About IRFF UK
IRFF UK is a registered UK charity, working with trusted local leaders in Africa since 1980. We support practical, long-term work that helps communities create opportunity through education, girls’ education and community support.We believe lasting change starts with people who know their own communities best. Our role is to stand alongside them with funding, long-term relationships and clear accountability.
We Work With Local Leaders
Good intentions are not enough. Meaningful change depends on local knowledge, consistent support and the patience to stay involved beyond the first donation. That is how IRFF UK has worked for more than four decades.
01 Projects Are Led Locally
We work with people rooted in the communities where programmes take place. They identify needs, shape the response and lead the work on the ground.
02 We Fund Practical Support
We help fund education, girls’ education and practical community support — work that gives people greater safety, dignity and opportunity.
03 We Check Progress and Report Back
We stay connected through project reporting, local communication and supporter updates, so donors can see the work their gifts help make possible.
Education, Period Poverty and Community Support
The projects change as needs change. The purpose remains the same: to help people access the tools, knowledge and support they need to shape a stronger future.
Education
Supporting schools, learning and practical routes into a more secure future.
Period Poverty
Helping girls manage menstruation with dignity so periods do not become a barrier to confidence or education.
Community Support
Supporting practical, locally led responses to food insecurity and other community needs.
Your Project Gift Supports the Work You Choose
Donors deserve to understand how their money is used. IRFF UK has some UK staff costs and overheads, but these are covered through other general income. Project gifts support the work donors choose to give to. We work through local leaders and project partners, receive reports from the field and aim to keep supporters connected to the people and places their gifts are helping.
A UK Charity Working in Africa Since 1980
IRFF UK has supported locally led work in Africa since 1980. Over that time, projects have begun, grown, changed and, in some cases, closed when local circumstances changed. What has remained constant is the belief that partnership should be practical, respectful and built for the long term. Today, IRFF UK is continuing that work while improving how it communicates: sharing clearer stories, giving supporters better ways to follow progress and making it simpler to give to the work they care about.
Choose How You Want to Help
Whether you give monthly, make a one-off donation, share a project story or explore a business partnership, you can help local leaders turn practical ideas into lasting opportunity.
