We are a grassroots, non-profit, Spanish registered, non-governmental organisation (NGO) and we believe that the cure to poverty begins with serving in a manner that doesn´t create dependency, but empowers in a way that creates opportunities for people to be who they were created to be. We are an operational NGO, meaning we plan and carry out boots-on-the-ground projects to accomplish our objectives. This requires a great deal of careful planning, communication, and local involvement for each project. We carry out our mission through two key locations, Spain & Tanzania.
Collectively, We Are Making A Difference
Centre of Hope
We are currently completing the construction of the “Centre of Hope” in the town of Kasulu, Tanzania. During the summer 2018 mission, 94 “street children” were discovered to be living on the streets, some as young as 5yrs. The “Centre of Hope” are the steps being taken in collaboration with ANCO, that will provide food & shelter, whilst empowering, equipping and educating these children to give them an opportunity to become who they were created to be.
If you would like to give towards this project, please visit the “how to donate” page for various ways to can give.
How We Help
Meet one of the families that we are currently supporting in the town of Kasulu, Tanzania. When we first met this family, we were touched by the motivation that the three blind children had to help contribute towards to the family household. After an afternoon of singing, talking and getting to know each other, we discovered that the children had a few great ideas on how they could help generate money for the family. Watch the following video to see how we initially empowered this family.
Lent Appeal
This year Bishop John chose Collective Calling as the overseas recipient. (See The European Anglican Summer 2016 and Spring 2017). Founded by Paul and Gemma Carr from the Costa del Sol West Anglican Church and sponsored in Scotland by Fr William Mounsey, a priest of the Diocese of Edinburgh and regular locum in the Diocese in Europe, Collective Calling’s work among refugees and migrants was supported by over sixty congregations in Edinburgh, Lothian and the Scottish Borders. (See page 4 on “read more”)
Collective Calling were invited to attend this years Diocese of Europe Synod, Spain. We had the opportunity to speak about the lives and experiences of refugees as we have seen it through our time working in refugee crisis. Since then we are honored to have been chosen by St Vincent’s Anglican Church, Portugal for this years Lent appeal.
St Vincent´s Church is part of the Diocese in Europe (a diocese of the Church of England) and a member of the Anglican Communion. The Chaplaincy has been serving the Algarve since 1963: you can read about their history on the About of their the Chaplaincy page. They are a diverse group of people united in seeking to follow Christ.
You can visit their site here: http://www.stvincentsalgarve.org
Diocese in Europe
Last Summer, The European Anglican featured the story of Paul Carr who, supported by a group of churches on Spain’s Costa del Sol, embarked on a project to work with refugees and migrants in Greece. Here is his latest news. (Pg 7 on “read more”)
Recent Activities
We are so proud of our team who dedicate their time to serve underprivileged children here in Marbella. You are all...
Posted by Collective Calling on Saturday, March 9, 2019
CC HOME PROJECTS - Meet Lauren, our wonderful new volunteer from Scotland. Lauren is covering Monday mornings'...
Posted by Collective Calling on Monday, March 4, 2019
CC HOME PROJECTS - ❤ Locally, in Andalusia, Collective Calling runs Homeless Support & Art Therapy from the CCBase....
Posted by Collective Calling on Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Just recently, Paul Carr the Co-founder of Collective Calling reported back on a testimony of a family that we were...
Posted by Collective Calling on Sunday, February 24, 2019
It was great having @mr_maph from @marbellawithlove join us on our latest mission to Tanzania 💕 "It was a life changing...
Posted by Collective Calling on Thursday, February 21, 2019
FUNDRAISING - Collective Calling Co-founder Gemma Carr & La Sala Owner Ian Radford are pictured here at the latest...
Posted by Collective Calling on Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Persons with Disabilities
It was great meeting the full team of our partnered local NGO, DRST – disability Relief Services Tanzania today in Nyarugusu refugee camp.
Hospital visit
We were led to visit the local hospital in Kasulu today. The conditions are of a standard that is unimaginable to us in Europe.
Children with disabilities census
Thank you all for your prayers, they make a tremendous impact to us and more importantly the people here.
CC Base Homeless Support
The CC Base offer various services to our homeless friends here in Spain. Thank you to everyone that has support our efforts with donations of clothing, time and food, we couldn´t do it without you.
We Were Created to Serve
Our team have had a great few days entertaining vulnerable children here in Fes. It really is a privilege and an honor to serve these precious children.
Dignity & Empowerment
During our talks with groups that have been formed of persons with disabilities by DRS-Tanzania, we identified many areas that required support and we made a decision to work towards empowering livelihoods initially.
Marbella with Love
We are grateful for “Marbella with Love” choosing Collective Calling as their benefiting charity for this exciting new initiative.
Identification Process
Part of our program in Nyarugusu camp in collaboration with DRS-Tanzania, requires the identification of persons with disabilities and then forming those persons into groups.
Morocco Mission Experience
Our team have successfully dropped off the following donated items from Spain, which are destined for sub Saharan refugees in Casablanca.
Art Therapy
Art therapy classes at the CC Base have commenced and the first 3 persons to benefit from this project enjoyed their day at the CC Base.
Being His light and Love
Our second delivery of aid, which is destined for Sub-Saharan refugees residing in Morocco, Casablanca, has successfully been received in Tangier.
