IRFF-UK

IRFF-UK International Relief Friendship Foundation, (IRFF) seeks a world of ethical action, social justice, self-reliance and opportunity.

IRFF UK creates opportunities for human development, community welfare, and social progress through funding primary, secondary, and tertiary-level education projects, a soup kitchen, and health-support programmes such as period poverty relief in three countries. Founded in 1980, IRFF UK provides humanitarian relief to individuals and families devastated by poverty, illness, natural disasters and c

onflict including economic empowerment projects meeting the right of all human beings to have adequate food, shelter, education and access to medical care. IRFF UK is currently supporting seven projects in three countries:
- South Africa: a literacy project improving the lives of 72 10-11 year old children, a university education project supporting 6 students, a soup kitchen feeding 500 children and old people in need, and a period poverty project at a primary school regularly serving about 170 girls
- Uganda: a primary school with 206 children and a period poverty project serving about 680 schoolgirls so far in three schools
- An associated project in Senegal involving a primary school with 280 children

There have also been infrastructure projects recently completed in Uganda, funded by IRFF UK, including security cameras and more fire extinguishers plus a biodigester toilet at Destiny Junior School in Uganda, and a water well being built at a neighbouring school. The numbers of persons who can be served (currently 4,100) solely depends at this stage on the income of the charity! IRFF UK is looking for individual donors, partnerships with more corporate donors and volunteers to work on research projects and fundraising.

WE DID IT! ๐Ÿช„โœจ THANK YOU!What an incredible night at Haslemere Hall! We are still buzzing from the Interactive Magic & Mi...
29/05/2026

WE DID IT! ๐Ÿช„โœจ THANK YOU!

What an incredible night at Haslemere Hall! We are still buzzing from the Interactive Magic & Mind-Reading Experience with Simon Roselli.

We are thrilled to announce that together we raised a grand total of ยฃ500.50! ๐Ÿฅณ 100% of this goes directly to Destiny Junior School in Uganda.

A massive "Thank You" to everyone who made this possible:
๐Ÿ™Œ The Audience: To every one of you who bought a ticket and joined the fun!
๐ŸŽฉAmigo's Magic, Simon Roselli, for a mind-blowing performance that left us all questioning reality.
๐ŸŽค Peter Graham: For warming up the show with wonderful and uplifting music.
๐Ÿ“ Haslemere Hall: For being such wonderful hosts and providing the perfect stage for our mission.
๐Ÿงก The Volunteers: Our incredible team who worked behind the scenes to keep everything running smoothly.
๐ŸŽ Our Generous Donors: A special shout-out to Tenpin Croydon and CroyWall Climbing Centre for the amazing raffle prizes!

Because IRFF-UK covers its own costs, every penny raised is now on its way to providing meals and education for 200+ students. Thank you for making a real-world impact!

The Daily Maverick has done extensive reporting on the hunger crisis in South Africa. In light of World Hunger Day yeste...
29/05/2026

The Daily Maverick has done extensive reporting on the hunger crisis in South Africa. In light of World Hunger Day yesterday, here is something else to consider.

South Africaโ€™s deepening hunger crisis reflects more than rising food prices โ€“ it exposes an economic system in which wages, social grants and employment conditions increasingly fail to meet basic living costs. Austerity, precarious work and weak social protection have created a growing class of โ€œworking poorโ€, and unchecked inequality and food insecurity threaten long-term social stability.

๐ŸŒ Today is World Hunger Day 2026, and this year's theme couldn't be more urgent: The End of Hunger is in our Hands.Set b...
28/05/2026

๐ŸŒ Today is World Hunger Day 2026, and this year's theme couldn't be more urgent: The End of Hunger is in our Hands.

Set by The Hunger Project, this theme reminds us that change comes through the hands that plant seeds, lift others up, build solutions, raise voices and open new futures. Including ours.

The global picture is alarming. An estimated 266 million people across 47 countries face acute hunger - double what it was a decade ago. Conflict is the biggest driver, with active famines confirmed in Gaza and Sudan. The World Food Programme needs US$13 billion this year just to reach the world's most vulnerable.

Closer to our hearts, South Africa is in crisis.
๐Ÿ”น 18 to 25 million South Africans face food insecurity
๐Ÿ”น 64% of households cannot afford a basic nutritious diet
๐Ÿ”น 28.8% of children under five are stunted from chronic undernutrition
๐Ÿ”น Severe acute malnutrition cases have risen by 33% - up to 15,000 children hospitalised every year
๐Ÿ”น The Child Support Grant falls 35 to 41% below the food poverty line

High unemployment, rising food prices and deep inequality mean the hardest-hit are children, women-headed households, and communities in provinces like Limpopo and the Eastern Cape.

The end of hunger won't happen by accident. It happens because people choose to act - in their communities, with their voices, and with their hands.

What's one thing you can do today? ๐Ÿ’ฌ Share this. Donate. Volunteer. Advocate. Every action counts.

To support our cause, click here: https://www.irff-uk.org/donate

๐“๐Ž๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐‘๐Ž๐–โ€™๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜! โœจ๐Ÿง The stage is set, the mind-reading is prepped, and the raffle prizes are ready to go! We can't wai...
22/05/2026

๐“๐Ž๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐‘๐Ž๐–โ€™๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜! โœจ๐Ÿง 

The stage is set, the mind-reading is prepped, and the raffle prizes are ready to go! We can't wait to see you at Haslemere Hall for an unforgettable evening with Amigo's Magic .

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ:

- ๐Ÿ“ ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž: Haslemere Hall, 2A Haslemere Rd, Thornton Heath, CR7 7BE
- โฐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง: 4:30 PM (Come early to grab your seats and raffle tickets!)
- ๐Ÿ•” ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ: 5:00 PM Sharp
- ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ๐“๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ: We have a few remaining! Grab them now to avoid disappointment at the door.
- ๐ŸŽ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž: Bring some spare change! We have incredible prizes from local businesses, and every penny goes to ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ.

Letโ€™s make this a night to remember for our community and for the 200+ students in Uganda. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌโค๏ธ

๐Ÿ”— ๐’๐„๐‚๐”๐‘๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‹๐€๐’๐“ ๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐Š๐„๐“๐’: https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/irff-fundraising-magic-show

20/05/2026

We're excited to share that Peter Graham: Singer song-writer will be joining us this Saturday at the IRFF-UK Fundraiser with Amigo's Magic .

๐ŸŒ Singer-songwriter Peter G: frontman of Original Mind, featured on Sky TV, and global solo radio artist.
๐Ÿ’ฟ Prolific international performer with extensive radio tours across Japan for his CD โ€˜Tokyo Timeโ€™.
๐Ÿ•ŠFounder of the World Culture Association (2009), supporting war orphans in the DRC.

Join us for an afternoon of magic ๐ŸŽฉ and music ๐ŸŽถ

๐Ÿ“… ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐Ÿ“ ๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐‚๐‘๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ•๐๐„
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐“๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ: Adults ยฃ10 | Under 18s ยฃ5
๐Ÿ”— ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ฐ: https://www.zeffy.com/.../tic.../irff-fundraising-magic-show

โœจ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐™๐„๐’ ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ๐„๐ƒ! โœจOur raffle prize pool is growing, and the "magic" is spreading! We are incredibly grateful to our ...
15/05/2026

โœจ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐™๐„๐’ ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ๐„๐ƒ! โœจ

Our raffle prize pool is growing, and the "magic" is spreading! We are incredibly grateful to our latest round of sponsors for their generosity. ๐ŸŽฉ๐ŸŽ

Check out these fantastic items you could win on ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ:

๐Ÿ† ๐ˆ๐‘๐…๐…-๐”๐Š has donated ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ!
๐Ÿ† ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ญ has kindly given us a ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐œ๐จ!

Make sure you bring some change for raffle tickets on the night! All proceeds go directly to ๐ˆ๐‘๐…๐…-๐”๐Šโ€™๐ฌ work at ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ.

๐Ÿ“๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐‚๐‘๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ•๐๐„
๐Ÿ”—๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ: https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/irff-fundraising-magic-show

The rains have caused havoc over the last few days in Nelson Mandela Bay and the Eastern Cape in general. Rivers run hig...
07/05/2026

The rains have caused havoc over the last few days in Nelson Mandela Bay and the Eastern Cape in general. Rivers run high, roads and walls have been washed away and houses have been flooded.

The Walmer Angel Project are hard at work as usual, stepping in to support their community.

The magic doesnโ€™t stop when the show ends! We are going to have some incredible raffle prizes at the IRFF-UK Fundraiser ...
07/05/2026

The magic doesnโ€™t stop when the show ends! We are going to have some incredible raffle prizes at the IRFF-UK Fundraiser with Amigo's Magic

A huge thank you to our amazing local sponsors who have stepped up to support ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐ ๐š๐ง๐๐š:

๐ŸŒŸ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ โ€“ a delicious bottle of Chablis from Harrods, kindly donated by Grahame Bennett

Every raffle ticket you purchase on the night helps us provide meals and education for over 200 students. Come for the mystery, stay for the prizes, and leave knowing youโ€™ve made a difference! โค๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง'๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ? ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/irff-fundraising-magic-show

๐Œ๐„๐„๐“ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ ๐๐„๐‡๐ˆ๐๐ƒ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐†๐ˆ๐‚: ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ŸŽฉโœจYou might know him as ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง, but for our special evening at ...
05/05/2026

๐Œ๐„๐„๐“ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ ๐๐„๐‡๐ˆ๐๐ƒ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐†๐ˆ๐‚: ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ŸŽฉโœจ

You might know him as ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง, but for our special evening at Haslemere Hall, Simon is taking you deeper into the world of mentalism and mind-reading! ๐Ÿง 

As a proud member of the world-famous ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž, Simon has spent over 20 years refining the art of mystery. From entertaining celebrities to performing at high-profile corporate events, he is bringing his award-winning skills to Thornton Heath for one night only!

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ:
Simon isn't just performing for applause; heโ€™s performing for a purpose. As a long-time supporter of ๐ˆ๐‘๐…๐…-๐”๐Š, heโ€™s dedicated this show to raising funds for ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐ ๐š๐ง๐๐š. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ

Donโ€™t miss this chance to see a master of his craft live on stage.

๐Ÿ“… ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐Ÿ“ ๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐‚๐‘๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ•๐๐„
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐“๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ: Adults ยฃ10 | Under 18s ยฃ5
๐Ÿ”— ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ฐ: https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/irff-fundraising-magic-show

Meet ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ. ๐‹๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐š ๐Œ๐›๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ โ€” a quiet force of change in Walmer.For over ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, Julia has served her community th...
15/01/2026

Meet ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ. ๐‹๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐š ๐Œ๐›๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ โ€” a quiet force of change in Walmer.

For over ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, Julia has served her community through hands-on action and deep care. Since 2009, she has dedicated her time toWalmer Angel Project , supporting under-resourced families through crisis response, food relief, clothing and furniture distribution, school placements for out-of-school children, and vital referrals to Health, Education and Social Development departments. Her work includes door-to-door home visits, assisting fire victims, resolving birth-certificate challenges, and advocating for childrenโ€™s basic rights.

Beyond this, Julia cooks at ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ serving vulnerable communities near Airport Valley and G-West in ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š, runs large-scale holiday programmes for up to 400 children a day, and has spent years mentoring young children through sport with Peace United FC and Walmer Football Club. She has also served as an ABET teacher, SGB member at primary and high school level, and a long-standing volunteer with the Gqeberha Health Clinic and Community Police Forum.

What drives her is simple: ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ. What weighs on her is seeing bright children still worrying about their next meal, while promises of โ€œinclusive growthโ€ remain out of reach for many families.

This is what ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ looks like โ€” steady, committed, and rooted in care.

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