Good Neighbours UK

02/04/2026

As we celebrate 35 years of change. Lets look at

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27/03/2026

We are celebrating Good Neighbors 35 years of impactful, sustainable change and meaningful connections

We hope you will join us as we raise a cheer for our colleagues, partners, supporters and community members who make Good Neighbors a global community we can be proud of.

For 35 years, Good Neighbors has grown from a single act of belief into a global movement, working across countries, cultures, and communities to create last...

24/03/2026

Engaging students in real-world development challenges helps bridge the gap between theory and practice, encouraging critical thinking about identity, inequality, and social change. Through open discussion, students begin to explore how global issues are experienced in everyday life.

James Gold from Good Neighbours UK recently delivered a guest lecture at York St John University as part of the first-year Sociology module, Identities. The session formed part of an employer panel designed to help students explore how identity and social inequality are experienced in contemporary society, and how organisations respond to these challenges in practice.

The session was very well received, with a lively and thoughtful Q&A where students engaged directly with the challenges of translating policy into real opportunities.

This experience highlights the value of development education in inspiring the next generation to think critically about identity and inequality, and to consider how more inclusive systems can be built.

21/03/2026

How far would you walk for a single glass of clean water? 💧

Before our intervention, more than 500 women of Galwache and Wassoua in northern Cameroon had to walk 3km every single day just to access water for their families.

In collaboration with Good Neighbours Cameroon we constructed two boreholes, giving over 1,000 people reliable access to safe drinking water. This has led to

✅ Significant reduction in water-borne diseases (from widespread prevalence to around 30%).

✅ 97% of community members improved hygiene knowledge and practices.

✅ Reduced burden on women and children, freeing time for education, livelihoods, and wellbeing.

12/03/2026

How do you share life-saving health information with communities where most people can't read?

You go to them — in their language, through pictures and audio they can see and hear and understand. 💙

We're so proud to announce that Good Neighbours UK, in collaboration with Good Neighbors_Niger has partnered with Education Saves Lives to launch 11 health lessons in Zarma, one of the most widely spoken languages in Niger. These lessons cover vital topics like maternal health, immunisation, breastfeeding, and malaria prevention among others.

To read more about the project, go to the link - https://www.goodneighbours-uk.org/wa-kanday-gooro-bringing-accessible-health-education-to-zarma-speaking-communities/

06/03/2026

To celebrate York International Women’s Week, Good Neighbours UK joined hundreds of volunteers to take part in YorKits annual workshop in the glorious York Minster

Together we produced 127 washable feminine hygiene kits that will be distributed to girls in developing countries, allowing them to participate fully at school.

Around the world, an estimated 500 million people lack access to menstrual products and adequate facilities to manage periods safely and stigma stops girls from attending the school, which results in loss of education.

Good Neighbours UK’s partnership with Yorkits, a project run by Ainsty York Rotary club, enabled 27 girls from Hamadallaye in Niger to receive a hygiene kit along with awareness raising on menstrual health management in October 2025. Neighbors_Niger

23/02/2026

We can't wait to cross the last year mark!!

Yorkit has been running the workshop to raise awareness about Women Hygeine so as to Girls don't miss School.

Lets support them in their goal one kit at a time.

04/02/2026

We dealt with mid-week blues a little differently today.

Every Wednesday morning, women from the York Rotary Club and volunteers come together to make feminine hygiene kits in York so that girls in developing countries can beat period poverty and get an uninterrupted education. They are also supported to make their own kits to become self-sufficient and have an environmentally sustainable supply.

14/01/2026

Child Clubs create safe spaces where children build confidence, make decisions, and define what development means to them. Through participation, they develop into empowered young leaders who help shape a more inclusive society. 🌱
In 2023, Good Neighbours UK and Good Neighbours Ghana partnered with the University of Manchester to better understand and address the causes of teenage pregnancy in Akatsi North District, Volta Region, Ghana, through a series of community-led social engagement programmes.
When researchers returned in 2025, they found a positive shift in attitudes, with young people increasingly choosing to have children later in life than they had before.
This progress shows what’s possible through child participation and community engagement.
✨ building lasting change.

Click on the link below to read the full article.

https://www.goodneighbours-uk.org/promising-signs-follow-up-research-shows-shifting-attitudes-among-young-people-in-ghana-get-the-report-here/

10/12/2025

Thanks to 40 fantastic donors and everyone who liked and shared our posts we're delighted to have reached our Big Give target of £4,000 ! 🙌 (£4,065 to be precise...). This is a huge boost to our campaign and enables us to move forward with the next stage of this exciting school building project with Good Neighbours Zambia and the community around Mankhanda Primary School.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who supported 🙌

If you'd like to stay in touch and keep updated on this project and everything else we're up to, please sign up to our newsletter here: https://bit.ly/48HFaxA

As a thank you, if you sign up in Dec 2025 you’ll be entered into a draw for a £20 voucher to use at the One World Shop, an ethical fair-trade store.

08/12/2025

There's one day left of the . Thanks to everyone who has donated we've now reached our initial target and unlocked the full match (woo hoo!).

Whilst any donations made now won't be matched, they will still contribute to the project and help the Mankhanda School community get their new facilities built and up and running. (Donation link in profile)

06/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who has already donated through the Big Give Christmas Challenge. The Challenge closes on the 9th of December so there is still time to donate if you'd like to transform learning conditions for the Children of Mankhanda Primary school.

This is what we want to build at Mankhanda Primary School 👇

A safe, inclusive and sustainable learning environment, where young people can receive an education that matches their passion for learning.

There's still time to donate as part of the .

What happens if you give after we've reached our Big Give target? Your donation won't be matched BUT, every penny you give, including gift aid will still be used toward the project to help get the school built and in use.