I’m not a great fan of hearing statistics I must confess; however there are two that thrill me. Firstly last year 11.2 million shoeboxes were sent by donating countries to […]
HAITI EMERGENCY APPEAL “Food is scarce, clean water is scarce, but hope abounds. Roofs are gone, livestock are gone, but hope abounds. During my three days in Jeremie I have […]
This week we are launching Tearfund’s Big Bake – a powerful way of engaging with the issues around global poverty and to raise money that will be used to fund […]
“What goes into the box is FUN, what comes out is ETERNAL”. These are the words on the advertising posters for the Operation Christmas Child shoebox appeal this year. What […]
Imagine how it must feel to be one of the millions of children around the world to receive the gift of a shoebox. It will probably be the first, and […]
RESTORING LIVING HOPE When a natural disaster strikes it is not only the loss of life and property that are tragic but the loss of hope. As the weeks pass […]
Many of you said how interesting it was to hear from Mark, when he visited some weeks ago, just how many activities Samaritan’s Purse are involved in around the world […]
In December 2016, together with the Disasters Emergency Committee, we launched an emergency appeal for Yemen. Since then, supporters have helped us raise a staggering £1.5 million. The world’s largest […]
Forthcoming Election So, I make this the (counts on fingers) the third general election/referendum in just over two years. I know it’s tempting to roll your eyes and declare ‘not […]
It doesn’t seem possible that 5 months of 2017 have already gone – but the large plastic containers filled with all your lovely donations for the shoeboxes assure me this […]
