Help us support and transform the life of Moses and others like him who yearn for an education in a country where their disabilities cast them aside. THE BISHOP OF ST ALBANS’ Harvest Appeal 2015 Diocesan registered charity number 248887 The St Albans Diocese Board of Finance company number 145227. Mission Direct registered charity number 1107824 and company number 5289161. Up to 12% of the proceeds from this appeal will be used to cover the costs incurred. Printed on 100% recycled paper. www.harvestappeal.org MOSES’ STORY Moses is seven years old and a lovely boy whose smile lights up a room. He is excited to be able to attend school in Rukungiri, Uganda. Moses uses a wheelchair or walking frame because of his cerebral palsy which causes him severe mobility difficulties. In Uganda there is little help for children like Moses. Having a disability leaves them isolated and stigmatised. It is thanks to the support of an organisation called the Chilli Children project, that Moses is able to attend school. The Chilli Children project works to find and help disabled children and their families in SW Uganda. They help them to access education, surgery, rehabilitation, and medical clinics, and to provide a self-sustainable income for families through chilli growing. Moses has ongoing challenges; a trip to the capital city for a medical check takes four days and costs a lot. However, Moses is always positive. He benefits from learning in specially built classrooms and dormitories provided by Mission Direct. He likes playing with his friends and studying. He wants to be an engineer when he leaves school. Moses is one of the lucky ones looking forward to a brighter future. There are many more like him who hope one day they will be able to go to school. The Bishop’s Harvest Appeal in partnership with Mission Direct will provide further classrooms and dormitories, and the much needed support for other children like Moses. We will be sending appeal materials to all our churches and schools at the start of July. Resources and further information will also be available from our website: www.harvestappeal.org We will be encouraging children and young people to build a ‘Wall of Hope’ - using coin boxes as bricks - and, in this simple way, create opportunities for more vulnerable children in Uganda. AVAILABLE RESOURCES A3 posters to display in your church or school. Leaflets available for every member of your congregation or school community. Church ideas sheets for those organising your Harvest celebrations, with suggestions for incorporating the situation in Uganda into your services. Young people and children’s ideas sheets with ideas to involve the younger generation in churches and schools in learning about and supporting our appeal. Box template - ‘Wall of Hope’ - an idea that schools or groups may like to use to support the Appeal together. THE BISHOP OF ST ALBANS’ Harvest Appeal 2015 Having a disability in Uganda is a serious disadvantage – disabled children are often viewed as “without use”. Moses is one of 26 children who started school in 2014 for the first time. Help us support and transform the life of Moses and others like him who yearn for an education in a country where their disabilities cast them aside. www.harvestappeal.org However, Moses is always positive. He likes playing with his friends and studying and says he wants to be an engineer when he leaves school. Your support will enable us to build these much needed facilities, enabling more of Rukungiri’s vulnerable children to attend school. Moses loves school; he says his best friend is the head teacher, who also lives at the school. £10 £80 £225 HOW TO GIVE Churchesand Schoolsparticipating in this Appeal should send their cheque - payable to St Albans DBF - for the total sum of all donations received, plus proceeds from events, including any Gift Aid reclaimed, to: The Bishop of St Albans’ Harvest Appeal 2015 c/o Holywell Lodge, 41 Holywell Hill, St Albans AL1 1HE An Individualcan also give directly on-line, at www.harvestappeal.org - it will then be our partner organisation, Mission Direct, who is able to reclaim Gift Aid. If you are a teacher, you could volunteer to teach at the school. You may also have the experience to participate in a medical team. Other projects can also be visited during the trip. At the end of your trip enjoy a boat trip on the Kazinga Channel where you will see some spectacular wildlife. For more information contact Mission Direct on (01582) 720056 or visit www.missiondirect.org FUNDRAISING IDEAS Coffee is the main export from Uganda and they grow the most amazing pineapples. ●Why not hold a Ugandan coffee and pineapple cake occasion? Using as many Fairtrade ingredients from Uganda as you can find. Add some fun with a game of Jenga® charging an additional £5 donation to anyone who makes the tower fall. Take your fundraising event one step further: ●Hold a Ugandan themed evening. Get everyone to dress in black, red and yellow - the colours of the Ugandan flag. Download some Ugandan recipes to make and play some Ugandan music to bring an authentic African feel. MOSES’ STORY Moses is seven years old and a lovely boy whose smile lights up a room. He is excited to be able to attend school in Rukungiri, Uganda. Moses uses a wheelchair or walking frame because of his cerebral palsy which causes him severe mobility difficulties. Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects muscle control and movement. It is usually caused by an injury to the brain before, during or after birth. Children with cerebral palsy have difficulties in controlling muscles and movements as they grow and develop. In Uganda there is little help for children like Moses. Having a disability leaves them isolated and stigmatised. Thanks to the support of an organisation called the Chilli Children project, Moses is able to attend school. The Chilli Children project works to find and help disabled children and their families in THE BISHOP OF ST ALBANS’ Harvest Appeal 2015 www.harvestappeal.org South West Uganda. The project helps them to access education, surgery, rehabilitation and medical clinics. Also, through chilli growing, families are able to provide a sustainable income for all their children. Moses has ongoing challenges; a trip to the capital city for a medical check takes four days and costs a lot. However, Moses is always positive. He benefits from learning in specially built classrooms and dormitories provided by Mission Direct. He likes playing with his friends and studying. He wants to be an engineer when he leaves school. Moses is one of the lucky ones looking forward to a brighter future. There are many more like him who hope one day they will be able to go to school, like Anita. Anita is one of the many children who have been identified by the Chilli Children project and could attend the school when more dormitory facilities and classrooms are completed. Anita is now nine years old, she would love to go to school but because she has spina bifida she cannot travel the five miles to get there every day. Anita loves knitting and making clothes. She helps her mum around the house; looking after the children, cleaning the house and caring for the coffee and chilli plants. Anita grows chillies and her family HARVEST PRAYER Loving God, your world overflows with beauty and goodness; you bless us with food and breath and life. As we receive so may we give; thankfully and generously. Living God, bless the Special Needs Unit in Rukungiri and the work of the Chilli Children’s Project, that through our Harvest Appeal more children will have opportunity to learn and flourish with happiness and freedom. Through the Harvest Appeal may we see more clearly the true beauty of others and know more deeply our shared humanity; as we give may we too receive. For Jesus’ sake. Amen. CHURCH IDEAS SHEET sell them to a supplier who takes them to the local market, helping her mum raise money for the family. She knows that with a bit of help she will achieve her goal of attending school and has high expectations of herself. The Bishop’s Harvest Appeal in partnership with Mission Direct will provide further classrooms and dormitories. Please join with us to build hope for Anita and other children bringing opportunity for them all. £80 £225 You can’t possibly make a difference.” The boy smiled, bent down and picked up another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied “But I made a difference to that one, and that one….” HOW TO GIVE Churchesand Schoolsparticipating in this Appeal should send their cheque - payable to St Albans DBF - for the total sum of all donations received, plus proceeds from events, including any Gift Aid reclaimed, to: The Bishop of St Albans’ Harvest Appeal 2015 c/o Holywell Lodge, 41 Holywell Hill, St Albans AL1 1HE An Individualcan also give directly on-line, at www.harvestappeal.org - it will then be our partner organisation, Mission Direct, who is able to reclaim Gift Aid. BUILD A WALL OF HOPE In your pack we have supplied you with a sample template for a coin box. Cut out the template and design your coin box. Once it is full of coins build a Wall of Hope, take a photo and send it to us to publish on our website. For more templates, please contact Church and Society Teamat the Diocesan Officeon 01727 818148 [email protected] We will endeavour to fulfil all requests but these will be issued on a first come first served basis. CEMENTING OUR PRAYERS Ask all your young people to write a prayer for the Children of Uganda on a rectangular piece of paper and use the prayers to build a prayer wall. ●●●●●●●●THE BISHOP OF ST ALBANS’ Harvest Appeal 2015 MOSES’ STORY Moses is seven years old and a lovely boy whose smile lights up a room. He is excited to be able to attend school in Rukungiri, Uganda. Moses uses a wheelchair or walking frame because of his cerebral palsy which causes him severe mobility difficulties. Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects muscle control and movement. It is usually caused by an injury to the brain before, during or after birth. Children with cerebral palsy have difficulties in controlling muscles and movements as they grow and develop. In Uganda there is little help for children like Moses. BEING BORN WITH A DISABILITY IN UGANDA For many, the challenges to living a ‘normal’ life are great. Travelling long distances to school results in the children being physically exhausted before they arrive. Moving around at school is difficult and most won’t have the money for lunch. With these challenges you can begin to realise why 90% of disabled children in Africa do not receive regular schooling. But there is hope, and with your support disabled children can contribute to their community and their economy. Education can help them build a better life and realise their potential. Your donations to the Bishop’s Harvest Appeal will help to build additional facilities and provide support for more children like Moses to go to school. CHILDREN HELPING THEMSELVES Children like Moses are also helping themselves. Through the Chilli Children project, disabled and orphaned children grow, pick and sell chillies. The children are given the plants and taught how to look after them which they then grow around their homes. Once the chillies are ready, they sell them at the local market. This money enables the children to pay for their school YOUNG PEOPLE & CHILDREN’S IDEAS SHEET www.harvestappeal.org HARVEST PRAYER Loving God, thank you that you have made a beautiful and good world; thank you for the food we eat and the clothes we wear. Please help the Special Needs Unit in Rukungiri. May our prayers and our money help Moses and all the children to enjoy being at school, to have good friends and so a better chance for a happy life. Thank you that you love us all and ask us to help each other. Amen. lunches. Harvest Appeal 2015 www.harvestappeal.org Help us support and transform the life of Moses and others like him who yearn for an education in a country where their disabilities cast them aside. £10 £80 £225 COMING SOON