by Goldman Sachs to make up to £1000 3. Supporters raising £810 which was then matched by Barclays Bank to make up to £1620.  5 April 2021: With OKA’s new LCK Appeal launched in January, we have been able to award a grant of £1,000 to LCK to allow the purchase of essential food supplies for desperate families during the pandemic. This grant has been possible through the kind donations of all our Supporters for this LCK Appeal. 3 March 2021:  With OKA’s new LCK Appeal launched in January, we have been able to award a grant of £1,500 to LCK to allow the purchase of essential food supplies for desperate families during the pandemic. This grant has been possible through the kind donations of all our Supporters for this LCK Appeal. 2 February 2021: With OKA’s new LCK Appeal launched in January, we have been able to award a grant of £1,500 to LCK to allow the purchase of essential food supplies for desperate families during the pandemic. This grant has been possible through the kind donations of all our Supporters for this LCK Appeal. 24 January 2021: With OKA’s continued appeal for funds to help LCK, we have been able to award a grant of £3,120 to allow supporting families with essential food supplies during the pandemic. This grant has been possible through the kind donations from our sponsor Prideview Group, from our supporters and from the noble efforts on part of OKA committee members (Naina Chohdha for the Xmas Appeal and Reeta Hosein From us to You Appeal) and from supplementary funds out of OKA’s own reserves.22 November 2020: OKA have made a grant of £1000 to purchase food supplies for OKA Langar Day held at LCK on 27 November 2020.   15 November 2020: OKA have made a grant of £8550 to LCK towards their Winter Appeal. This is part of their Community Outreach Project in Harrow to help support the Homeless on the streets, Shelters, Support houses, Women in Refuge and Socio-Economically Deprived Children. The monies will be used towards providing Winter Clothing packs and Children Xmas Food packs.  2 November 2020: OKA have made a grant of £17680 to LCK to purchase a much-needed van for the distribution of food to the vulnerable and homeless affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. These funds were raised as a result of a rigorous government grant application.  8 October 2020: In continuation of the support OKA wish to give LCK, we have made a further grant of £6000 (which includes £500 from funds received from Lloyds Bank Foundation under their Staff Matched Giving scheme for COVID-19) to help them towards maintaining the food supply they provide through home deliveries and food market for the vulnerable, homeless and the marginalised people of our Harrow community during this Covid crisis. 3 July 2020: In continuation of the support OKA wish to give TRJFP/LCK, we have made a further grant of £1000 to helping them towards the hundreds of food parcels and local community cafe they provide for the vulnerable, homeless and the marginalised people of our Harrow community. 9 June 2020: In continuation of the support OKA wish to give TRJFP/LCK, we have made a further grant of £400 to helping them towards the hundreds of food parcels and local community cafe they provide for the vulnerable, homeless and the marginalised people of our Harrow community. 23 May 2020: In continuation of the support OKA wish to give TRJFP/LCK, we have made a further grant of £1350 to helping them towards the hundreds of food parcels and local community cafe they provide for the vulnerable, homeless and the marginalised people of our Harrow community. 23 May 2020: In response to the pledges made for TRJFP at last year's Child of Mine Ball, a grant of £5,440 has been made to TRJFP/LCK. It may be the case that in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of the funds will follow the general principles of food poverty rather any exact purpose discussed at the time of the Ball. OKA feel reassured that the funds are being directed to where the immediate need arises during this Covid crisis; to provide the hundreds of food parcels and local community cafe they provide for the vulnerable, homeless and the marginalised people of our Harrow community. 20 April 2020: TRJFP have responded to the Covid-19 crisis is a very big way. As well as running their Burnt OAK project, TRJFP have set the London Community Kitchen (LCK) in Harrow through the support of Harrow Council who have provided them very good premises. They have been enlisted onto the Harrow council “mini cobra committee” and have been given full access to the Council’s fleet of vans and social workers to help distribute hot food and parcels to the needy. TRJFP founder, Taz Gaffar, has been nominated to lead the distribution. TRJFP find themselves to be the only Hub currently operational in the Borough of Harrow. They are truly overwhelmed with the demands upon them; they are supplying on an average of 120 families with food provision daily as well as supporting several organisations including, Mind, Men cap, HAD, Relief, Harrow Care Homes and Northwick Park Hospital.  OKA have made a grant of £3500 to purchase long life food products, PPE and packaging for the distribution of food to residents defined as vulnerable in the Harrow area. 11 March 2020: A grant of £3000 was made to purchase and repair kitchen equipment required for the Pay As You Go cafe at TRJFP in Burnt Oak, NW London.14 December 2019: A grant of £1500 was made from funds raised at the Ethical Catering event held by OKA Associate, Ritu Soni, to support the local impoverished community of Burnt Oak, NW London.28 November 2019: A grant of £4000 was made from funds granted by the Willesden Green Swaminarayan temple to buy Christmas presents for the children of the local impoverished community of Burnt Oak, NW London.  10 November 2019: A grant of £5000 was made from funds raised at the 2019 Prideview Cricket Cup Challenge Day to support the local impoverished community of Burnt Oak, NW London.  7 June 2019: A grant of £3500 was made from funds raised at various recent OKA events. The monies will be used to create storage space at the Harrow Cafe project, purchase kitchen equipment and signage for the Barnet cafe, and for general training of volunteers in the kitchen in Basic Food and Hygiene.        10 December 2018: OKA were very clear we wanted to help source xmas presents for the children of low-income families in Burnt Oak being suported by TRJFP.  So OKA Associates Alisha Malhotra and Ritu Soni went out on a shopping spree to buy £300 worth of presents. OKA are proud to be able to help towards making Christmas a time of peace and love for those here in the UK in desperate need.        29 July 2018: A further grant of £150 was made as a result of a fundraising initiative by Hilton HQ in celebration of the UN World Day for Cultural Diversity. Hilton HQ held an international bake sale to raise funds for The Real Junk Food Project. See further details on our Event page.  Furthermore, Hilton and TRJFP have joined hands in launching the first of their Bistro nights, when they served a 3-course meal created entirely from rescued food. It is so heart-warming that OKA have been able to facilitate a new partnership that will help towards the future success of this noble efforts by TRJFP in north west London. 24 September 2017: A further grant of £2000 has been made to complete the expenses for the much-needed van to collect vast quantities of available provisions from local major food retailers. 23 June 2017: A grant of £10,000 has been made to purchase a much-needed van to collect vast quantities of available provisions from local major food retailers. These provisions are then being made available to needy people in the local community at a pop-up shop in north west London. About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here

Punarnava Charitable Trust is wholly focused on improving the health, education and welfare of poverty struck villages on the outskirts of Coimbatore in Tamilnadu, South India, highlighting, amongst so many pressing demands, the need to feed the neglected elderly and provide a monthly free medical health camp. They specifically address: Relief of sickness.  Every month they provide a free medical camp to ill villagers for whom this is the only access to medical care.  The difference they make to the quality of life of the sick and diseased is inestimable.  Diabetes, infectious diseases, blindness, strokes, arthritis are  just some of the prevailing issues. Feeding 100 elderly neglected villagers daily.  With increased urbanisation many elderly are left to fend for themselves with no family to take care of them. Many of them are blind, disabled or immobile. All of them are malnourished and painfully thin. They are too frail to work and would slowly starve to death if it wasn't for the wholesome, fresh, hot meal Punarnava delivers to them daily.  Careful due diligence was done by an OKA associate who visited them.  The incredible thing about their work is the minimal costs. There are no administrative costs at all as it is run by dedicated volunteers.  Similarly the logistics, doctor's fees, identification process for eligibility is all free.  This means that all the money donated goes directly to those that suffer most with no wasteful and unnecessary administrative costs. Grants Awarded to Punarnava by One Kind Act   12 February 2021: As result of the kind donation from a kind donor, a grant of £1,000 was made towards the purchase of provisions and for the preparation of a daily midday meal for 100+ elderly villagers, as part of the continuance of Project Annam, which is working under the strict rules of Covid-19. 16 October 2020: A grant of £12,200 was made for the purchase of vegetables, rice, coconuts and provisions and for the preparation of a daily midday meal for 150 elderly villagers for the whole year, as part of the continuance of Project Annam, which is working under the strict rules of Covid-19. 19 October 2019: A grant of £14,320 was made for the purchase of vegetables, rice, coconuts and provisions and to prepare daily Community lunches for 100+ elderly for the whole year. 1 August 2018: A grant of £12,283 was made to provide food and medical camp for 100 neglected poverty struck villagers for 1 year 19 June 2017: A grant of £11,500 was made to provide food and medical camp for 100 neglected poverty struck villagers for 1 year  04 April 2016: A grant of £10,000 was made to provide food and medical camp for 100 neglected poverty struck villagers for 1 year   About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here

ABLE Charities is an internationally registered non-profit organization that operates in the rural areas of Palwal and slums of Faridabad in India to facilitate education and healthcare for the grossly underprivileged strata of our society. From the time it was founded in 1993, the focus of ABLE Charities in the rural areas has been to serve poor women, especially widows, their children and orphans through affordable medical services, including eye cataract operations and dialysis treatment. Grants Awarded to ABLE by One Kind Act   19 February 2021: At the hospital where ABLE carry out cataract operations, ABLE have now set up a Dialysis Centre to treat ill-affording patients with fatal kidney failure. Amongst other needs, they require funds to set-up the main RO room and particularly to purchase RO equipment that is vital for dialysis treatment. In memory of Raj Bhogal’s brother, Belu, Raj and Mona Bhogal have kindly made a very generous donation of £10,000 to fund ABLE's vitally needed RO room and equipment for their Dialysis Centre. The RO room will be named the The Belu Bhogal RO Room. One Kind Act are proud to have made a grant of £10,000 to ALBE for this work to commence. 26 December 2020: A grant of £3,300 was made to fund 2 months of care, food and education for 22 girls currently living at the orphanage ABLE support. This was made as a result of Zoom Wine & Chocolate Appreciation Fundraising Event held in Singapore.  25 October 2020: ABLE have embarked upon non-formal Education Project for children living in the slums of Faridabad, India where at least 1500 children in the age group of 6 to 14 years, of which 45% are girls, do not attend school and indulge in rag picking, work related to segregation / recycling of waste, etc. A grant of £10,000 was made to support the Non-formal Education Project for children living in slums in Faridabad. 06 November 2018: ABLE has its own multispecialty 100 bed hospital along with fully equipped Eye centre. They seek funds to support cataract operations for up to 2000 poor old people to get their lost vision back and to prevent the onset of blindness due to lack of affordability and unavailabilty of medical services.  The total cost of one cataract surgery is Rs.2500/-(approximately 27 pound). ABLE CHARITIES have target of doing 2000 cataract surgeries in 2018-19. A grant of £6750 was made to carry out cataract operations for 200 elderly people to regain vision/prevent blindness.24th September 2017: At the orphanage, ABLE seek funds for the running cost of and regular expenses of food, residence, health and education for these girls, which is estimated at approx. £75 per child per month. A grant of £9000 was made to support 10 girls at the orphanage. November 2016: ABLE runs an orphanage for up to 100 poor needy girls up to the age of 18 who have been picked by the police as missing or have been handed over to them from government authorities. They require funds to furnish a new shelter for orphan/slum children with beds, mattresses, fridges and furniture. A grant of £2000 was made to support orphan/slum children in India.    About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here

Childhood cancer is often curable, with an 84% survival rate in high-income countries. However, in many low-income countries survival rates are 10% or lower with many children never even receiving a diagnosis, instead they die of a mystery illness without palliative care. World Child Cancer improves the diagnosis, treatment and support of children with cancer in low and middle-income countries and provides support to their families. They achieve this by twinning the hospitals in Africa and Asia with leading childhood cancer units in high-income countries. These partnerships, together with staff training and mentoring, provide valuable transfer of expertise which builds the sustainable capacity and knowledge of doctors and nurses in-country. They also develop holistic care for families, support treatment costs, provide ward equipment and fund essential staff posts. To affect long term change, they also deliver awareness-raising programmes and liaise with policy-makers at home and abroad. Grants Awarded to WCC by One Kind Act   14 March 2021: As a result of One Kind Act’s very successful fund-raising effort at the Child of Mine Ball held in December 2019, we have been able to make another substantial grant of £10,250 to help towards improving and treating the incidence of death in children with cancer in Malawi, by specifically covering the cost of drugs, transport, pathology and nutrition. Monies given by us will be doubled by the UK government and therefore will have double impact. 15 June 2020: We thank Children’s Hunger Relief Fund (CHRF),  a Sri-Lanka based charity we support, for their very kind donation of £1000 made from their charity reserves towards World Child Cancer to help towards mitigating the impact of Covid 19 in Bangldesh. This will be done through reducing exposure of health care staff to infection, purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) for them, educating parents so that they know how to protect them. 11 May 2020: As a result of One Kind Act’s very successful fund-raising effort at the Child of Mine Ball held in December 2019, a grant of £5,000 was made to World Child Cancer to help towards mitigating the impact of Covid 19 in Bangldesh. This will be done through reducing exposure of health care staff to infection, purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) for them, educating parents so that they know how to protect themselves and their children and of course, through protecting children with cancer from the risk of coronavirus and ensuring they can continue receiving the treatment, drugs and care they so desperately need, .19 January 2020: As a result of One Kind Act’s very successful fund-raising effort at the Child of Mine Ball held in December 2019, a grant of £25,416 in total was made to World Child Cancer to help towards 1. supporting families with the costs of diagnosis, drugs, transport and nutrition. around Malawi that are not funded by the state. A minimum of £7955 will be used for treatment & diagnosis, which honours the specific pledges made by guests on the night of the Child of Mine Ball 2. facilitate twinning visits of experts in paediatric oncology from the UK to train hospital staff at QECH in Malawi  About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here

Made With Hope believes every child living in rural Tanzania should have access to a quality education and they are achieving this by collaborating with rural Tanzanian communities to understand their barriers to education and finding solutions together. This includes building classrooms, collecting rain water for good health and bringing light to rural homes.  Grants Awarded to MwH by One Kind Act   9 October 2020: A grant of £12,595 to support the children of rural Tanzania for better hygiene and education through 3 new projects: Construct 5 handwashing stations and provide soap for 1,843 children in 5 schools to prevent COVID-19 and hygiene-related diseases which put children at risk and increase absenteeism      Construct 14 girls toilets so they have a safe and private place to use and do not feel the need to stay at home 5 days a month (2 months a year) during their menstruation. Renovate 2 of Mshikamano Primary classrooms so up to 316 children do not get wet in class during rainy season and have to stop learning.         20 January 2020: Following on from the grant made in September 2019 of £11,000 to build the foundations of 3 classrooms, a further grant of £12,185 has been made to complete the project by installing the roof, windows and doors, painting of the walls and filling them with desks, ready for the students to use.10 September 2019: As a result of funds raised by the Prideview Cricket Challenge Day 2019 and OKA Garden Party 2019, the following grants have been made:  ·         £11,000 to build the foundations of 3 classrooms ·         £13,280 to build numerous water harvesting tanks   About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here

Sierre Leone is one of the poorest nations of the world, with thousands of people living in slums. UK based charity, Home Leone, has initiated its pilot “Destiny” village, a community-led relocation plan, enabling over 2,000 people to be relocated into a new community that provides jobs, education, low cost homes, social infrastructure, utilities, vocational training and health facilities. The photos below depict what Home Leone aim to achieve, Before and After.  Grants Awarded to Home Leone by One Kind Act   23rd February 2020: As a result of One Kind Act’s very successful fund-raising effort at the Child of Mine Ball held in December 2019, a grant of £21,735 has been made to 1) build two new classrooms for secondary pupils (£21,000) and 2) purchase 15 tablets for the children's IT learning (£765)Nov 2018-June 2019: As a result of funds raised by Shanta Foundation and OKA in September 2018 in aid of Home Leone, the following grants have been made towards building new homes and meeting various operational costs that were seen to be vital for Home Leone to continue in its success. This totals a FULL AMOUNT OF £162,500 RAISED BY SHANTA FOUNDATION AND ONE KIND ACT.  15th November 2018: £20,000 24th December 2018: £30,000 28th February 2019: £41,250 16th April 2019: £33,000 21st May 2019: £24,75025th June 2019: £13,500  24th September 2017: A grant of £35,180 was made to commence and complete the building of a block of 8 homes, enabling around 40 people to start a new life at Destiny Village. About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here

Founded in February 2007 by His Highness Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur, the Indian Head Injury Foundation was the outcome of a father’s concern for his injured son. After Maharaja Gaj Singh’s son Yuvraj Shivraj Singh suffered a serious head injury during a polo match, the family was subject to countless medical procedures, numerous remedial opinions and many tough decisions. Seeing the state of India’s social and medical response to head injury accidents and brain trauma, the Maharaja started on a mission to build a comprehensive system for the head injury prevention through the education of road users, diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain and spinal injury, and to provide physical and neurological rehabilitation to the victims of such unfortunate incidents. IHIF cater for the under-privileged sections of India's society after suffering life-changing injuries to the brain. They have rehabilitation centres in Jodhpur, Delhi ad more recently in Patna. Grants Awarded to IHIF by One Kind Act   4 April 2020: A continuing grant of £21,480 was made to continue providing quality care to the underprivileged users of the Neuro Rehab Centre in Patna at almost no cost to them.21 June 2019: A grant of £905 was made that was raised at a coffee morning held on 1st May (see EVENTS page for details) to purchase a much-needed multi-activities work station for upper extremities exercise.      7th February 2019: A further grant of just under £24,000 has been awarded towards the civil works, building, furniture and fittings of a new Rehab Centre in Patna. It also includes the cost of essential new Rehab equipment; a Paediatric Walker, a Tilt Table and a Functional Electronic Stimulation Machine. The work in Patna is in full swing. OKA are HUGELY proud of the fact that the new Rehab Centre in Patna will be entitled with SUPPORTED BY ONE KIND ACT.IHIF hope to complete the project and perform the inauguration in June 2019 to which OKA have been invited. 5th March 2018: A grant of £26,000 was made for the treatment and rehabilitation of up to 30 trauma victims in rehabilitation centres in Jodhpur and Delhi, India together with the provision of up to 50 active wheelchairs to those in need. About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here

Childrens Hunger Relief Fund (CHRF) is a non-profit organisation and promotes the relief of hunger and improved sanitation facilities for the orphans and poor children in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka. It was founded in 2009 to provide basic needs (milk powder, food, clothing and medical help) for children affected by the war that ended in 2009 in Sri-Lanka.  They have gradually expanded their services by providing numerous livelihood projects:Constructed over 1000 wells. Built homes for destitute families with children.Financially supported the construction of a children’s ward and a male ward.Constructed a building for cottage industries especially for disabled people.Constructed toilets.Helped with education in various ways.Built a preschool in an under privileged village.Created a medical unit and many more community projects. Currently they are providing daily meals at an orphanage and providing dry non-perishable food and meals on a monthly basis at other places.CHRF always seek to give financial support following natural disasters such as flooding, earthquakes in any part of the world. During Covid 19 pandemic, they have helped other charitable organisations in UK, Bangladesh, India and Srilanka.Grants Awarded to CHRF by One Kind Act   20 January 2020: A grant of £13,202 was made to provide new equipment and ongoing support for 2 years for the new preschool facilitated by OKA in 2018.  06 November 2018: A grant of £10000 was made to carry out the construction and funding of a new pre-school for children as part of a new development for the poor.16 June 2017: A grant of £5000 was made to build/repair wells. 18 June 2016: A grant of £5000 was made to build/repair 10 wells. About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here

Educate for Life (EFL) aims to help the tribal Adivasi community in Rajasthan who are often seen as backward, facing bias and suppression. Infant mortality is high; the entire community lives under the poverty line and government services are scarce. Grants Awarded to EFL by One Kind Act   26th November 2018: A grant of £10,000 was made to support three important ongoing projects in 2019; their teacher training, the secondary education of some of Hunar Ghar graduates and the school's meals programme. 24th September 2017: A grant of £9376 was made to support 16 Hunar Ghar students to study further at secondary schools. A further grant of £5805 was made to support the professional development of 27 teachers to teach at Hunar Ghar.  21st December 2016: A grant of £7500 was made towards the expansion of the kitchen service infrastructure.  The school currently serves both breakfast and lunch to over 400 students, a food service that has increased nine-fold since the kitchen was first designed and built. A grant of £7,500 would help towards the expansion and upgrade of the school's kitchen infrastructure which, by 2021, will enable the school to serve up to 350,000 meals a year.24th November 2016:  A grant of £6,760 was made to ensure that a class of 25 children are able to attend school for a year. It will cover their school uniform, books, stationery, all their learning resources and a nutritious daily meal. It will enable them to take part in class trips, excursions and workshops as part of our holistic approach to education. All pupils will also receive all their vaccinations and regular health checks. Our funding will also cover their teacher’s salary and their training and professional development.About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Change Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here