World Need Sunday 2008 - what happened afterwards?
Campaigning:
Over 750 campaign cards were signed in All Souls, urging Prime Minister Gordon Brown to prioritise water and sanitation at the 2009 G8 Conference. These were part of an 80,000-strong petition delivered 10 Downing Street by the End Water Poverty coalition. Lindiwe Maseko represented All Souls in that delegation. Watch her on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrtyC66UmiQ
Giving:
After World Need Gift Sunday we were able to allocate £125,000. These are some examples of projects we helped with those gifts:
- A water pump for rural farmers in Middle East
- Emergency seed for 700 farmers in N Kenya
- Completion of a well for street boys centre in Sudan
- Provision of safe water and sanitation in SW Uganda
- Life skills training for street girls in Bolivia
- Practical support for needy families in N Ireland
- Help for children in Sri Lanka traumatised by sexual abuse
- HIV/AIDS testing & counselling in Ukrain
- Simple water filters & sanitation education in C Asia
- Four new homes in for needy families in Egypt
- Vocational training for gypsy young people in Bulgaria
World Need Sunday 2009
This year we will also have opportunity to give financially to support similar projects, including some with an environmental aspect.
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