15-21 May 2022: Christian Aid Week: Marple, Marple Bridge, Mellor, Compstall and StrinesChristian Aid together with many other agencies are actively working to support Ukrainian refugees. However as well as this important work, they are continuing to support those many other people across the world who go hungry daily.For the first time in a generation, global hunger and poverty are rising.Covid-19, conflict, and the climate crisis are pushing vulnerable communities like
Jessica's into a struggle for survival.
Jessica Mwedzi lives in Zimbabwe and smiles with love for her three children as she stirs a single bowl of porridge for them, for Jessica, drought means every day is a struggle for survival.
Like many women in rural Zimbabwe - 7 out of 10 rely on farming for income and food - she toils on her farm, but nothing can grow on her ashen, dry land. Drought starves, and intensified by the climate crisis, drives families into hunger. Jessica recalls that
‘One year, we had no rain. The scorching sun burnt my crops just as they were about to bloom. It was so painful and disheartening.’This one bowl of porridge is all she and her family can eat today:
‘My children crave a decent meal, but I can’t provide. We often go to bed on an empty stomach. It pains me to send them to bed hungry’.Can you imagine how it feels for her to know her children are hungry, but have nothing left to give?
It’s unjust that drought robs Jessica of the power to provide for her family. Her children look up to her, but she has nothing left to give.
But Jessica is anything but helpless. In the face of drought, her love for her family gives her courage to stand strong - and we,
Christian Aid, stand with Jessica.
Could you give and help this loving mum and others like her to provide food and hope?Your gift could help Jessica to grow drought-resistant crops, set up water taps on her farm, learn how to grow food in the harsh climate. Her dry, dusty land could transform into a garden of hope, abundant with fresh food like tomatoes, beans and cucumbers.
Christian Aid week takes place in May each year to raise money to help create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty.
Churches Together in the Marple area have set up a number of ways you can donate:- Support the PLANT SALE on Saturday May 21st 10 – 12 in the garden of Jubilee Methodist Church Cote Green Lane, Marple Bridge SK6 5EB
- The familiar red envelopes will be delivered to some houses with details of donation collection points in your local area. We will NOT be collecting from your house.
- Donate on - line by either follow this link: https://envelope.christianaid.org.uk/envelope/marple-area-churches
or you can scan the QR code below or in the attached document.
We thank you and hope that you will be able to support our fundraising by giving generously to help people like Jessica.
