Resources for Christmas 2008 will be available from October 2008

Gathering Winter Fuel -

Christmas 2007 campaign

Our Christmas 2007 resources focused on the need for sustainable fuel - where people depend on wood for cooking and warmth, trees can become scarce.

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Feed The Children is supporting struggling communities in Kenya, Angola, Liberia, Malawi and Uganda.  We provide food, blankets, and other essential items to help families immediately.

We believe the long term future lies in helping people to help themselves.  Education of the children is key to breaking out of the poverty trap. 

These children in Uganda are learning to plant trees, nurture them, and take a simple message home to their parents; if you cut down a tree, plant two more.

In rural areas where 80% of the people depend on wood for fuel, our tree nursery programme is helping provide fruit as well as firewood; and the children are leading the way.

A simple stove like this, made from the most basic local material - mud - helps make the most of fuel resources.  This kind of stove can heat two pots, but uses less than half the amount of wood as a traditional fire.  Wood smoke used to fill this house, creating a hazard for eyes, skin and lungs.  Now, the chimney takes the smoke safely away.

Feed The Children trains women to teach community groups in the construction of energy saving stoves, nutrition and cooking techniques.

Can you give a gift of skills?

Please support our education campaigns by sending goods from the list below, or cash donations to meet the transport costs.

A child who can read, write and do basic sums will find it easier to find a job, or can move on to further training.  He or she can access the information needed to make informed choices for themselves, and later on, will make better choices for their own children.

Adults who can attend one of our community groups can learn to manage their fuel supplies, plant new trees and build energy saving stoves.

Items needed to support environmental education for adults and children

ballpoint pens, pencils, colouring pencils, wax crayons, erasers, pencil sharpeners, chalk

We are grateful for cash donations along with your goods; it costs between £2000 and £5000 to transport each 26-tonne shipping container to an African country.  A donation of, say, £1 or £2 per carrier bag of goods donated will help us meet these costs.

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