CHRISTIAN AID WEEK - 12th to 18th May
Christian Aid Week was first held in 1957, and is Britain and Ireland’s
longest-running fundraising week. It is famous for its distinctive red
envelope that drops through the letterboxes of millions of homes every
May, and for the thousands of volunteers who dedicate their time to
raising vital funds to help poor communities around the world build a
better future for themselves.
This year, Christian Aid Week is highlighting the fact that tonight, one in
eight people will go to bed hungry, but there is enough food for all to eat
and have their fill if certain changes are made.
Christian Aid works in partnership with communities and organisations in
48 countries, supporting innovative projects to help people transform
their own lives from barely surviving to truly thriving.
In drought-prone southern Zimbabwe, Christian Aid partner Dabane Trust
worked with local communities to access the clean, naturally filtered
water that is stored, hidden, beneath sand-bed rivers, ensuring people
have a supply of clean water. Now they can water their gardens all year
round, meaning they can grow a variety of vegetables to eat and to sell.
Husband and wife Jabulisa Ndlovu and Zuzeni Nyathi used to struggle to
find enough for their children to eat, but Zuzeni says: ‘We [can] now eat
every day at any time – we are always full.’
This Christian Aid Week, bite back at hunger and give a gift that will help
people living in poverty out of poverty.
Please support the local Coffee Morning on 18th May or use one of the
special red envelopes!