Comrades Of Children Overseas

Country

Scotland

Charity number

SC030428

Status

Active

Registered

Aug. 9, 2000

Legal form

Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Contact

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the advancement of health','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

We provide sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalized communities. Key to our to our business model is COCO mission as a children’s charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities in East Africa, informed by the belief that education provides children with the best possible chance of breaking the cycle of poverty. COCO focus on vulnerable groups including women, girls and orphans, in hard-to-reach areas, often in extremely rural locations. COCO envisions a world where every child everywhere has access to quality education, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or economic circumstance. This vision is at the core of COCO’s current work in Kenya and Tanzania. Through their Schools for Life, sustainable agriculture training and small loans programmes, COCO works with the whole community to systematically remove the barriers to education so that no child is left behind.

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people'

Objectives: The Charity's objects ('Objects') are wholly charitable (the word charitable having the meaning ascribed to it for the purposes of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 505 of the income and corporation Taxes Act 1988 or any statutory amendment or re-enactment thereof) and are:- a) The relief of suffering and distress of children throughout the world in areas stricken by poverty, natural disaster or war by providing support, facilities, equipment, supplies or funds. and b) The advancement of education by providing educational facilities or equipment, funds or supplies for the benefit of children in such areas.

Geography

Main operating location

Outwith Scotland

Geographical spread

UK and overseas

Finances

Nearby

• English Welsh and Scottish Railway Educational Trust Fund 0.1 mi
• Talkin Educational Charity 0.1 mi
• The People's Kitchen Limited 0.1 mi
• The Scrope Charitable Trust 0.1 mi
• The Jgw Patterson Foundation 0.1 mi

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