Many thanks to all who supported the committee’s teas on the green stint at the end of April. This raised a handsome £264 towards self-help projects for needy people overseas, such as safe water schemes for communities in Afghanistan and smoke hoods for cookers to help improve the health of families in Kenya.

This month you are cordially invited to a garden party at Woodpeckers, 17 The Avenue, Brockham. On Sunday, June 19, 2.30 to 5.30pm, Jean and Brian Crossley will open their peaceful garden for your pleasure. Stroll around and enjoy your surroundings, tackle a pencil and paper game or sit and listen to the celebrated Unlikely Lads Barber Shop Quartette who will entertain at 3pm and 4pm. Admission is £1.50 which will include tea/coffee/squash and biscuits and all proceeds will go towards carefully selected overseas projects.

Ann Clinch

May 2005

Our annual Lenten Bread and Cheese Lunch was very well supported and it raised a record sum of £427. Our sincere thanks to all who so generously supported us. The money will be used to rebuild a hospital in Zimbabwe through the Bishop’s Lenten Appeal.

The Committee decided to allocate the funds raised during 2004 to the following projects:

The donation of £500 which we gave to Sightsavers was used in the Comprehensive Eye Service Project in the Bunyoro Region of Uganda. The service provides for the examination of people to detect early signs of eye disorders to endeavour to prevent further deterioration and to operate for cataract where necessary.

Leslie Clark

January 2005

Lenten‘Bread and Cheese’ Lunch

SaturdayMarch 19 2005, 12 noon – 1.30 pm in the Church Hall

All proceeds will go the Bishop’s Lent Appeal to help rebuild a hospital in Central Zimbabwe
Gifts of home-made bread will be greatly appreciated

Cash donations will be most welcome
Please support us and if possible bring a friend or neighbour

For further information please phone Pam Skeats on 842606

Leslie Clark

January 2005

Esther Benjamin Trust - Tansen Jail

We have received the following report from the Esther Benjamin Trust. We support the project run by this Trust which provides a home for the children of mothers who are in jail in Nepal.
“ Four years ago on a visit to Tansen jail, we found two brothers, Suraj and Akash, sleeping rough outside. They were reliant on their mother inside for daily scraps of food which they received through the prison bars. At her request, we took them back to our Bhairahawa refuge where they have happily continued to thrive. Akash is now a great sportsman while Suraj has a delightful gentle nature. Both are now excelling at school.

At the time of their rescue, their baby brother Asish was too young to be brought out of jail but in August this year, he reached school age and his mother asked if we could reunite him with his brothers. Asish was at first a little bemused by the older brothers he was too young to remember but now he is happily settled into refuge life and full of the joys of being a mischievous four year old.”

Leslie Clark

January 2005

Brian and Jean Crossley kindly opened their garden in The Avenue on Sunday 11th July and we had a very successful Garden Party. We raised the sum of £190 to go towards our funds for overseas projects.

Heather Knight and Janet Powell had a stall at the Victorian Fair in July and raised £50 which is to be shared between ourselves and Crisis.

Leslie Clark

September 2004

Our Coffee Morning on the 19th June was very well supported and raised the sum of £368.00. Our thanks to all who came and to those who gave cakes etc. for the stalls.

We are supplying Teas on the Church Lawn on Sunday August 15th, again gifts of cakes will be most welcome.

We have received very grateful thanks from the Soup Kitchen we support in Johannesburg. Owing to growing unemployment and the effects of HIV/AIDS there is a much greater demand on the Kitchen.

Leslie Clark

August 2004

Brian and Jean Crossley are holding a Garden Party at ‘Woodpeckers’ 17, The Avenue on Sunday July 11th from 2.30pm to 5.30pm. Do come along and enjoy the peace of their garden and its array of plants. There will be plenty of seats when you feel like a rest. Entry, £1.50p will include tea and biscuits and squash, all proceeds will go to the project we support for really needy people overseas.

There will also be an opportunity to see an Exhibition, for the first time, of original watercolours of flowers by Mrs Marjorie Maplesden who resided in the village for many years.
The Committee will also be manning a stall at the Victorian Fair and Village Picnic on 9th –11th July.
The band of knitters led by Janet Powell, have in the last few months sent over 300 knitted hats, scarves, gloves, blankets etc to Romania and Chernobyl.

Leslie Clark

July 2004

We are holding a Coffee Morning in the Church Hall on Saturday, 19th June from 10.30 – 12.00 noon and look forward to meeting all our supporters. There will be the usual stalls for cakes, plants, books and Bric-A-Brac; any gifts for these stalls will be most welcome and helpful.
Our donation to the Bishop’s Lent Call from our Lenten Lunch has increased by some late donations to £370.00. This money is being used to rebuild schools in Madras which were swept away by torrential rains and floods.

Leslie Clark

June 2004

The Lenten Lunch held during March was well attended and we would like to thank everyone for their continued support. The donations totalled £255 and is being sent to the Bishop’s Lent Call to help the project rebuild schools which were severely damaged by torrential rain in 2002. The schools are in the diocese of Madras, South India.

Leslie Clark

May 2004

The water projects that we have been supporting through Intermediate Technology in Zimbabwe have now been completed. Dams, storage tanks and pipelines have been constructed and laid, a micro-hydro pumping plant installed and standpipes supplied at convenient focal points.

A supply has also been provided for the school. Water is being used to irrigate farm land and some 33 hectares have already been ploughed. The local community has provided labour, including women and children, to gather local construction materials, organising on-the-ground management of tasks and activities.

We are adopting two new projects an irrigation project in Peru and in Kenya the provision of smoke hoods and ventilation in the huts to lessen the serious threat to health of adults and children by smoke inhalation.

Leslie Clark

April 2004

We have received a report from Action Aid on a project which we are supporting through them to provide clean water to 8 villages in Pakistan. Their farming lands have been polluted by recurring Monsoon floods and are waterlogged with saline so that the families have to use polluted water which the womenfolk have to carry from up to 4 kilometres away.

Drinkable water has been found and pumps are being installed to draw the water from these sources to the villages. The work is being carried out by the villagers themselves under the provision of technical advice from Action Aid who also meet the cost of materials. By the end of 2004, 2,947 people will benefit from these works. Action Aid is also continuing to improve health facilities by hiring a qualified doctor from the local area.

Leslie Clark

March 2004

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