Save A Million Lives

Charity 1115828

www.saveamillionlives.org

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Save A Million Lives appears to combine direct welfare ambitions in Ghana with HIV/AIDS education and longer-term infrastructure development. Its stated role is broader than supporting an orphanage: it links care for children and families affected by HIV/AIDS with education, renewable-energy-enabled IT facilities, and public awareness. The available evidence suggests an organisation seeking to address immediate hardship while also building local capability, although it does not yet show how these strands are delivered, connected, or experienced by beneficiaries.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: International

Operational areas:

    Evidence and reasoning
    Supporting evidence
    Remaining uncertainties
    • Direct evidence: the Charity Commission register lists Birmingham City among the places where the charity operates. However, it gives no Birmingham service address, venue, project name, ward, recognised place, delivery model or partner through which activity can be located.
    • Reasonable interpretation: Birmingham may be a base for fundraising, public HIV/AIDS education or organisational activity rather than a place of identifiable frontline service delivery; the available evidence does not distinguish these possibilities.
    • The registered contact address is in Oldbury, outside Birmingham, and should not be treated as a Birmingham operational site. The Charity Commission record also states that the charity does not own or lease land or property, although this does not exclude use of third-party venues.
    • No current evidence identifies material partnerships that extend the charity's operational reach within Birmingham.
    • The Charity Commission record reports operations in Birmingham City, Sandwell, Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Ghana, Jamaica and Namibia. This supports an international overall footprint, but does not establish the scale, continuity or current intensity of activity in Birmingham.
    Additional evidence needed
    • A current annual return narrative, impact report or official project update identifying what the charity currently delivers in Birmingham and whether this is direct service delivery, public education, fundraising or administration.
    • Official confirmation of any Birmingham delivery venues, including publicly advertised venues where disclosure is appropriate.
    • Current partner organisation evidence showing any Birmingham-based referral, delivery or venue arrangements.
    • A functioning official website or current official social-media/project communications that identify active Birmingham activities.

    Areas of work

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Economic/community Development/employment
    • Education/training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

    Who they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Children/young People
    • Elderly/old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • The General Public/mankind

    How they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
    • Provides Human Resources
    • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

    Discoveries involving this organisation

    The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

    Observations

    Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

    • A blended relief-and-capability model

      The organisation appears to pair immediate support for children and families affected by HIV/AIDS with investments intended to create longer-term educational and technical opportunity.

      Why it matters

      This suggests its role may extend beyond charitable relief into building conditions that could reduce vulnerability over time. It may be a potential bridge between health-focused support, child welfare and skills development.

      Show evidence

      • “The charity relieves suffering among children and their families and dependants living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “It raises funds for an orphanage, a school IT training suite and renewable energy sources to power the suite in Ghana.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • Infrastructure is central, not incidental

      The organisation appears to use physical facilities as a principal route to impact, rather than relying solely on grants, awareness activity or individual sponsorship.

      Why it matters

      This changes how the organisation should be understood: its effectiveness may depend on construction, maintenance, local management and the sustained use of shared facilities. It may therefore need relationships with education, energy and community-development actors.

      Show evidence

      • “The charity assists in the establishment, equipment and upkeep of an orphanage.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “It provides buildings, facilities and open space.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • A potentially broad but unclarified beneficiary boundary

      The organisation’s formal remit appears wider than its core Ghana-focused child-welfare work, spanning young people, older people, ethnic or racial groups, other charities and the general public.

      Why it matters

      This may indicate a networked or public-education role alongside direct support. Equally, the breadth may obscure who receives priority, making it difficult to assess whether resources are concentrated where need is greatest.

      Show evidence

      • “The charity helps children and young people, elderly and old people, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other charities or voluntary bodies, and the general public.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “It advances public education into the causes, treatment, research, coping with and prevention of HIV/AIDS.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      Remaining uncertainties

    • Whether the orphanage, school and renewable-energy IT suite are operational, planned or fundraising priorities.
    • How direct support, sponsorship, public education and research are delivered in practice.
    • Whether the charity works through Ghanaian partners, and how local communities participate in decision-making.

      Additional evidence needed

    • Recent annual reports or project updates showing expenditure, project status, beneficiary numbers and outcomes.
    • Information on delivery partners, governance arrangements in Ghana and beneficiary feedback.
    Charity Commission profile
    Source:Charity Commission

    Activities

    We assist in the relief of suffering children & their families who are living with or are affected by HIV/AIDS. Support initiatives designed to educate the public into causes treatment research & ways of coping and the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Raising funds for the construction development of an orphanage & a school 's IT training suite utilising renewable energy sources to power the suite in Ghana

    Charity objects

    1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN GHANA, BY THE ASSISTING IN THE ESTABLISHMENT, EQUIPMENT AND UPKEEP OF AN ORPHANAGE AND THE PROVISION OF SPONSORSHIP FOR ITS INHABITANTS. 2)TO RELIEVE SUFFERING OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS WHO ARE LIVING WITH OR AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS. 3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INTO THE CAUSES, TREATMENT, RESEARCH AND WAY OF COPING WITH AND PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS.