Meetings Industry Meeting Needs

Meeting Needs provides sustainable power for Zambian schoolchildren

Events industry charity Meetings Industry Meeting Needs (MIMN) has donated £6,000 to provide solar panels for Twapia Secondary School in Ndola, Zambia. This is to install solar panels to provide sustainable lighting and power for classroom computers in this new school being constructed by Build It, a charity that specialises in construction projects and has completed 14 projects in the last four years. The school will provide secondary education for 1,000 students. There are five projects under construction currently in Zambia, one of the poorest countries in the world, and MIMN has worked with Build It on other projects in the region. ...more

Sheltered learning for 300 children funded by Meeting Needs grant

Meeting Needs has funded the cost of building a classroom and library for children in two villages in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Working through the Sri Aurobindo Society, the building will provide a sheltered learning environment for around 300 children at a cost of just £5000. Sri Aurobindo Society’s SARVAM project is working in Poothurai and Perambai with nearly 7000 people from the most backward castes and economically disadvantaged communities. The work is coordinated through 15 coordinators from the village itself. ...more

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testimonials...

“Thank you for your very kind and generous donation of £6,000 for the dormitory at Twapia school."

Richard Drinkwater

Build IT International

"Thank you so much for your grant of £4,000 towards our Building Forest Enterprise Project in Mali"

Kay Dowling

Tree Aid

“Thank you once again to all the MIMN Committee for your terrific support”

Tess Hibbert

Hope and Homes for Children

who are we?

Meetings Industry Meeting Needs (MIMN) is a registered charity founded by leading figures in the UK conference and events Industry. The objective of MIMN is to raise funds for worthy causes relevant to the events industry which may not have the resources to raise sufficient funds with additional contributions. Many needy causes do not have access to public funding and MIMN can provide financial support to these types of organisations through various fund-raising initiatives and activities.

Pictured left to right are MIMN Treasurer Charles Blowfield with Jane Baker and Sarah Mayne of Village Africa.

Adonai UK
A donation of £3100 to purchase four acres of land in Uganda to provide an AIDS orphanage with sustainable crop and livestock

HELPING
Help for Education and Local Projects in The Gambia) - providing a generator to power 10 computers at the Fass Basic Cycle School in The Gambia

Konnect9 Worldwide
Shipping a container of UK surplus medical aid, computers, reading and writing material for distribution among orphanages, clinics and schools.