Projects That Changed Lives. Stories We Still Carry.

Since 1980, IRFF UK has worked alongside local leaders across Africa on practical projects shaped by real community needs. Some of those projects continue today. Others reached a natural end, changed direction or closed when circumstances made it impossible to continue. This archive remembers the people, partnerships and progress behind that work. It is part of the story of how IRFF UK has learned, delivered and continued to build for the long term.

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Uganda · 2009–2022

Jiggers Mobile Medical Team

Between 2009 and 2022, IRFF UK supported a Mobile Medical Team working in rural Uganda to treat people affected by jiggers - a debilitating parasitic infection. More than 2,300 people received treatment through the project. The programme ended after its project leader died during the COVID-19 pandemic and the work could not continue in the same form. Its legacy remains in the communities it reached and the dignity it helped restore.

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Gambia · Legacy Project

Girls’ Empowerment and Skills Training Project

In Sukuta Town, Gambia, IRFF UK supported the Girls’ Empowerment and Skills Training Project to help women develop practical vocational skills. The project renovated a multipurpose training facility, where 20 women completed the first course and a further 25 began the second cohort in 2022.The project is part of IRFF UK’s wider record of supporting education, skills and opportunity through locally rooted partnerships.

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How We Work

Long-Term Work Means Knowing When to Adapt

Responsible partnership is not about promising that every project will last forever. Needs change. Local leaders move on. Circumstances shift. Sometimes a programme grows into something new; sometimes it closes because the right conditions to continue are no longer there. What matters is that IRFF UK remains honest about the work, respectful of the people involved and committed to carrying lessons forward into the projects it supports today.

The Work Continues

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Today, IRFF UK is working with local partners on education, girls’ education and practical community support. Explore the projects currently creating opportunity — and see how you can be part of what comes next.

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