Can you help in Central African Republic?

The wonderful group War Child have advised in a tweet of the great need in Central African Republic. CAR urgently requires help as it experiences severe humanitarian funding shortfalls, according to a report by Alertnet//George Fomineyn, Dakar*. The report apprises that hundreds of thousands of people have been uprooted from their homes. Funding for basic humanitarian needs is urgently needed, according to John Ging, the Director of Operations at the UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). War Child is operational in the area, and doing great work. They affirm they are there, 'trying to turn things around'.


War Child are supporting street children in C.A.R.'s capital Bangui, and in the South East. The population in Bangui is four million, and the life expectancy is 47 years old. War Child has a drop-in centre for street children in Bangui, and are supporting children's education in Rafai and Zemio. 


It costs just £30 to send a street child in Bangui to school for a year. It is true that many of us have been hard hit by the recession, and have commitments such as care for our families, paying the mortgage for the family home, and children's schooling. Yet there are so many needs, and one child receiving education and having his or her life turned around by this great privilege, can break the cycle of poverty and emotional pain for the child and his or her future family and generations to come. Education is the great key to a better future. So, in the spirit of Lumiere, why not get together with your community at your local place of worship/ with your colleagues at your place of employment/ with your family members/ at your local school with your principal and parents' permission/ at your local library/ at your local store/ and fundraise with a coffee morning, or fete, or collection, or raffle; and make £30 per year for War Child, in order to help one specific child.


We individually cannot save the whole world. We, as community, can help to save one child. If every group in every area sponsored the education of one child, what a difference it would make to future generations. Children marked by war have so much emotional pain and at times, physical disability to work through. What a blessing it would be for them if at least they received the gift of education. Why not donate to War Child? You can do this by clicking into the following link,
http://www.warchild.org.uk/what-we-do/central-african-republic/project-street-and-vulnerable-children-bangui-and-rafai

* http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/cars-dire-humanitarian-crisis-hit-by-funding-shortfall-un