Christian Aid- Promoting an End to Poverty

My name is Ella and thank you for taking the time to read my blog. All around the world people are suffering from poverty. This means that they in the state of having little or no money, goods or support. Poverty is everywhere but it is extremely common in areas prone to natural disasters like earthquakes or hurricanes. When things like this happen people’s lives are left ruined; often there is little food or clean water. There are people out there who live on £1 a day, their food and water is bought with that pound. Could you do that? Could you cope with that? There are 1.4 billion people in the world who have no choice but to cope.

A community in Sierra Leone called Mo-Albert used to live under the threat of starvation as they could barely afford one meal a day. But then Christian Aid came along and set up a fishing group for the men who can now work and sell fish and to add to the value the women have been taught to use fish smoking ovens.  This means the fish will sell for more and they bought a motorized boat so now they bring in even more fish so they no longer go to bed hungry. They can feed their families as well as sell fish and even the women get involved, which they really like. Without Christian Aid, this community would have remained hungry and desperate.

Go to the link to hear a girl talk about the live below the line challenge- where they try and live on £1 a day for a week.
http://www.christianaid.org.uk/getinvolved/fundraise/live-below-the-line/index.aspx

Your donation could make other communities like Mo-Albert an opportunity to live happily and to break free from poverty. To donate go to the Christian Aid website and click donate.
Again I want to thank you for taking the time to read my blog about Christian Aid. I would be really grateful if you please posted your thoughts and responses. It would be even more fantastic if you quickly answered the questions below also if you do post please tell me where you come from. (Town and country.)

• Before you read this had you heard of Christian Aid?
• After reading my blog do you now feel well informed about what the charity is about?
• Would you now consider donating/ fundraising for Christian Aid?

If you, like me, believe that Christian Aid is a truly wonderful charity tell your friends and family about them and try and persuade them to help Christian Aid in any way possible. If you would like to help Christian Aid out then go to www.christianaid.org.uk and get involved or you could participate in a Christian Aid week event or any other fundraising event. Christian Aid week is usually in May but there are always other fundraising opportunities outside of that week. It would be great if you considered helping to raise money that will go to help people in poverty.

Thank you once again! I hope you enjoyed reading my blog.
Ella