2017 saw the official completed construction of one of BCTs biggest school projects to date, with a capacity of 500 students.

Due to natural growth, the Junnar United English School is ready to be extended.

Having already sponsored 3 brand new classrooms for the Anamil Al Rahma School in Diwaniyah, Iraq construction is now under way on a third floor extension.

Cataracts and uncorrected refractive errors are the two leading causes of visual impairment around the world and there are over 90% of people suffering from visual impairment live in developing countries. Cataract surgery can take minutes, but cataracts still cause 49% of the world’s blindness due to lack of optical aid.

The World Heath Organisation in 2022 estimated that over 2 billion people worldwide are drinking unsafe water from hand-dug wells, ponds, swamps, rivers and springs. Contaminated water can transmit diseases such as diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio which are estimated to cause 485,000 deaths each year.

According to the World Health Organisation, 821 million people worldwide are under-nourished and exist on less than £1 a day.

Our annual food parcel appeal aims to intervene in the most vulnerable communities.

According to UNESCO, 1 in 10 girls in Africa miss school every month because of their periods, and girls from poor families in Kenya miss 20% of the school year due to the lack of access to sanitary products.

We’re producing sanitary packs to help combat the problem.

It’s currently the world’s worst humanitarian disaster, and yet the world is completely silent. More than 24 million Yemenis - 80% of the population - are in urgent need of assistance.

Northern Pakistan was hit by a devastating earthquake. We’re helping residents in Skardu to recover and rebuild.

The dire political situation in Afghanistan has placed millions at risk. The people need your help now.

The rains have once again failed in east Africa. Large parts of Kenya are dealing with drought and crop loss.

With dark evenings and an unprecedented hard winter, thousands of individuals and families in the UK will experience some form of homelessness. The cost of living crisis is effecting thousands of people all around the UK, with many turning to outreach drives and food banks for support as they struggle to make basic ends meet.

Our work takes us all over east Africa. Find out more about how we’re planting trees near our educational and health projects in the region.

The catastrophic flooding across Pakistan has caused extreme damage, sweeping away the homes and livelihood of thousands of people. The death toll has reched over 1,000 with many more left stranded, with no roof over their head.

Morocco Earthquake and Libyan Flooding.

Beta Charitable Trust are already on the ground in both Morocco and Libya. The immediate requirements of food, tents and clothing is being met at this time.

Kijana Kwanza is a child and youth development charity supporting orphaned and abandoned street children.