THESE images from India, the Philippines and Kenya show examples of some of the volunteer work carried out by Changing Lives Cymru, standing up for some of the most downtrodden and disadvantaged people imaginable. Much of the focus is on education as the driving force out of generational poverty, but health camps, feeding programmes and urgent support for the most needy always remain priorities.
One of Changing Lives Cymru’s biggest undertakings to date has been to deal with the everyday tragedy of child labour on dump sites in Andhra Pradesh, India Picture: Jeremy KingHelping to provide opportunities to visually challenged children in India through sport, specialist school education and music Pictures: Jeremy KingOffering basic education to children living and working on the dumps in Andhra Pradesh by providing temporary classrooms within easy reach of their makeshift homes Picture: Jeremy KingAlleviating hunger by providing basic foodstuffs and dry rations to the most severely disadvantaged families caught in the poverty traps of India and the PhilippinesEncouraging self-sufficiency in the Philippines provinces by hiring land to grow corn and rice and supporting family workers with funding towards seeds, fertilizer, insecticide, paid workers, equipment and machineryProviding schoolbags and shoes to impoverished schoolchildren in Kenya, reconditioned laptops for students in further education and nutritious meals Our humanisation programmes in India involved providing basic education, regular meals and arranging health camps to assist the most severely disadvantaged families living and attempt to make a living through rag-picking on the dumps of Andhra Pradesh Picture: Jeremy King
