How we work
Everything we do is in partnership with local churches and organisations, who share our vision. We build strong relationships with them and design and develop high impact projects together.
Our Partners
Our partners bring a wealth of experience, local knowledge and relationships to the table. We work with them through training, sharing expertise, grants, prayer, visits, resources and insights from other projects. We help them find ways to become sustainable and resilient so they are no longer dependent on outside help, giving dignity to all involved and setting an example to show that a hand up rather than a hand out of poverty can change things forever and help a community stand on its own two feet. It also means the projects are protected from changes in funding in the future.
With years of experience of working in a grassroots context, our application and monitoring and evaluation processes are transparent, straightforward and designed to guide and shape project development. Partners are required to have transparent bookkeeping systems in place prior to funding and once a partnership is established, regular reporting and site visits ensure that the money continues to be well used.
Training local pastors and community leaders is key to E3’s work. When we train one pastor, we train 50+ other people as the teaching flows out to congregations and communities.
Our Commitments
For E3, being small is a virtue, enabling us to connect with smaller churches and organisations right at the grassroots. We often develop lasting relationships with our partners, some of whom we have partnered with for well over a decade.
E3 works hard to minimise the running costs of the charity so more of our income can go to the work. Over the last 20 years, on average, 92.5% of expenditure was spent on our charitable activities on the ground in Southern Africa. We spent only 7.5% of our expenditure on running costs (marketing, fundraising, admin and governance costs). These functions are essential for the effective and sustainable operation of our charity.
We carefully monitor our budget and expenditure to ensure we are good stewards of the resources that have been entrusted to us. When you donate to a specific appeal or programme, every penny of your donation goes to that project.
E3 is unashamedly Christian and works with local churches and faith-based organisations, who serve people in need regardless of their religious beliefs. Their activities provide practical, emotional and spiritual support to those they serve.
We're committed to minimising the marketing and fundraising costs while ensuring effective communication with our donors and prayer supporters. That's why we opt for email and social media to share impact stories and engage with our community, rather than spending on fundraising mailings and advertising. Our approach is rooted in our faith and trust in God's provision. Our Communications and Fundraising Manager is part-time and our active trustees fundraise and build support as volunteers.
