Aids Education

Under Helen’s charity trusteeship The Mildmay set up a palliative care centre in Kampala which within 18 months had 12,000 patients, half of them children. This inspired Helen to found “Education Saves Lives”,  originally known as “Thare Machi Education”,  for people with HIV in Africa and Asia. It provides DVDs and on-line in the local community’s own language, teaching health, hygiene, agriculture, income generation, child care and birth control.

Social Entrepreneurs

Back home, Helen organised “The Great Banquet”.  33,000 people in London sat down together for a meal with others from all backgrounds. From this Helen as a charity trustee established Community Action Network (CAN), a charity  providing development, promotion and support for 700 social entrepreneurs and social enterprises in the United Kingdom.

Awards

Helen was awarded first the MBE then an OBE for her wide-ranging charity trusteeship in the UK and Africa. In 2018 the BBC included her in their “100 women” list of inspiring and influential women from around the world.