Our May Charity – Christian Aid
Excerpted from SEEK:
Our charity this month is Christian Aid with a particular emphasis on Christian Aid Week from the 10th to the 16th of May. Christian Aid Week began in 1957 with a small act of generosity, raising £26,000 in its first year. That single week in May sparked a national movement that became central to Christian Aid’s mission. Decades later, the purpose of Christian Aid Week remains the same – to mobilise the Christian community to take action against poverty and injustice. This year marks the 69th Christian Aid Week – a rich legacy that has raised millions of pounds to support life-changing work in the world’s most vulnerable communities. This Christian Aid Week, your support could help mothers in Nairobi, Kenya, facing the devastating reality of urban poverty and the daily struggle to feed their children. By funding urban farming projects alongside specialist training from our partner Beacon of Hope, we can help parents fight food insecurity, grow fresh vegetables in small city spaces and earn an income to support their families.
To get to know some of those families personally, please find the stories of Fridah Moraa and Belinda Kasudi, urban farmers living in the sprawling informal settlement of Dagoretti in Nairobi, in this month’s edition of SEEK.
About Charity of the Month at St Mark’s
Charity of the Month was created as a way of coming together as a church community to raise money for good causes. The scheme provides ongoing support to certain organisations, and each year members of our congregation are also invited to suggest charities that they would like to promote.
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