Fundraising for African Projects

Could anyone point in me in a starting direction!!?
I am doing some volunteer work for a Yorkshire based charity that is implementing a project in Ethiopia to look at tackling the problem of famine.
Can anyone recommend weblinks or books that I may find helpful? At present, the project has yet to be implemented, so we need small grants or legacies or other to get the project set up overseas. Then we can look at larger grants and funds.
We are also getting a website up and running to help with marketing.
Please correct me if I am wrong-I am an extreme novice at this!
I am doing searches on the internet but have yet to find much and I'll be taking a trp to the library to plough through the grant books there too. Any other pointers gratefully received!
Thanks