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St Barnabus Primary : every penny matters
Children at St Barnabus Primary School, Barnetby-le-Wold, North Lincolnshire are determined to make sure that every penny that they raise counts. Two of SAN's Trustees recently received this letter from one of the children: "After your visit to our school earlier this term, our teacher (Mr E) thought that it would be a good idea for us as a class to save up our 1's, 2's and 5 pence to buy a tractor for a village based in Bangladesh. If it is not enough we are ever so sorry because we have all tried to save up as much as we can and h...
Pakistan - The Elders speak
PAKISTAN FLOODS: The Elders urge the world to respond more quickly and generously “We must hold the people of Pakistan in the heart of the human family at this time.“ Desmond Tutu The Elders have called on governments and individuals to respond more quickly and generously to help the millions of people whose lives and livelihoods have been shattered by the floods. Read their statement http://www.theelders.org/ ...
Archbishop Tutu to retire
2 JULY 2010 MEDIA STATEMENT BY ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS DESMOND TUTU I have been very fortunate to have been given opportunities to contribute in a small way to the development of our new democratic, exhilarating, exasperating nation, and to have travelled the world as a representative, first of our collective apartheid anxiety, and later, of our promise and our hope. I retired as Archbishop of Cape Town in 1996. Then I retired again, after completion of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. ...
Pakistan flood - aid pledged so far
Pakistan flood aid pledged, country by country Pakistan will need millions in aid following the floods. Pakistan flood aid: who donated what? Click image for full graphic. Illustration: Jenny Ridley for the Guardian Find out which countries have donated what so far http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/aug/09/pakistan-flood-aid...
Huge scale of floods tests relief effort
News Stories, 10 August 2010 © A. Fazzina for UNHCR /Noor Afghan refugees salvage their belongings from the mud UNHCR staff in Pakistan say the situation is among the most difficult they have faced. Thousands of villages and towns in low-lying areas have not seen flooding on this scale in generations. Across the country, Pakistan’s Federal Flood Commission puts the number of homes destroyed or da...
