AT YOUR SERVICE - 9 MAY 2021

At Your Service

Sunday, 9 May 2021 - 30 minutes

Whereas our western 'wealth' affords us at least some certainty in difficult times, a combination of the pandemic and the effects of climate change have widened the gap between us, and our poorest global neighbours.

This year’s Christian Aid project will help young unemployed people in Burundi - still one of the world’s most poverty-stricken countries, with over 70% of the population who have no work at all, and as she launches the NO SMALL CHANGE appeal, Christian Aid’s local representative Louise Whitelegg wonders if she’s a lover? Or a fighter?

This year’s project will be life-changing for young people in Burundi. Using local Christian Aid partners, they’ll be helped to set up agricultural businesses suitable for the changing climate in their country, and taught about marketing and finance, so they can save money, and also set up loan groups to improve life in their villages.

If you want to be part of creating a more just world, Louise Whitelegg - our Island representative - is your best contact - you’ll find her on Facebook - and she’s always happy to get your text or a call on 07624 474275

There’ll be lots of events to support Christian Aid over the coming months - look out for local publicity and do please join in if you possibly can.

To find out more about the work of Christian Aid, look at their website: https://www.christianaid.org.uk

And we ask the question ….. what would make someone give up a high profile, well-paid, influential job ? Was it because all those seeming benefits just weren’t enough …..? An interview with Loretta Minghella, recorded some ten years ago when she visited the Island in her capacity as Director of Christian Aid, holds the answers.

Also on today’s programme, Phil Craine reads from a new book published to mark Christian Aid’s 75th anniversary - it’s called Rage & Hope: 75 Prayers for a Better World and is out now and available here: https://spckpublishing.co.uk/rage-and-hope

And there’s music too - including Paul Field and Martin John Nicolls who have written a number of songs inspired by the issues which Christian Aid confronts time and again.

News for the notice board, and requests for your favourite hymns to be included in future programmes can all be sent to me via email - judithley@manxradio.com

AT YOUR SERVICE - 9 MAY 2021

At Your Service

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