The news
We are delighted to announce the publication of our COSARAF Annual Report for 2024–25, a powerful reflection of a year defined by growth, impact, and deepening community partnership.
📘 Read the full report here.
This year’s report showcases the maturity of our grant-giving model and the ripple effect of strategic, values-led philanthropy. Our funding has continued to move beyond one-off support, creating sustained change across communities, organisations, and families.
From emergency hardship relief to long-term capacity building, our work in 2024–25 demonstrates how targeted, trust-based funding can strengthen systems, empower organisations, and transform lives.
Some key achievements from this year include:
- Hundreds of individuals and families supported through hardship and crisis grants
- Expanded investment in education, livelihoods, and community resilience
- Strengthened partnerships with frontline organisations delivering high-impact local solutions
- Continued growth in strategic grant-making, moving from reactive funding to long-term transformation
These outcomes reflect not just numbers, but real stories of dignity restored, opportunity created, and hope renewed.
This year saw continued success and growth of the Sheikh Family Scholarships Programme, which is transforming access to education for young people facing systemic barriers. The programme is not only supporting academic achievement, but building confidence, leadership, and long-term opportunity, creating generational impact that extends far beyond individual recipients.
Our partnership with The King’s Trust continues to empower young entrepreneurs and individuals furthest from opportunity, helping them build sustainable livelihoods, confidence, and independence. Together, we are supporting pathways out of poverty through enterprise, skills development, and mentorship.
Through our work with Advantage Africa, we’re supporting grassroots organisations across Africa, strengthening local leadership and community-led development. This partnership reflects our commitment to funding models that are locally rooted, culturally informed, and structurally transformative.
What makes this year especially powerful is the ripple effect of our impact:
- Individuals supported go on to support others
- Organisations strengthened become community anchors
- Young people empowered become future leaders
- Families stabilised create safer futures for children
This is the compounding power of intentional philanthropy, where each grant creates waves of positive change that extend far beyond the original investment.
We are deeply grateful to our trustees, partners, advisors, and frontline organisations who make this work possible. Your trust and collaboration continue to shape COSARAF into a foundation that delivers not only support, but transformation.
We invite you to explore the full report and celebrate the impact we have created together:
📘 Read the Annual Report & Impact Report 2024–25
Together, we are building stronger communities, fairer opportunities and lasting change.
