This Christmas, Your Vote For Feed The Minds Can Give Marginalised Communities The Gift Of A Brighter Future.

This Christmas, Feed the Minds are one of the charities taking part in My Favourite Voucher Codes monthly charity poll. With your support they can get the most votes and win 20% of our monthly profits! This means providing more opportunities for marginalised communities to build a better future. Find out more about this fantastic charity below and see if they get your vote this December. 

Who Are Feed the Minds?

Feed the Minds is a UK based International Development charity. Through their practical education projects, they provide opportunities for marginalised communities, particularly women and people living with disabilities, who have missed out on education due to conflict, discrimination or extreme poverty. Their projects are delivered by their local partner organisations from within their project countries. They provide a local, bespoke solution which considers the needs of the local community, whilst offering sustainable change to the lives of the project participants that lasts long after the projects have ended. Their work focuses on the following three thematic areas:

• Health education: Their projects aim to improve the participants knowledge of and access to safe healthcare
• Citizenship: Their projects aim to improve the participants knowledge of and access to their political, civil, and human rights
• Economic empowerment: Their projects aim to improve the financial resilience and security of the project participants as well as their knowledge of, access to and confidence in ownership and usage of economic resources

Each project will also have an element of functional adult literacy which ranges from learning to read, write and basic maths to financial literacy to setting up small social enterprises.

Keely’s Story

“I no longer use rags to manage my menstruation and am now a literate person because I know how to read and write, and I have gained a tailoring skill.”

As a child, Keely never had the opportunity to go to school. Instead she helped her parents with chores until, at age 14, she was married off by her parents. She has five children and her livelihood depended on subsistence agriculture. She grew beans and sweet potato for home consumption. Her only income was selling surplus produce but due to lack of land, everything was often eaten resulting in no seeds for the next season. Having not gone to school, Keely did not know how to read or write, but through the Feed the Minds project she has now learnt these skills as well as financial literacy and tailoring skills. This has allowed her to set up a small social enterprise. She makes and sells affordable sanitary products, which increases her income, allowing her to pay school fees and medical bills.

Training Peacekeepers in South Sudan

Most subsistence farmers in Mvolo County only eat one meal a day so that their children have enough to eat. After the Feed the Minds project, they are now able to grow increased amounts of produce, This means that they can provide nutritious meals for their whole family and increase their income by selling the surplus produce. However, this also raises the risk of conflict amongst the community. Because of this, peace building is integrated throughout the Feed the Minds project implementation. This enhances solidarity and unity in local communities, mitigates the risk of conflict escalation and creates an environment conducive to farming activities, income generation and ultimately development.

Kadiatu’s story

Kadiatu is a 35 year old mother of six who lives in the Bombali District of Sierra Leone. Before joining the Feed the Minds project, she struggled to meet the needs of her family due to the small size of her farm. Through the project, she has learnt alternative farming techniques and has been able to set up a small cooperative farm. Despite the success of the cooperative, Kadiatu still faced many barriers such as the distance from home to the farm and ensuring her children were able to get to school. The financial security provided by this project has enabled her to overcome these barriers.

How Can I Contact Feed the Minds?

You can contact Feed the Minds by emailing together@feedtheminds.org. You can also give them a call on 020 3752 5800. They are active on social media too, so give them a follow on Facebook and Twitter. 

How can I donate to Feed the Minds?

This December you can help Feed the Minds get a free donation. How? By voting for them in the My Favourite Voucher Codes charity poll! 

However, there are many other ways you can support this worthy cause too.

You can donate to Feed the Minds and provide opportunities for marginalised communities in the following ways:
Online: You can make a one off donation or set up a regular gift by visiting their Donation page. 
Cheque: You can send a cheque made payable to Feed the Minds to:

Feed the Minds
The Foundry
17 Oval Way
London
SE11 5RR

Phone: you can donate over the phone by calling 020 3752 5800

Text: You can text FEEDTHEMINDS to 70480 to donate £3 a month. Texts cost donation plus two standard rate messages and you’ll be opting in to hear more about our work and fundraising via phone and SMS. If you’d like to give your donation but do not wish to receive marketing communications, text FEEDTHEMINDSNOINFO to 70480.

A donation of just £10 could buy 3 boxes of chalk to help teach marginalised communities literacy skills.

How Can I Find Out Further Information about Feed the Minds?

You can find out further information on Feed the Minds on their website here.

Thank you for voting for Feed the Minds and supporting their work. Your support is providing opportunities for marginalised communities, particularly women and people with disabilities, to build a brighter future for themselves and their families. If you want to give them your vote, simply head over to our Homepage and cast your vote by December 31st to make sure it is counted. Don't forget to share the poll with friends and family, and help a wonderful charity have a very Merry Christmas.