Registered Australian charity · Since 2010
A home, a mealand a school deskfor the childrenof Blebusu.
Kimberley Care Inc is a small, volunteer-run not-for-profit from Western Australia. Our purpose is simple and written into our constitution: to provide shelter, food, health care and education to the women, children and orphans of Blebusu, a village in Ghana.
Illustrative photograph taken in Ghana.
Legal statusRegistered charity
RegulatorACNC Register
IncorporatedWA, A1015121K
Who we serveBlebusu, Ghana
Our story
It started with one person who wouldn’t look away.
Kimberley Care was founded by a small group of Western Australians who had seen first-hand what life is like for children without parents in rural Ghana. In November 2010 we adopted our constitution and became an incorporated association, so that every dollar and every decision would be handled properly and openly.
We are not a big organisation and we have never pretended to be. There are no offices, no paid staff and no marketing budget. There is a committee of volunteers, a village called Blebusu, and a small home where children who had nowhere else to go have been housed, fed and sent to primary school.
In our busiest years that home looked after between seven and nine children at a time. Money raised from friends, family and neighbours in Western Australia went to Ghana to pay school fees and to put food on the table.
“It had always been something I wanted to do, but it is very difficult to get people to support it when you are trying to do things alone.”
What we do
Four promises, written into our constitution.
01
Shelter
A safe, dry place to sleep for children who have lost their parents or cannot be cared for at home.
02
Food
Regular meals, because a hungry child cannot learn, play or grow the way every child deserves to.
04
Education
Primary school fees, uniforms and supplies, so the children of the home are in a classroom every day.
03
Health care
Help to reach a clinic, medicine when a child is sick, and support for the women of the village who care for them. Health is the foundation the other three promises stand on.
Photographs are illustrative images taken in Ghana, not of the children in our care. We do not publish photos of the children we support, to protect their privacy.
Our journey
From a promise in Perth’s south to a village in Ghana.
Everything below is a matter of public record. You can check each year for yourself on the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Register.
- 2010
Kimberley Care is founded
Our constitution is adopted on 30 November 2010 with one clear object: shelter, food, health care and education for the women, children and orphans of Blebusu, Ghana.
- 2016
Every dollar sent to Ghana
Donations of $9,611 were raised in Western Australia, and the same amount was granted for use in Ghana. Nothing was spent on wages or overheads.
- 2017
A home for nine children
Four volunteers kept the work going. The small home in the village housed, fed and schooled nine children, and we began planning a village shop to make the home self-supporting.
- 2018
Primary school fees paid
Money was sent to pay primary school fees and to feed between seven and nine children aged six to fourteen.
- Next
Rebuilding support at home
We are reaching out again to Western Australians who want to help children in Blebusu. The village shop, which could cover running costs from inside Ghana, remains our long-term goal.
Why it matters
Small charity, short path from you to a child.
Because we are run entirely by volunteers, there is no head office between your support and the village. When we raise money, it goes to the things in our constitution: a roof, a meal, a clinic visit, a term of school.
Ways to help
You don’t need money to make a difference.
Become a member
Membership is open to anyone who wants to work for and promote our objects. Members vote at our annual general meeting.
How to joinVolunteer your skills
Bookkeeping, writing, event planning or contacts in Ghana. A few hours from the right person goes a long way.
Offer your timeShare our story
Tell a friend, a school, a church or a club. Most of our support has always come from word of mouth.
Spread the wordGet involved
Ready to help?
There is no donation page on this site. The most useful thing you can do is get in touch, join the association or share our story with someone who cares about children’s futures.