Caawiye Relief
Charity 1149255
Overview
Summary
Caawiye Relief appears to be a broadly framed relief charity with a potential bridging role between international humanitarian assistance and support for people seeking asylum or holding refugee status in England and Wales. Its stated remit spans immediate relief, longer-term inclusion and a wide range of community activities. This breadth may reflect an aspiration to respond flexibly to interconnected needs, but the available evidence does not yet show which activities are active, where resources are concentrated, or how beneficiaries are reached.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission register declares that Caawiye Relief operates in Birmingham City as well as Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, but it does not identify any Birmingham ward, recognised place, delivery venue, programme location or local partner.
- The registered address is a contact address and is not sufficient evidence of a service-delivery site. The Charity Commission also records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- The charity reported £0 income and £0 expenditure for each of the five financial years ending from 18 February 2021 to 18 February 2025. This creates substantial uncertainty about whether the stated Birmingham and international activities represent current delivery rather than retained descriptions of planned or historic activity.
- No official website was available in the supplied record, and no current project, venue, subsidiary or partner evidence was identified that could establish operational reach within a named Birmingham ward.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, activity update or trustee statement identifying services delivered in Birmingham and the locations or catchments served.
- Official evidence of any current Birmingham delivery venue, outreach location, referral arrangement or material delivery partner.
- Confirmation of whether the registered address is solely correspondence or is used for meetings, administration, storage or direct service delivery.
- Updated financial and operational information demonstrating whether the organisation is currently active.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- General Charitable Purposes
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Recreation
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A bridge between crisis relief and settlement support
The charity appears positioned to link emergency assistance overseas with education and financial-hardship support for asylum seekers and refugees. This may indicate an understanding of displacement as extending beyond an immediate crisis into longer-term settlement and participation.
Why it matters
This is more distinctive than a solely overseas-aid or local-support role: the organisation could potentially connect experiences, needs and support networks across migration journeys.
Show evidence
“The objects include relief for victims of war, natural disaster, trouble or catastrophe through temporary accommodation, food, medical aid and education.”
Source:Charity Commission“The objects include advancing education and relieving financial hardship among people seeking asylum and those granted refugee status.”
Source:Charity Commission
An unusually broad charitable perimeter
Caawiye Relief appears to retain a very wide operating remit, covering relief, health, disability, housing, culture, environment, employment and recreation. This may indicate flexibility to respond to varied community needs, rather than a tightly specialised service model.
Why it matters
The breadth could make the organisation a useful convenor or referral partner, but it also leaves its practical focus unclear. Understanding its actual priorities is important before assuming capability in any one area.
Show evidence
“Planned activities include helping people in the UK and Africa through education, health, disability, poverty relief, overseas aid, accommodation, arts and environment-related purposes.”
Source:Organisation“The charity reports activities including economic and community development, employment and recreation alongside relief and support services.”
Source:Charity Commission
Potentially a practical as well as advisory organisation
The stated methods suggest the charity may combine direct support with advice and advocacy, using finance, facilities and services rather than relying on a single intervention type.
Why it matters
If active, this mixed model could allow the organisation to address both immediate material needs and barriers to accessing wider support. It may therefore have complementary value alongside specialist advice agencies or emergency-relief providers.
Show evidence
“The charity reports providing other finance, buildings, facilities or open space, services, and advocacy, advice or information.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps elderly people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which stated activities are currently delivered, and in which UK or African locations.
- Whether asylum and refugee support is a central programme or one part of a wider remit.
- Who the organisation collaborates with and how beneficiaries access support.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts or activity updates showing services, locations, spending and beneficiary numbers.
- Evidence of current projects, referral routes, partnerships and outcomes for people seeking asylum, refugees and overseas communities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Our planned activities is to help those who less fortune and need help here in UK and Africa, general Charitable Purposes : Education / training,The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty , Overseas Aid / famine Relief, Accommodation, housing, Arts, culture, heritage, science, Environment , conservation, heritage.
Charity objects
1. THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN PARTICULAR BY THE SUPPLY OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, FOOD, MEDICAL AID AND EDUCATION. 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS. 3. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.