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Emergency kit
In times of emergency, people often turn to the church first for practical support. Your gift could help provide food, blankets and cooking utensils for a family coping with the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster.
English classes
While equal opportunities for education exist in Sri Lanka, women living in poverty are placed at a disadvantage. Many are now becoming the main breadwinners in their families, having lost their husbands to civil war. Your gift could help send one woman on a three-month English Language course, so that she can improve her chances of employment.
Eye treatment for the elderly
Among the elderly of Bangladesh, cataracts often go untreated because healthcare is not easily affordable or accessible. Your gift could help ensure that two older people receive the treatment they need to restore their sight.
IT lessons
Young people need to be computer literate if they are to succeed in their working life. Your gift could help provide an unemployed young person in Egypt with 36 hours of IT classes to enable them take the first step out of the cycle of poverty.
Lay leader training
Swaziland faces many hardships, including frequent droughts and one of the world’s highest HIV infection rates. The work of the church in response to this crisis has been severely hampered by a shortage of leaders. Your gift could help mobilise the church by funding a lay leader’s placement on a two-year foundation training course.
Water, gas and electricity
San Esteban Hostel, in Uruguay, provides accommodation, counselling and fellowship for people who are HIV-positive and homeless or living in poverty. As residents make that important first step of re-integrating into society, your gift could help the hostel pay its utility bills for one week.
LGG0811 £26.50/€33.60
Youth exchange placement
For more than two decades, Sri Lanka has been scarred by a bitter civil war arising out of ethnic tensions. Your gift could help send one young person on a ten-day exchange programme, giving them the opportunity to share their life experiences and build bridges of understanding.