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Vine Trust

The Vine Trust

United Kingdom

International developmentHealthCommunity developmentHousing & Homelessness
CharityFounded 1985International reach
Profile last updated: July 10, 2026

About

Founded in 1985, Vine Trust is a charity based in United Kingdom working on international development, health, community development +2 more.

Vine Trust is an international interdenominational charity, registered in Scotland as a company limited by guarantee. It was established in 1985 in response to the famine in Ethiopia and works with long-term partners in Peru and Tanzania to strengthen health systems and deliver construction projects in isolated and vulnerable communities. Its core activities are medical ship-based health care on the Peruvian Amazon and Lake Victoria, home-building for vulnerable families in the Kilimanjaro Region, and community empowerment projects. It also runs volunteer medical, building and school expeditions that give participants a grounded understanding of global citizenship. The charity is guided by Christian values, and its partnership principles emphasise respect, transparency and local leadership.

Location

United Kingdom

Founded

1985

Organisation type

Charity

Legal form

Company limited by guarantee

Legal name

The Vine Trust

Charity number

SC017386

Registration

SC268073

Focus areas

international developmentmedical shipshome buildingcommunity empowermentvolunteer expeditionsPeruTanzania

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

International developmentHealthCommunity developmentHousing & HomelessnessEducation

Works for

CommunitiesPeople in povertyChildrenFamilies

How they work

Direct servicesVolunteer programmesAwareness & educationCapacity buildingCommunity programmes

Programmes

Jubilee Hope Medical Programme

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Health · Tanzania

Medical ship-based primary health care for island and lakeside communities on Lake Victoria, run with Africa Inland Church Tanzania in the Muleba District, Kagera region, since 2015.

Amazon Hope Medical Programme

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Health · Peru

Itinerant medical ship-based health care and health education for isolated communities along the Peruvian Amazon, operating since 2001 and departing from Iquitos.

Kazunzu Village of Hope

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Community development · Tanzania

Community development project on a cape about 20 km west of Mwanza, implemented with partner AICT, focusing on agriculture, nutrition and life skills for families.

Countries of operation

PeruTanzania

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donationsCorporate partnerships

Ways to support

DonateVolunteerCorporate partnershipFundraise

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Africa Inland Church Tanzania, Tanzania Women's Research Foundation, Babcock International, Regional Government of Loreto, Victoria Quay, UK Docks, SES, International Paints, Caterform, SWJ Maintenance, Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust, Sevenstar Yacht Transport, Transeast Group

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