Lovey Foundation (UK)

Who we are

At Lovey Foundation (UK) we believe that all children, no matter how poor, should have access to a basic education. Every year we raise funds to help young people in Bawku Municipal District, Upper East Ghana to go to school, especially by providing the uniforms and equipment they need to attend primary school. We work closely with our partner organisation in Bawku to distribute these essentials to the children and ensure that they are supported through their primary education.

Our partner organisation in Ghana, Lovey Save Child Workers Foundation, was founded in 2013 by Thomas Aruk Lateef, a teacher who was concerned about the children he saw in the locality of his school in Bawku, north eastern Ghana, engaged in manual labour rather than attending school. On investigation he learned it was because their parents could not afford school uniforms or basic equipment. Thomas set up the Foundation, establishing support from Yaa Asare (a UK resident who was lecturing in Ghana) and Michael Miller from the Church of the Good Shepherd, Brighton. Since this time, significant funds have been raised in the UK to provide children in Bawku with the uniforms and equipment they need to attend school.

Our culture and values

At Lovey Foundation (UK) we believe in transparency which is why we're working hard as a group of trustees and with our partners in Ghana to keep our operating costs low, ensuring that almost all our funds go towards supporting the children who so desperately need of our support.

As a small, passionate and hardworking group of trustees we have a 'can do' approach and are always open to hearing new ideas and making them a reality, from ideas about fundraising and donor and supporter communications and everything in between.

We work closely and in symbiosis with our partner team in Bawku, Lovey Foundation (Ghana) who are our eyes and ears in the ground in Bawku, selecting children to go to primary school and ensuring they are supported and happy during their time in school. We believe that through education we can together break the relentless cycle of poverty which keeps the communities of Bawku heavily reliant on subsistant farming. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Lovey Foundation (UK) is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our trustees and volunteers and eliminating unlawful discrimination where ever possible,