Welcome to CENFACS’ Online Diary!
24 December 2025
Post No. 436
The Week’s Contents
• 2025 Year-in-review Impact Report
• Year-end Triple Action Giving: Peace, Hope and Difference
• Year-end Advice- and Guidance-giving Services
… And much more!
Festive Season’s Key Messages
• 2025 Year-in-review Impact Report
The above-mentioned report is an evaluation of what happened in this ending year (2025). It showcases what was achieved, how it happened, and why it matters for the future of CENFACS’ mission. It is CENFACS’ performance highlights and lowlights as well as insights, outsights, challenges, wins/successes, learnings and areas of development throughout 2025. It is not an annual report or an annual return.
The report, which is a brief summary of 2025 and a reflective phase in our mission, will help to learn what went well and what did not go well within and around CENFACS.
The report highlights outcomes, success stories, and data that prove how support and efforts led to positive change for beneficiaries and service users. It helps communicate connections with all of you who worked with us and/or helped us in our beautiful and noble cause of poverty reduction. It is as well a summary of ongoing dialogue within CENFACS, and between CENFACS and its stakeholders.
Beyond be the storytelling of CENFACS’ finances, the report is an impact story as it explains the effect or impression made by the work we undertook together – through a number of projects and programmes – with service users and beneficiaries with the help of our supporters; effect or impression on those who needed support and help on their way towards relief or poverty reduction.
It is finally a forward-looking exercise to set goals for 2026 as it outlines plans for 2026 and explain how we can engage our charitable objects in 2026 and beyond.
Under the Main Development section of this post, you will find key highlights of this 2025 Year-in-review Impact Report.
• Year-end Triple Action Giving: Peace, Hope and Difference
• • What Is the Season’s Relief Triple Action Giving?
It is about fighting poverty and hardships in a number of fronts over the Festive Season, particularly by helping…
(a) to bring peace,
(b) to create hope
(c) and to make a meaningful difference.
It is the combination of triple action with the virtues of peace, hope and difference as outcomes of CENFACS’ charitable work during the Festive and Light Seasons. Hope, peace and difference represent the core outcomes or areas of impact that CENFACS aims to achieve during the Festive and Light Seasons.
Let us briefly explain each of the three givings (that is, peace, hope and difference).
• • • Peace via the Gifts of Peace
Our celebratory theme for the Season’s Reliefs is Peace and continues to be alive until the end of this season. Peace could relate to initiatives such as conflict resolution, supporting the refugees and internally displaced persons by conflicts or natural disasters, reconciliation programmes, etc. This peace is delivered through the Gifts of Peace.
The Gifts of Peace, which are one of CENFACS’ festive favourites, are the set piece of the Season’s Reliefs that provides the absence of conflicts within us as well as between us and others.
In terms of projects and programmes in Africa, the Gifts of Peace try to support poor people and communities so that they can navigate their ways towards freedoms from wars, armed conflicts, disease disturbance and disorder from natural events.
For those who are looking for fundraising appeals or projects to fund as festive gifts over this festive time, Gifts of Peace as an appeal is a valuable proposal they could consider. They can try any of the 12 Gift Ideas to reduce poverty and sustain development, mentioned in the Gifts of Peace making our year-end campaign. They can unwrap their Gifts of Peace for those in need this Festive Season.
To enquire about and or fund the Gifts of Peace, please contact CENFACS.
• • • Hope through the Gift of Light
Our theme for the Season of Light is Hope and is still featuring what we have planned to achieve over this season. Hope refers to providing aid, education or opportunity that offer a path to a better future for those in need. This hope is provided by the Gift of Light.
The Gift of Light helps to bring hope to those who are in the darkness and need some lights to see life through other ways.
Regarding the projects and programmes in our sphere of operation in Africa, we try to work – through the Gift of Light – with hopeless, desperate and destitute people and communities so that they can rebuild confidence and faith in themselves and continue to believe that they can find light and move away from darkness in the future.
• • • Difference by means of CENFACS’ Zero Waste e-Store
Difference emphasizes the tangible positive change and impact your festive donations will have on poor people’s lives. Among the festive donations, there are good donations at CENFACS’ Zero Waste e-Store.
Shopping and donating goods at our CENFACS’ Zero Waste e-Store is the third giving. It is the festive difference that can be made through CENFACS’ Zero Waste e-Store. It can be made via
σ Purchases to directly support CENFACS’ noble and beautiful cause of poverty reduction
σ Goods donations to promote sustainability and reduce waste, including donors’ household circularity
σ Affordable gifts you can find for the festive occasion
σ Volunteering opportunities you can provide to volunteers through your good purchases and donations.
We are asking goods donors and buyers to DO SOMETHING MEANINGFULLY DIFFERENT THIS SEASON. To smooth the process of donating and buying goods, we are offering the following options:
∝ Safe collection of goods for recycling; that is we can arrange for goods to be safely collected at an agreed location, day and time under our Recycle and Give policy
∝ ‘Click and Collect’ facility for goods e-buyers.
Every time you shop at CENFACS’ Zero-Waste e-Store, you make a helpful difference to people in need over this festive time. Amongst these people are those who are trying to fight poverty induced by the high costs of living.
The above is the Season’s Relief Triple Action Giving. Each of these three action givings (or acts of transferring something voluntarily to another person without expectation of receiving something in immediate return) will help to reduce poverty over the festive period and beyond.
We can only help reduce and possibly end multi-dimensional poverty as well as poverty induced by the high costs of living if you help us to do so. This time of the year is a unique opportunity for you, once a year, to change lives through your invaluable action giving, however small it may be.
Please, don’t miss this marvelous opportunity of the year and the end of the year. There is a high demand for poverty reduction.
To donate goods and/or shop, please go to: http://cenfacs.org.uk/shop/
The above-mentioned Year-end Triple Action Giving or Year-end Fundraising Campaign continues until the last day, hour, minute and second of 2025.
For those who would like to donate to our End-of-year Asks and any other festive projects or campaigns or even causes before 2025 ends, please do not hesitate to donate. You can still make a helpful difference before the last second of 31/12/2025.
To donate, just contact CENFACS with your donation by any of these means of communications: text, phone, e-mail and contact form on this website.
• Year-end Advice- and Guidance-giving Services
The Festive Season’s Arrangements below explain that we are in holiday break until the 5th of January 2026. However, some of our projects and campaigns are either self-running or designed to run throughout the holiday season like the festive holiday. Three of these holiday projects are the Information-, Advice- and Guidance-giving ones.
We are providing advice for project beneficiaries or service users as well as guidance to donors/funders. We are providing these two year-end services:
a) Advice for those who are suffering and need help
b) Financial guidance for donors and non-donors.
Let us briefly explain the contents of these services.
• • Year-end Advice-giving Service to Project Beneficiaries and Users
During the festive period not everybody or member of our community can afford to celebrate on the New Year’s Eve. There are people who still need accommodation, food, income, guidance, support, help against loneliness, etc. They may also need life-saving support of various kinds to cope and survive while other people, the lucky ones, are busy preparing themselves for the New Year’s Eve festivities.
Because of this on-going need and demand within the community, we have maintained a minimum level of advice-giving service to e-work with those who desperately need advice to reduce poverty or any type of hardships they are facing and do not have anywhere else to ask for help and advice, especially at this challenging time of the high costs of the living.
The service, which will help them navigate the above-mentioned challenges and hardships of the end of the year, includes all the elements of CENFACS’ Advice, Guidance and Information Service to users. We can as well provide advice on the following:
σ capacity building and development
σ financial planning for the coming year
etc.
If you are one of our members and facing serious hardship during the festive period, you can e-contact CENFACS for advice, guidance, information and support. We can work with you to smoothly transition into the New Year.
If you are not one of our members and would like to discuss this year-in-review advice project, please still e-contact CENFACS.
• • Year-end Financial Guidance-giving Service to Donors/Funders and Households
• • • Year-end Financial Guidance-giving Service to Donors and Funders
In order to make the year-end giving process effective and meaningful for donors and funders, we are offering them guidance and support. The guidance service is on the way they can effectively support CENFACS’ noble and beautiful causes of poverty reduction during this festive time.
This support to them is on the following:
σ how to strategically plan so that donors’ and funders’ contributions align with their philanthropic goals and values
σ how to assess the impact of donors’ and funders’ donations
σ how to understand tax benefits through their donations.
For instance, we can guide them on charitable giving and tax relief amtters. In particular, for those who donate, we can provide guidance on tax efficiency, which is relevant at the end of the tax year (the 5th of April in the UK).
We can as well direct them on Gift Aid, which is the scheme that allows charities to claim an extra 25p for every £1 donate, provided the donor is a UK taxpayer. In this respect, we can refer them to HMRC (His Majesty Revenues and Customs) for matters related to how to include the Gift Aid donations in their self-assessment tax returns in order to receive the correct relief.
We can also guide them on donations relating to land, property or shares.
If you are donor or funder and would like to give to CENFACS’ causes during the festive period, but need guidance to do it, please do not hesitate to contact CENFACS.
• • • Year-end Financial Guidance-giving Service to Households
This Year-end Financial Guidance-giving Service to Households is the annual process of reviewing their finances and making tax-efficient decisions before the UK tax year ends on April 5th in 2026. This guidance helps the households making the CENFACS Community to plan for the future.
The key areas of this financial guidance include tax planning, inheritance tax, charitable giving, household support funds, general support fund, and general financial management.
For instance, concerning the general financial management, we can guide households on the best practices such as organizing financial records, reviewing internal processes, and planning early for the next financial year/plan.
If you are one of our community members and would like financial guidance, CENFACS will be happy to guide you. If we cannot do it now, we can always organise a meeting with you to you guide in the New Year. This is all part of Year-in-review Project 2025.
Festive Season’s Extra Messages
• Festive Season’s Arrangements: from 24 December 2025 to 5 January 2026
• Year-end Information Service about Household Accounts during the Festive Season
• E-discussing Voluntary Fossil Fuel Roadmap from 05/12/2025 to 05/01/2026
• Festive Season’s Arrangements: from 24 December 2025 to 5 January 2026
Between 24 December 2025 and 05 January 2026, we are closed while essential services and donation campaigns continue to run. The following are the arrangements we have made for the above stated closed period.
• • Queries and Enquiries
During the festive holidays, we will only handle online queries and enquiries until the 5th of January 2026. However, our All-in-Development Winter e-discussion on Voluntary Fossil Fuel Roadmap is still on until the 5th of January 2026 as planned.
• • Opening Hours and Days: 24/7
We are open online 24 hours and 7 days of week.
• • Visits
You can only visit us online.
• • Festive Donations
Our festive campaigns highlight not only the projects and activities that are related to CENFACS’ demand, but also and mostly to the needs and asks of those living in poverty around this time of the year and of the continuing disruption of the lingering effects of the high costs of living.
Those who want to donate to our fundraising campaigns and projects (such as Gifts of Peace, Light and Restoration) are welcome to do so.
Their festive support or donations will help bring a Blaze of Hope and Peace to those in need, particularly at this challenging time of the high costs of living.
As well as donating, there are other ways one can support. These other ways range from spreading the message about CENFACS’ work and campaigns to visiting our online store for shopping.
All the above initiatives can create magical reliefs during this Festive Season and disturbing moment of the lingering effects of the high costs of living.
• • Season of Light
Although our Season of Light has just kicked off, some of our services and activities (such as advocacy, in-person fundraising events, etc.) as well as development campaigns are scaled down until the 5th of January 2026.
• • What’s On from 24 December 2024 to 5 January 2026!
Since 24 December 2025 we broke for the festive holidays. However, there are projects that are essential including in festive times. Three of them are Information-, Advice- and Guidance-giving ones, which will still be run online.
This is because evidence shows that in any difficult moments of human history or crisis, the poorest always suffer. They also suffer during the happiest times of the festive celebrations. They do not have festive celebration as such, just as they could be the ones bearing the brunt of the most negative socio-economic effects of the festive celebrations. Many of them need support which includes information, advice and guidance at any time. During the Festive Period, we promote these services to reflect the high demand from these people.
Additionally, it is important that those who want to help them or donate to CENFACS’ noble and beautiful causes of poverty reduction find ways of giving easy, not complicate. For this reason, we are also available for funders and donors to guide them to fund and donate easily.
• • Delays Regarding Call and E-mail Responses
People should expect delay from us in responding to their calls and e-mails. We heavily rely on volunteers for most of our services, who are sharing the Winter e-discussion with us during this Festive Time. Some of them are already on holiday.
• • Emergency and Exceptions
In case of emergency or exceptional circumstances, please do not hesitate to text, phone, e-mail and complete the contact form on CENFACS’ website. We will respond to your message as soon as we can. We have key volunteers who will be available on a rotation basis to cover emergency services or essential calls.
At this time of the year, we strike a delicate balance between volunteers’ annual break and the fulfilment of CENFACS’ mission. We apologize for any inconvenience or upset this may cause.
We thank you all for your invaluable and sustained support during 2025 and look forward to your continued and further support in the New Year.
We wish you a Very Healthy, Safe and Peaceful Festive Season!
• Year-end Information Service about Household Accounts during the Festive Season
Perhaps, the best way of approaching this service is to explain it and provide the types of information to be given to households.
• • Brief Explanation of Year-end Information Service about Household Accounts during the Festive Season
Like the Year-end Advice and Guidance Services, Year-end Information Service is a year-round support we run. At this time of the year, this is promoted to match the increased financial pressure most low-income households experienced by providing them with the information they need during the Festive Season.
Year-end Information Service about Household Accounts during the Festive Season aims to support households in making informed decisions to ensure a soft start in the New Year. The service provides information on how to create household budgets, managing debts, and finding potential sources of financial support to navigate the pressures of household accounts during the Festive Season.
• • Types of Year-end Information We Are Providing to Help Households Manage Their Accounts This Festive Season
During this Festive Season, we are providing information on the following:
σ Grants for essential needs or unexpected costs and help with household bills
σ Household Support Fund, which is a government-funded scheme to deal with essential costs like energy and water bills
σ Food and essentials (like food banks that provide emergency food parcels)
σ Ways to find practical, emotional and financial support
σ Emergency grants for families struggling to afford festive basics
σ Utility bill assistance
Etc.
For those who may be interested in this year-end information provision service, they can contact CENFACS.
• E-discussing Voluntary Fossil Fuel Roadmap from 05/12/2025 to 05/01/2026
Our Winter e-discussion on Voluntary Fossil Fuel Roadmap from 05/12/2025 to 05/01/2026 continues. The e-discussion is on the following matters:
√ How the creation of roadmap would support planning and investment for our Africa-based Sister Organisations working on energy transition
√ The building and developing a momentum towards clear energy
√ The kind of energy transition needed in Africa to improve health outcomes and economic resilience
√ Practical steps to disinvest from fossil fuels
√ Strategies for reinvesting into cleaner energy sources
√ How our Africa-based Sister Organisations can set up their own energy transition roadmap
√ How these organisations can finance their voluntary energy transition programmes and projects
Etc.
The e-discussion is also about volunteering in work of creating voluntary fossil fuel roadmap to find new models of development or business models that build on this roadmap. It is an e-debate on voluntary transition to renewables to help combat long-term energy poverty (that is, the lack of access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services).
As we are nearing 2026, an e-discussion on Voluntary Fossil Fuel Roadmap will provide us with some ideas about the different paths that our Africa-based Sister Organisations and communities may take in order to manage energy transitions in their own path and means. It will as well contribute to reduce energy poverty for the disproportionately burdened energy poor households by high energy costs and environmental issues linked to the use of fossil fuels.
To e-discuss about Voluntary Fossil Fuel Roadmap, please contact CENFACS.
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• Rapport d’Impact Rétrospectif 2025
Le rapport mentionné ci-dessus est une évaluation de ce qui s’est passé au cours de cette année de clôture (2025). Il met en avant ce qui a été accompli, comment cela s’est produit et pourquoi cela est important pour l’avenir de la mission de CENFACS. Il s’agit des points forts et faibles de la performance de CENFACS ainsi que des idées, perspectives, défis, succès et réussites, enseignements et domaines de développement tout au long de 2025. Ce n’est pas un rapport annuel ni un bilan social.
Le rapport, qui est un résumé bref de 2025 et une phase de réflexion sur notre mission, aidera à apprendre ce qui s’est bien passé et ce qui ne s’est pas bien passé au sein et autour de CENFACS.
Le rapport met en avant les résultats, les histoires de réussite et les données qui prouvent comment le soutien et les efforts ont conduit à un changement positif pour les bénéficiaires. Il aide à communiquer les liens avec vous tous qui avez travaillé avec nous et/ou nous avez aidés dans notre belle et noble cause de réduction de la pauvreté. C’est également un résumé du dialogue en cours au sein de CENFACS, et entre CENFACS et ses parties prenantes.
Au-delà de la narration des finances de CENFACS, le rapport est une histoire d’impact car il explique l’effet ou l’impression laissée par le travail que nous avons entrepris ensemble – à travers plusieurs projets et programmes – avec les utilisateurs/rices de services et les bénéficiaires avec l’aide de nos soutiens ; effet ou impression sur ceux ou celles qui avaient besoin de soutien et d’aide sur leur chemin vers le soulagement ou la réduction de la pauvreté.
Il s’agit enfin d’un exercice prospectif pour fixer des objectifs pour 2026 car il expose les plans pour 2026 et explique comment nous pouvons engager nos objectifs caritatifs en 2026 et au-delà.
Pour plus de détails sur le Rapport d’Impact Rétrospectif 2025 du CENFACS, veuillez contacter le CENFACS.
Festive Season’s Main Development
• 2025 Year-in-review Impact Report
How the year 2025 has unfolded both inside and around CENFACS
The following contents make this report:
a) CENFACS Mission Statement
b) A brief Summary of the Year
c) The Theme of 2025 Year-in-review Campaign
d) How Did the Year 2025 Go through from within and around CENFACS?
e) Impact and Outcomes
f) Financial Review
g) 2025 Key Produce or Achievements
h) Stories and Voices
i) Looking Forward to 2026 (or Commitments for the Year 2026)
j) 2025 Gratitude.
Let’s look at each of these contents.
• • CENFACS Mission Statement
The mission statement of CENFACS is to enhance the quality of life for Africans in Africa and the UK.
As part of this mission, we work together with our beneficiaries by providing practical and people-centred support as well as develop sustainable solutions for them to overcome poverty and improve the quality of their life. During this 2025, we have done the same.
• • The Year’s Brief Summary
At the start of 2025, our goals were to develop projects of land restoration, boosting drought resilience, and sharing prosperity with those in need. As a result, we developed together with our Africa-based Sister Organisations (ASOs) a Land Restoration and Drought Resilience Programme. This development led to a good number of applications to the programme.
As conflicts continue to unfold in some parts of Africa where our ASOs operate, dealing with the work of economic peace became unavoidable in places like Mali where the Needy People Wanted Hope to recover economic peace.
During this ending year, African charities (particularly but not exclusively ASOs) experienced all sorts of challenges and barriers to raise funds to deal with climate change and poverty in Africa. Among these challenges has been the international/foreign aid cuts which adversely impacted ASOs operations.
In such difficult international aid landscape, developing alternative funding sources was inevitable for many of them. Many of these ASOs learnt from these cuts and started to think differently.
Together with them, we developed a strategy for alternative funding sources and new business models to enable them to continue their mission and work of poverty reduction as well as plan for the future.
We hope with this new strategy, we can improve together with them in our collaborative work of helping to reduce poverty and enhancing sustainable development in Africa.
• • Theme of CENFACS’ 2025 Year-in-Review Campaign
The theme for this review is celebrating the wins with a focus on highlighting the accomplishments made in 2025 with the goal of “moving forward to protect the gains or legacies of our building-forward-better-together work while building upon progress to achieve a more equitable and inclusive society”.
• • How Did the Year 2025 Go through from within and around CENFACS?
To underline the way in which the year 2025 went from within and around CENFACS, we are going to highlight the key takeaways of 2025 and the contributions we made.
• • • Key takeaways of the year
The points or facts to remember about 2025 from within and around CENFACS are as follows.
∝) 2025 as a year of restoration
2025 has been a Year of Restoration within CENFACS, a year of using the notion of restoration as tool to understand paradigmatic change in the lives of those in need, particularly the CENFACS Community members. It has been a year of working with them as they have been restoring things in their lives so that they could reduce poverty. We worked with our users through a series or set of interconnected restoration tasks or activities (in total, we had 12 Restoration Project episodes) with the aim of reducing poverty linked to the lack of restoration. These tasks or activities were undertaken each month of 2025 within the requirements and limitations of CENFACS’ existing and acquirable resources, capacities and assets.
∝) 2025 as a year of reducing poverty linked to the lack of economic peace
2025 has also been a year of using the principles, recipes and ecosystem of peace economics in order to further help reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in CENFACS’ areas of operation in Africa. Together with Africa-based Sister Organisations, we helped in addressing issues leading to conflicts and inequality and enhance social mobility. This work on prevention and resilience contributed to build and cement economic peace in those areas.
∝) 2025 as a year of integrating climate finance and poverty reduction finance
2025 provided a renewed opportunity to engage with African Charities to ensure that funds were channelled towards activities that simultaneously tackle climate change and reduce poverty in Africa receive a fair share or consideration. Our joint work helped them improve their finance strategies regarding both climate and poverty reduction issues.
∝) 2025 as a year of spatial analysis of poverty with orange spaces
2025 has too been a year of engaging space to deal with poverty induced or linked to orange space. It was a year of addressing spatialisation of poverty. We explored orange spaces theme to understand how the existence of Orange Spaces signals areas where economic well-being is worsening and can be used to identify where new poverty traps are forming or where existing ones are intensifying, influencing urban planning and the provision of resources.
∝) 2025 as a year of data and insight skills to manage your households
Using free frontline tools of poverty reduction from CENFACS‘ poverty reduction box, we conducted basic data analytics and empowered user households with data and insight skills. Through Data and Insights Advocacy and Skills project, we particularly worked with households making the CENFACS Community on Integrating Generative AI into Household Data Story Telling and Communications, Application of Data and Insight Skills to Manage Your Households, etc.
∝) 2025 as a year of two-story series after system reset and change
Amongst the stories received from our All in Development Story Telling Programme and Series 2025, there were 4 great stories of restoration, 2 remarkable stories of reinstallation, 3 amazing stories of continuous improvement and adaptation, 2 moving stories of updating and one memorable story of ongoing maintenance and support to reduce poverty.
∝) 2025 as a year of trend analysis activities
As part of these trend analysis activities, we worked on a) trend analysis for CENFACS as a charity, b) user activity trend analysis, and c) trend analysis of the poverty reduction market by following the direction of poverty reduction via nature goals and sustainable development goals.
This follow-up enabled our users to understand how these activities can help reduce poverty.
∝) 2025 as a year of advocacy to save critically endangered amphibian species via MAMBILANGA project
MAMBILANGA – which is stands for Mind Amphibians for Maintaining the Balance of Insects in the Lives of Aquatics and Nutrients, and for Guarding Agriculture – is a CENFACS 2025 advocacy project designed to help protect critically endangered amphibian species and keep them up in their natural habitat in Africa.
Through the ‘MAMBILANGA project and ‘A la une‘ (Autumn Leaves of Action for the Upkeep of the Nature) campaign, we tirelessly worked with the community and others outside our community to raise awareness of the upkeep of endangered amphibian species like
Pickersgill’s Reed Frog (Hyperolius pickersgill), Western Nimba Toad (Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis), Togo Slippery Frog (Conraua derooi), Rough Moss Frog (Arthroleptella rugosa), Blommersia Dupeezi, Krokosua Squeaking Frog (Arthroleptis krokosua), Atewa Slippery Frog, etc.
∝) 2025 as a third year of Matching Organisation-Investor Programme
We ran matching 0rganisation-investor projects which were on the following areas: land restoration, telehealth, sustainable education, and gambling. These projects, which were the matching opportunities of the year 2025, offered to both ASOs and not-for-profit investors a chance to make their dream come true. In other words, there were occasions for ASOs to find the investment they were looking for and not-for-profit investors the organisation to invest in, and both of them could start the New Year with certainty.
The above-mentioned insights and actionable items help understand what worked, did not work and how to improve future efforts. They further help to remember what we have achieved together and guide our 2026 strategy.
• • Impact and Outcomes
In terms of both impact and outcomes on mission and beneficiaries, we can mention these ones provided below.
Regarding the outcomes for the work in Africa, it is useful to state that
~ the flood-impacted people of Kinshasa and Tanganyika received support although there is still a lot to be done
~ Some of the orphaned children where our ASOs operate were rehoused
~ A considerable number of applications were received in the context of land restoration and drought resilience programme
~ 4 ASOs found alternative income sources to mitigate the impact of international aid cuts on their budget
~ The internally displaced persons in Masisi (Democratic Republic of Congo) received some support but there is an unfinished work as there is a need to expand the reach to every displaced person.
The above-mentioned impact and realisations/outcomes on our mission in Africa are the few ones we wanted to share with you in this Year-in-review Impact Report.
As to the impact for the work in the UK, we can note from the surveys carried out on those who followed our programmes and projects to empower households making the CENFACS Community the following key performance indicators:
~ On average, most families found intergenerational financial planning helpful to them
~ One in three (1/3) households used restoration skills to handle crises
~ 1/2 households became climate-conscious in terms of investing
~ The majority of households had a positive view on climate-resilient asset building capacity
~ 50% of households were willing to update their financial plan
~ 50% of households reported positive satisfaction about the economic skills we shared with them.
The above-named beneficiary outcomes are the ones we got so far. We can hope that some of the impacts and outcomes from our work with households will appear in the New Year.
• • Financial Review
Concerning funding sources, our new strategy for alternative funding sources and diverse income streams has not yet started to yield its fruits we anticipated. In addition, individual donations did not materialise the way we thought as individual donors are still reluctant to donate until they see some clear progress in the economy. We are still expecting feedbacks from a number of grant applications we made; meaning that we could be granted funding in the New Year.
Regarding the expenditure side, it is worth mentioning that the 60 % of total expenses were directly spent on charitable activities, not on anything else. Our objective to ensure that CENFACS remains financially stable and able to weather economic shifts is still being pursued.
With respect to the cash funds account, our cash funds kept their ascending trends, as highlighted in our Annual Impact Review 2024/2025 (1). This ascendance has continued throughout 2025.
We are planning to improve our fundraising strategy and practice to overcome the above-mentioned challenges and build on success in the New Year.
• • 2025 Key Produce or Achievements
2025 as a dedicated year of restoration has been a notable year of poverty reduction produce or accomplishments. It will be remembered as the year of…
~ A new land restoration and drought programme that aims at those Africa-based Sister Organizations investing in lands and ecosystems back to a more natural state through projects of equitable and just restoration
~ Alternative developments with alternative funding sources and alternative economic models for both Africa-based Sister Organizations and low-income households
~ A new way of sharing information between CENFACS and its stakeholders via Metrics News from CENFACS Dashboard
~ Combined human-nature relief (between human/humanitarian needs and nature/species conservation) in the process of balancing human and nature relationships
~ Integrating AI tools into CENFACS programmes, projects and activities.
The above are just the few selected accomplishments or produce we wanted to share with our audiences and supporters in this year-in-review campaign. However, for those who would like to get more insights into them and other achievements of the year 2025, they can let us know.
• • Stories and Voices
We had a number of stories from those who followed our All in Development Story Telling Programme and Series. One of these stories comes from the Serial 2 of this programme. Serial 2 was about Stories of Restoration after Resetting a System and Stories of Ongoing Maintenance and Support after Changing a System.
The story is of ‘before and after’ restoration, of Restoration after resetting a system. It is a tale of actively planting trees to help nature to recover on its own, and of removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. It comes from one of our household members who planted trees in their garden. They shared their story on life-changing impact of ecological restoration after resetting the ecosystem where they live.
• • Looking Forward to 2026 (or Plan for the Year 2026)
In 2026, we shall undertake planning for projects relating to the following:
√ Combat against climate disinformation
√ Finance mobilisation roadmap
√ Reduction of long-term energy poverty
√ Voluntary energy transitions
√ Zero-waste skills development.
Besides that, we shall carry on with the financial empowerment programme of our service users and beneficiaries to reduce financial poverty and mitigate the lingering effects of previous and current crises with some of the initiatives (like Financial Monitoring and Controls in 2026).
We shall as well continue to develop household-focused and area-focused programmes to support poor and vulnerable households so that they can build their resources and assets to overcome intergenerational poverty.
We shall finally carry on to lighting a Blaze of Hope for every place and everyone who will need it in our identified area of operation.
• • 2025 Gratitude
To conclude this Year-in-review Impact Report, we want to express our ongoing appreciation for our contributors, facilitators, and supporters in tackling poverty with us, as we mentioned in last week’s message.
Reflecting on 2025, we are deeply thankful for their involvement. This year has been significant for us, thanks to those who motivated us to address local and African challenges during this tough period marked by persistent high living expenses. Their backing was crucial for us to navigate through this year.
We are grateful to them for paving the way for 2025 to emerge as another commendable year for reducing poverty and promoting sustainable growth, as well as for our joint achievements. Let’s strive to make the upcoming year even more beneficial for those who require assistance.
For more details or a complete overview of 2025 and to address any concerns related to this 2025 Year-in-Review Impact Report, please feel free to reach out to us.
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• Reference
(1) cenfacs.org.uk/2025/08/27/cenfacs-annual-impact-review-2024-2025/ (accessed in December 2025)
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• Help CENFACS Keep the Poverty Relief Work Going This Year
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We look forward to receiving your regular visits and continuing support until the end of 2025 and beyond.
With many thanks.
