The Big Give 2018 is fast approaching. But before we talk about that, we wanted to give you an update on what we did with the money raised in the Big Give 2017. Last year, with your support and in partnership with The Big Give, we doubled your donations and raised a grand total of […]

WellFound has been working in five new villages in the islands off Guinea-Bissau in 2018. Work started in the summer and has continued through the rainy season. We are making good progress and there is a real sense of WellFound and the local people working together. We’ll publish updates on each village in the coming […]

One of the objectives of the recent trip to Guinea-Bissau was to select new villages where we will work in partnership with the villagers for the first time this year. As you might imagine this is a very difficult task as there is so much need. This is a village on the island of Caravela […]

22nd March is World Water Day. Around the world, individuals and organisations will be marking this, and WellFound is pleased to play our part. Today our founder Howard, our Patron Mary Perner, and one of our trustees Gill Shaw are travelling out to Guinea-Bissau. Gill, who works as an international photographer, will be bringing back […]

Back in 2016 the four villages of Binhome, Cali, Wapte and Paili had no access to clean, drinking water. The villages are all in the same rural area, about two hours drive out of the capital Bissau. WellFound has been working in partnership with these four villages and the degree of transformation which is made […]

Cali is a small village with a total population of 408 people in rural Guinea-Bissau. WellFound has been working here, in partnership with the local people, since June 2017. Before starting work, the WellFound CEO and local Project Manager in Guinea Bissau undertook a needs assessment. They identified that the village lacked access to fresh […]

We are delighted that The Big Give have now counted the money and WellFound have received £13,705.40.  This is a wonderful amount and we are very grateful for everyone who gave generously. Our CEO Dr Kingsley, is travelling to Guinea Bissau next week. One of his tasks will be to select the villages where we will […]

WellFound has worked in Guinea-Bissau since 2009, and worked in partnership with villagers to provide over 60 wells. We have helped the villagers improve their nutrition, sanitation, health, and gender equality. In 2018 we will continue to work in Guinea-Bissau as the need is still great. In addition we have decided to expand to another […]

We are delighted to be part of the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2017. This is the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign and starts today, Tuesday 28th November, for one week only. Anyone who gives to WellFound via the Big Give during campaign week will have their donation doubled at no extra cost to you. […]

Donations to the Big Give Christmas Challenge open at 12 noon on Tuesday 28th November. All donations made to WellFound via the Big Give for seven days from this date will be doubled at no cost to you, the donor. We will use the money to transform a village in rural Guinea-Bissau in 2018. You […]

We are continuing to look at three villages where we have worked in the past. This will give you an idea what we can achieve together in the “Big Give” village in Guinea-Bissau. You can read about our planned project here: Water, making a world of difference It’s now only two weeks until #givingTuesday which is […]

It’s three weeks until #givingTuesday which is when donations to the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2017 will open. We are very excited that we have been selected to participate this year. This means that all donations made to WellFound via the Big Give for seven days from 12 noon on Tuesday 28th November will be […]

We’re very excited to let you know that we have been selected to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2017, the UK’s largest match funding campaign. We will be raising money to work in a village in Guinea-Bissau in 2018. You can read about our project here: Water, making a world of difference Donations to […]

WellFound will always remain in contact with villages where we work for three years. This is to make sure that the facilities we provide continue to be maintained and used by the villages. But in addition to continuing to support previous villages, in Summer 2017 we started work with three villages for the first time: […]

For several months we have shown four projects at the foot of our home page: the villages of Binhome, Bissunaga, Quedet and Tama. These are the four villages we have worked with during the dry season from Autumn 2016 to early Summer 2017. Its now time for an update as the first year’s work is […]

24th April.  We were ready and waiting for the boat at 7 – it didn’t turn up for 3 hours, which gave me time to discover Joao had bought PG tips, so we had a great brew to start the day. We also walked up to the village school to meet Filipe to give him […]