The Vicar Writes

This Harvest let us reach out to the Orphans of Africa.

Sadly there are currently nearly 1.5 million HIV/AIDs orphans in Uganda. The poverty, emotional devastation and other hardships brought about by losing one's parents means that the care and protection of orphans in Uganda, as elsewhere, in Africa is of paramount importance.

Build Africa is working with these orphans and the families that care for them by supporting farming/feeding programmes for those families and schools that care for orphans.

Understanding the specific needs of orphans and vulnerable children is essential to ensuring their well being. Build Africa provides training for the families and teachers that have these children in their care.

What can we do to help? We can Raise Funds!

For as little as £5 Build Africa can provide a family with seeds to grow food to sell and eat. £20 can provide a goat which provides milk for young children needing nutrition and £500 will pay for 60 care givers to be trained to care for the orphans.

Alice Kwekumya, grandmother and guardian of two daughters and six grandchildren says:

"I am very grateful for money which has enabled me to pay school costs for the children and for the seedlings. In Buliisa beans are considered to be food for the rich, so it is a real pleasure to be able to grow them for my family."

Attached to the church magazine and available in church you will find an envelope for your donation which you will need to bring to our Harvest Festival on the 26th September. If you are a tax payer and would like Build Africa to claim back the tax on your donation, please sign the Gift Aid section on the back of the envelope.

Harvest Festival

Sunday 26th September

10.45 a.m.

I know that many of you will be supporting 'Build Africa' However, Wellspring continues to be in great need of coffee, tea and tinned meat. It would be wonderful if every one of us could bring just one of these items as well as our 'Build Africa' envelope. I do hope so!