Christian Aid Week
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
12th-18th May, 2024
Pushing Back Against Poverty
This year we heard about Aline from Berundi. Aline told her story of becoming homeless and losing the care of her children through no fault of her own. Following a course funded by Christian Aid she gained confidence and the knowledge and skills to slowly build up a wholesale food business and gradually increasing her income. She has now built her own home, has had her children returned to her, started a saving scheme with others, and has shared the knowledge and skills she has learnt with others in her village.
Aline’s example gave us the impetus for this year’s campaign, and as a result we are really pleased with the total for the week of £3,118.12. This includes a collection from St John’s Church in Sully, and gift aid on some of the donations. We had a very enthusiastic group of volunteers and I would like to thank all who counted envelopes, made and stuck up posters, hung bunting and flags, delivered envelopes throughout the village, decorated the church hall, made cakes, ate cakes, served coffee and tea and sold cakes, kept quiet for a day’s sponsored silence, took part in a non-uniform day at Gwenfo school, emptied the post boxes for donations, took part in the counting team emptying all the envelopes and counting each donation, to those who banked the donations, and those who validated the work of the counting team.
We are very grateful to all of you who donated throughout the week. We couldn’t have reached our grand total without you.