Jewels of Hope

Many thanks for the support given by folk on Sunday when £130 was raised for the Jewels of Hope project.
Jewels of Hope is a project of Love In Action, a Lesotho based organisation which supports, among other things, child-headed households. The youngsters meet weekly in groups, spend time looking at the scriptures and in worship, and learn to make new pieces of jewellery. They then take home materials to make another six pieces over the week.
The money that the children earn supports them and their families, and is often the only income that the household gets. The aim of the project is to keep the children as part of the local community rather than them finding themselves and their younger siblings in an institution or orphanage. Of the money raised, half goes towards buying more materials, postage costs and the likes, and the other half goes directly to the children.

Robyn