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.

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.

In Kashmir, Northern India, there is an astounding need for new housing families in dire need.

Living conditions here, known for it’s long and harsh winters are often very tough.

According to the World Health Organisation, 828 million people worldwide are under-nourished and exist on less than £1 a day.

Our annual food parcel and hot meals programme aims to intervene in the most vulnerable communities.

Support a child’s education in Zanzibar with BCT and The Tamani Foundation.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.