Baraka Community Partnerships
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Baraka Community Partnerships makes grants and gives advice to local community organisations with which it already has an established relationship, so a cold application is unlikely to be the way in.
- Start with the contact shown for getting in touch and ask whether your work fits its stated focus of Africa and Asia, with Zambia and Laos as priorities, and its themes of education, training, healthcare, and water and sanitation.
- The charity says most projects begin with local people's own ideas and, where possible, expects communities to contribute labour or local materials, so describe what your community will put in.
- Cash handouts are excluded, and no published process, grant range or typical grant size is given, so ask about likely size and timing before drafting a full request.
Overview
Baraka Community Partnerships is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1130756).
Baraka Community Partnerships is a charity registered in England and Wales that promotes sustainable development for disadvantaged communities in Africa and Asia. It began when three much-travelled friends, who had witnessed inequality and poverty first hand, decided to get together to make a difference. Its stated purpose is improving education, healthcare, water and sanitation in Zambia and Laos. Roughly 80% of its funds go to schools, teachers, the sponsorship programme, Learning Centres and Girls' Safe Houses, with the remaining 20% spread across sanitation, water and healthcare programmes.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Baraka Community Partnerships promotes sustainable development for disadvantaged communities through grants and advice to local organisations based in communities in Africa and Asia with which it has an established relationship. The grants support education, training, healthcare and sanitation. The charity describes its work as focused on Zambia and Laos, with some earthquake relief in Morocco. Education is its largest area of activity; its work includes schools, teachers, learning centres, sponsorship and safe houses for girls. It also supports healthcare and develops local water and sanitation infrastructure. The charity works with communities to develop long-term solutions from local ideas and aspirations, and where possible asks communities to contribute labour or local materials. Alongside grants, it operates educational and community projects, including learning centres, safe houses, schools, student sponsorship, health initiatives and water systems.
Themes
- Education
- Training
- Healthcare
- Water and sanitation
Geographic Focus
Africa; Asia. Priority: Zambia; Laos.
What they don't fund
- Cash handouts
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- It makes grants and gives advice to local community organisations with which it has an established relationship.
- Most projects are suggested or initiated by local people, so they can build their own vision for their community.
- Where possible, the community is asked to contribute labour or local materials.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Africa
- Asia
- Laos
- Zambia
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £214,772 | £228,327 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £267,124 | £285,867 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £451,704 | £387,650 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £540,925 | £477,421 | £416,471 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £553,955 | £546,447 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
— No grants figure for that year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- barakacommunity.com
- barakacommunity.com/our-story · read on 24 October 2026
- barakacommunity.com/contact · read on 24 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2024)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 24 October 2026.
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