In 1996, she had nothing but a heart for people no one else saw.

Now 30 years later, children in Ghana have a home, an education, and a family because of it. This is that story.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

30

Years of Service
Founded in 1996

70%

Of Ghana's
Homeless
Are Under 20
Most are children.
Most have never been
inside a school.

30

Active
Programmes
Shelter. Outreach.
Education.
Skills Centre.

1k+

CHILDREN HELPED
UK & Ghana
One purpose.
Changing lives.

Extending God's light through practical compassion.

Feed

Providing nourishing meals to children and families in desperate need.

Clothe

Restoring dignity through the provision of clean, essential clothing.

Shelter

A safe, loving home for children living on the streets of Ghana.

Hope

Sharing the transformative message of the gospel through action.

"Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to yourhouse the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh?"

ISAIAH 58:7 (NKJV)

This ancient mandate remains the foundation of everything we do at The Light Outreach, guiding every meal served and every child welcomed home.

Three programmes. One purpose

Everything we do is built around one question: what does this child need to have a future?

Shekinah Home

A safe home, a loving family, and a future for children who had none of these things.

Street Outreach

We go to the places others don't. Finding the most vulnerable before it's too late.

Skills Centre

Skills are the longest-lasting gift we give. We make sure everyone in our Skills Centre gets one.

Ellen started this on a London street in 1996 and raising her family..

She was a nursery nurse, working in London, going to church, raising her family. Starting a charity had never crossed her mind. Then one night, during a period of fasting and prayer, God spoke to her to go and feed the homeless.

She went to her pastor. He told her to wait. But the calling came again, stronger this time, with what she describes as a burning heat in her belly. A church elder told her: ‘If it was for the church, God would have spoken to the pastor, not you. Go and do what God is telling you to do.’

She wasn’t a charity director. She wasn’t a social worker. She was just a woman who couldn’t walk past suffering and do nothing.