ChallengeAid

Registered charity 1109055 · since 2005challengeaid.org·Kenya, Tanzania·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

ChallengeAid's work fits best if your project gives young people in Kenya or Tanzania learning outside school hours, such as after-school support, life-skills teaching, menstrual-health support, or sport and performing arts.
Its published material gives no annual giving figure and no grant range, so a realistic request size cannot be judged from it; one way to frame a modest request is around its stated cost of less than £10 (2,000 KES) per child per year.
No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so start by using the contact shown there to ask whether it supports outside organisations before preparing a full proposal.
The material describes its own Schools of Hope and its sponsored challenges, and says nothing about funding other organisations, so do not assume a grant is available.

Overview

ChallengeAid is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1109055).

ChallengeAid is a registered charity in England and Wales that aims to create Schools of Hope for aspirational young people living in extreme poverty in informal slum settlements. These young people may be unable to attend school during the day because of family or work commitments. Its work in Kenya and Tanzania offers complementary and alternative education, with the Schools of Hope running in the evenings, at weekends and during school holidays. It states that its giving costs less than £10 (2,000 KES) per child, per year.

What they fund

Priority Areas

ChallengeAid’s charitable giving aims to create Schools of Hope for aspirational young people living in extreme poverty who may be unable to attend school during the day because of family or work commitments. Its work in Kenya and Tanzania offers alternative or complementary education, including after-school learning and support for children already in school. The foundation describes a holistic approach combining education, mentorship and community initiatives, with learning resources, life-skills teaching, menstrual-health support, sport and performing arts. Its Schools of Hope operate in the evenings, at weekends and during school holidays, providing a safe learning environment. In the UK, it also motivates schools, universities, corporate groups and individuals to take part in sponsored physical challenges to raise money for its work with vulnerable young people.

Themes

Education
Menstrual health
Sport and performing arts
Life skills

Geographic Focus

Priority: Kenya; Tanzania.

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.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Kenya
Tanzania

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£109,439	£109,353	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£104,750	£41,617	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£132,694	£123,883	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£133,285	£159,662	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 December 2024	£125,567	£126,184	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

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.