A single mum who dreams of playing a pivotal role in ending poverty all over the world is now one step closer to opening her own charity.

Leyton woman Sacha Farley, 25, is looking for help from the community to boost her chances of winning a world-wide competition which will help her break into the charity sector.

Miss Farley, originally from Liverpool, moved to London to attend university before having her son, two-year-old Amias.

As a young, single mother Miss Farley of Drapers Road has found it difficult to follow her dream of breaking into the charity sector.

But, in January she entered the 'This is Your Life Change' competition in the national Guardian to win a year of mentoring to help her get her business off the ground.

Miss Farley wants to open up a volunteering charity to help end poverty all over the world.

“I did a volunteering trip to Kenya in 2009,” she said.

“I went for a month and while I was over there I was in an orphanage in a school and helped a host family try and start a new orphanage.

“It really changed my perspective. I found it hard to come home and plod along knowing about the poverty people are facing.

“It hurts my heart when I see homeless people being ignored, I just feel like there is more we can do.”

Over three thousand applicants were narrowed down to just 50, and Sacha is one of them.

“I had to tell them about my dream and show how hard I have tried to get myself known,” she said.

 

 

Miss Farley dreams of opening a gap year organisation in under-developed countries, set up as a social enterprise, which focuses on ending poverty and puts money back into an area’s economy.

She wants to build healthcare facilities and help communities to become educated and self-sufficient.

The winner will get a two week break to a Fijian Island where they will meet with a business coach and a personal trainer.

Then, support will continue in the UK for 12 months.

Miss Farley said: “As a young mother you kind of lose yourself and being able to get that extra support to get it off the ground would mean the world to me.

“I don’t feel like anybody has been on my side, I have been fighting on my own.

“As a mum on your own it is hard to get the time to work on your ideas. I want to be able to show my son that I can make the world a better place.”

Vote for Sacha here.