Help 4 Forgotten Allies

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Help 4 Forgotten Allies

Our work is focused on supporting widows and veterans from the Second World War who fought with the British, and on humanitarian work with increasing numbers of refugees and IDPs from the Karen, Chin and Karenni ethnic groups.

The numbers of remaining veterans and widows are dwindling rapidly, and so the Charity is in a process of transition, focussing increasingly on educational needs within these areas, seeing this as a lasting legacy and memorial to honour those who have served faithfully in years past.  This is an exciting area of development for us.

Covering Letter 2026

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We are h4fa

Help 4 Forgotten Allies

We commemorated VJ Day 80 years ago on 15th August 2026 by showing the Phoenix School film by Levison Wood and Alex Bescoby for H4FA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOxgjKxEtRk&t=298s

Please do follow the link to see how your donations are still helping the charity by watching the 2 very short films up on our You Tube channel.

Gratitude from the Grant Distributor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zLvIkspzt8

IDP Teacher Appreciation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBWf_W1j7HQ

Help for Forgotten Allies (H4FA), a charity formed to help Burmese veterans who served with Britain in WW2.  Sadly, there are only a few veterans left now in their late 90s and 100s.  However, they have asked us to help their descendants who, especially since 2021, have had to flee Myanmar from the military Junta and seek shelter in Mizoram in India and the Thai Burmese Border.

Phoenix School was recently established to educate the displaced children/students from the Chin community in western Myanmar.

Emmanuel School is a Christian primary school in Mae La refugee camp on the Thai Burma border. This has been established for several years and with the new war engulfing Myanmar is facing much increased pressure.

Karenni Bible College, jungle home for war orphans and Care Villa for disabled men wounded for protecting their homes and families, are also organisations that the charity supports.

There has been a total cessation of US Aid for vital refugee and health projects as well as a large cut back in UK support This has resulted in an acute lack of funding for essential food supplies, healthcare, and educational needs.

Myanmar/Burma has been riven by fighting against successive military regimes for over 70 years. The recent and especially ruthless military coup, against the very short-lived democracy, continues to be especially brutal with over 3 million Internally Displaced People [IDP] and hundreds of thousands of refugees .

Great Britain was responsible for the government of Burma for over 150 years until 1948. Whilst we in the UK are very aware of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East,  It is very sad and most regrettable, there is such a lack of knowledge and awareness of the dreadful position so many people of Burma/ Myanmar now find themselves.

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Our Work

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We would like to thank supporters all over the world, but especially in the UK, Belgium and Tokyo, who have made our work possible for more than 15 years now. As the charity has grown in recent years (thanks entirely to your selfless generosity) we have been able to reach further into Burma. This has, unfortunately, meant that we are now unable to continue to fund all administration costs from the trustee’s private funds. However, we still spend less than 3% of donations on administration, so almost all money donated still goes entirely to the projects you support.

Data Protection

H4FA is committed to protecting your privacy and will process your personal data in accordance with current Data Protection legislation (GDPR). We would like to keep in touch with you and supply information relating to our work, but you can change your communication preferences at any time by emailing administrator@h4fa.org.uk

A copy of our Data Protection Policy is available on request.

Safeguarding

H4FA is committed to promoting the care and protection of all vulnerable adults and children who are beneficiaries of the Charity. All staff, trustees and volunteers of the Charity who have front-line contact with such individuals are required to undergo relevant Safeguarding training and as appropriate relevant DBS checks.

A copy of our Safeguarding Policy is available on request.