Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday, which this year falls in Tuesday 2 December is a day of global giving where everyone is invited to do something for good causes that mean so much to them
Individuals are invited to volunteer their time, share skills, donate money or to choose another way of giving back to others in need.
Pope Francis recently wrote ‘Keeping our gaze fixed on the poor is difficult, but it is more necessary than ever if we are to give proper direction to our personal life and the life of society.’ He continued ‘ We have a shared responsibility for others and the world. Until we revive our sense of responsibility for our neighbour and for every person, grave economic, financial and political crises will continue.’
If you would like to donate your time, skills or cash to support some of the poorest people in Sitima, a very impoverished area within Malawi, the world’s 4th poorest country, please get in touch either by sending an email to enquiries@n4bw.org.uk or by pressing the red ‘donate’ button at the top of this page
Here are some suggestions about what your financial donations could buy
£3 Childs school uniform
£5 Hoe for working on the land
£10 Seeds for a family
£15 Dictionary for a school
£20 Maize to feed a family through lean months
£50 Sports equipment for a school
£100 Set of readers for infants
£500 Water supply and pump to village or school
£1000 Chairs and desks for a classroom
Other News
The season of creation
We have seen and heard from the people of Sitima about their everyday experiences of climate change; about less predictable rainfall, increased flooding alternating with years of drought and then last year, Cyclone Idai, bringing severe
International themes
October is an interesting month for us as two international themes which are celebrated during the month have a bearing on some of what we do.
Elaine describes her visits to Sitima
Missionary work had always been an aim for me, but circumstances meant that it didn’t happen. The chance to volunteer with N4BW came late in my life, after almost 20 years of retirement but I was determined not to let it pass me by