# Action for Ingwavuma

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1164898 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1164898)
- Website: https://www.actionforingwavuma.co.uk
- Latest income: £25k; spending £20.1k
- What it funds: Health / saving of lives, Prevention or relief of poverty, Overseas aid / famine relief
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Older people, Other charities or voluntary bodies
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Last verified: 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/action-for-ingwavuma

AFI supports an impoverished community in South Africa where 40% of the people are HIV positive. We fund community gardens, water tanks, boreholes, food supplements, new vehicles, orphans, key workers, a women's self-help group etc. AFI workers in the UK are volunteers, all money raised goes directly to Ingwavuma. Trustees regularly visit Ingwavuma to ensure the money is correctly spent.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## What it funds

Action for Ingwavuma is registered under the Charity Commission purposes health / saving of lives, prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid / famine relief for children / young people, older people and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations. In its latest reported year Action for Ingwavuma reported income of £25k and spending of £20.1k.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Action for Ingwavuma in its sources (last checked 16 Oct 2026). Its website (actionforingwavuma.co.uk) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

## Questions

### Is Action for Ingwavuma open for applications now?

Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 16 Oct 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from Action for Ingwavuma is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise.

### Does Action for Ingwavuma give grants to individuals?

The Charity Commission register records that Action for Ingwavuma makes grants to organisations, not that it makes grants to individuals.

### How large is Action for Ingwavuma?

In its latest reported year Action for Ingwavuma reported income of £25k and spending of £20.1k.


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