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Don’t forget the East Africa Famine

Richard — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:40:18 +0000

There have been so many major stories in the news this year. We have seen the uprisings in Libya and Egypt, the phone hacking scandals and the recent riots in many of our cities. However one story that has not had enough publicity in my opinion is the East Africa Famine. Hundreds of thousands of people are still desperate for food and facing unimaginable suffering yet I have not seen any news reports on the famine on the TV screens for a while now.

I expect that if we are being honest most of us feel hopelessly inadequate when we see these awful scenes on our TV screens. What can we do to help these poor people? I believe that there are two things we can do:

1. Pray – This is something we can all do. Sometimes it is difficult to even know how to pray in these situations. Paul encourages us to pray for our rulers and authorities and this is a good place to start. We need the people in authority not to stop supplies reaching the people in desperate need. Those responsible for distributing the food also need our prayers too. And obviously we should pray for those who are hungry, sick and desperate for food.

2, Give – The various agencies working inEast Africa need money to help them in their work in feeding the hungry. The British government has been generous in setting aside money for helping despite criticism from certain newspapers. We as individuals can also give too. If you are interested in helping then Christian Aid, Save the Children or the DEC would be grateful to receive your donation. And if you are a tax payer then don’t forget to gift aid your donation as that will increase it by over 20%. Even if you can only give a small amount then please give as every pound raised is vital. If everyone in the UK gave £1 then that would be an incredible donation of approximately sixty million pound which would make a substantial difference.

Drop Haiti’s Debt Petition

Richard — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:49:29 +0000

Christian Aid have launched an on-line petition to drop Haiti’s debt. Please sign this petition.

Join the call for the full cancellation of Haiti’s debt of $890m, and for all emergency and development funds to be given not loaned.

Haiti Earthquake – Save the Children Emergency Appeal

Richard — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:19:07 +0000

Save the Children have launched an emergency appeal for those effected by the Haiti earthquake.

If you wish to give visit Save the Children Emergency Appeal.

Your money can buy the following:

£20 - 3 tarpaulins to provide basic shelter to protect families
£40 - 24 buckets to help families carry clean water
£50 - 21 mosquito kits to protect children from malaria

Haiti Earthquake – Christian Aid Emergency Appeal

Richard — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:31:25 +0000

Christian Aid are organising an urgent emergency appeal to help those effected by the Haiti earthquake.

Please donate if you can by visiting the Haiti earthquake appeal page of their website.

Christian Aid faces tough financial decisions

Richard — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:51:02 +0000

Christian Aid have emailed me this morning to say that their income has been seriously affected by the recession and they do not have enough income to support all their planned projects for 2010. Therefore unless they receive additional funds by 19 February 2010 then they will have to make some tough decisions on who they will stop helping.

Most of us will never visit the places in which Christian Aid work. However we can assist them in their work with the world’s poor and those stuck in poverty by praying for them and also making a donation towards their work.

Christian Aid Email Urgent Appeal

Video message by Director of Christian Aid