Reps Circular
From Sheenagh Burrell ALMA Communications Officer
sb@burrell1980.freeserve.co.uk T: 020 8567 7400
You might be interested to know that Christian Aid has a Christmas appeal: The Child of Africa Appeal, which is focused on Angola. There are posters, presentations, teaching, and worship resources available free, on the theme of Home For Christmas. These share the experience of refugees returning to Angola since the end of the civil war in 2002. Do have a look at them on line at (www.christianaid.org.uk/christmas) and see if they might be of use in your church.
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Come to one of the special events where you can not only pick up materials but also meet Christian Aid partner Luis Samacumbi who works with returnees and see how lives are being transformed in Angola. Discover how you can get your church inspired and involved this Christmas and even taste an Angolan Christmas cake.
Thur 6th Oct COMING HOME 7.30 St John’s Wood Church St John’s Wood High Street, London, NW8 (near the roundabout)
Sat 8th Oct COMING HOME 10am-2pm (lunch included) Inter-Church House 35 Lower Marsh, Waterloo, London, SE1 7RL.
PLEASE would anyone going think of writing a brief report for us to circulate! It is so helpful when we can share these events with each other.
World Bank and International Monetary Fund officials have backed a deal to cancel about $55bn (£31bn) of debts owed to them by the world's poorest countries. The lenders' decision endorses an initial agreement by the leaders of the G8 industrialised states at their July summit in Gleneagles, Scotland
The 18 countries which currently qualify for this relief are:
Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
More info: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4280666.stm or http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/?lid=1044