Our Purpose
Gandys believe every child deserves a chance to change the world. Our aim is to ensure that children and youth, particularly those in underserved communities, have access to a quality education, which we believe is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty and achieving long-term, sustainable development.
Our mission is to empower children by supporting educational initiatives that offer access to essential learning resources, safe and supportive environments, and opportunities for both personal and academic development – even taking that first step into a job.
Through our partnership with a host of incredible charities we are able to ensure our efforts are sustainable, meaningful, and have a lasting impact in line with our theory of change.
10% of every Gandys sale goes towards funding these projects around the world.
Making a world of difference
Since we opened our first project in 2014, we’ve raised over £600,000 and each year we help more than 5,000 children around the world.
Our purpose
Gandys believe every child deserves a chance to change the world. Our aim is to ensure that children and youth, particularly those in underserved communities, have access to a quality education, which we believe is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty and achieving long-term, sustainable development.
Our mission is to empower children by supporting educational initiatives that offer access to essential learning resources, safe and supportive environments, and opportunities for both personal and academic development – even taking that first step into a job.
Through our partnership with a host of incredible charities we are able to ensure our efforts are sustainable, meaningful, and have a lasting impact in line with our theory of change.
10% of every Gandys sale goes towards funding these projects around the world.
Where you are creating impact
Where you are creating impact
- Rio, Brazil
- Guatemala
- Bali
- Ghana
2020
Rio, Brazil
Projeto Povoada is a Rio-based charity transforming the lives of vulnerable children by equipping them with the tools, confidence, and community support to build brighter futures - free from the grip of drugs and gang violence. Through education, mentorship, and care, the project empowers young people to rewrite their stories and reclaim their potential.
2024
Guatemala
Casa Guatemala provides quality education, healthy meals and primary medical care in a loving and safe environment to over 200 vulnerable children from 30 different rural Mayan villages in the Departments of Izabal and Alta Verapaz of Guatemala. Casa Guatemala also runs Hotel Backpackers as a social enterprise where the majority of the staff have all grown up in Casa Guatemala. The profits from the business go directly to support Casa Guatemala.
2024
Bali
In Bali, there is little government funding available for free, high-quality kindergartens and conditions can be poor with leaking roofs, mouldy walls and woodworm-infested furniture. Working with Bali Children's Project, we renovated three buildings at a school for early stage learning in Nyalian, a small village 20km from Ubud, providing a safe space and new equipment to improve the quality of learning. Around 80 children a year now attend the school.
2024
Ghana
Future Stars School in Buduburam is a refugee camp, home to thousands of people who fled Liberia during the civil wars. Many of the children are orphaned and live in extreme poverty, a devastating obstacle to learning. Funding from our Foundation provides a feeding programme for 150 students aged 4-14, giving them the essential nutrients needed to support their learning, development and growth.
How it works
At Gandys International we talk frequently and directly with the charities we work with. We have a memorandum of understanding in place – an agreement between both parties outlining shared intentions and key terms of cooperation.
It is important we understand the needs of the charity and how these feed through into positive outcomes. How we support can vary between the charities and the children and community that they are supporting. It could be in any one or more of the following ways:
Making a world of difference
Since we opened our first project in 2014, we’ve raised over £600,000 and each year we help more than 5,000 children around the world.
How it works
At Gandys International we talk frequently and directly with the charities we work with. We have a memorandum of understanding in place – an agreement between both parties outlining shared intentions and key terms of cooperation.
It is important we understand the needs of the charity and how these feed through into positive outcomes. How we support can vary between the charities and the children and community that they are supporting. It could be in any one or more of the following ways:
1
Nutrition programmes for children
2
Building infrastructure.
3
Providing equipment and materials
4
Supporting human resource
5
Uniforms
6
Educational scholarships and training