It began five years ago after, Elvida Hildyard (chairperson and founder), visited the Ugweno valley nestled in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. This valley can be seen from her home village where she was born and grew up. The region looked so beautiful from the higher land that she wanted to take a trip there. What she found in the valley was distressing and did not reflect the beauty of the scenery from higher ground. The people were poor and desolate; many children were orphaned and not receiving even a basic education; worse still, there was a great spiritual decline.

This really touched her heart, so much so that months later, back in the United Kingdom, she couldn't forget those people and what she had seen.

This provoked her to contact a friend and church pastor in Arusha Tanzania, who readily travelled to assess the problems and needs of that community. This resulted in a evangelical mission, where many people accepted the message of Jesus Christ. Subsequently 11 acres of land were acquired and a church was planted. Preliminary support was setup for 46 orphans who currently live at home with their poor, mainly old, relatives. A Saturday morning club for the children was established and school uniforms were bought for poor children; a necessity so that they could attend state school. Concrete underground water tanks have been constructed facilitating water harvesting and much more. Most of the funding so far has been met by Elvida sending her wages and working past her retirement age as a nurse. Converted to Tanzanian shillings, the british pound goes a long way. The priority at present is the provision of safe drinking water and applications have been made to the appropriate agencies.