Saturday, October 31, 2009
Weekly Announcement
- Community Christmas Celebration Sunday, November 29, 20009 at St James RC Church
- Pictoral Directory: The last ime our directory was done was 2003. IPC (Institutional Promotions of Canada) will be here November 17 to take our photos (see brochure). There will be an opportunity for you to buy extra if you wish. Sharon Henitiuk is helping to coordinate this project and will be contacting everyone.
- Dr. Helen Caldicott’s Debate in Peace River and Presentation in Grande Prairie Regional College Theatre were well attended. To see a video go to youtube.com or to the PRES website at www.peaceriverenvironmentalsociety.org.
- Bible Study Tuesday, November 10 at 1pm Del Air Lodge.
- Board Meeting Tuesday, November 17, 2009 5pm
- Cookie Walk: Friday, November 27 10am at Legion Hall.
- Church Calendars $5.00 each Order through office or on Sunday.
- Day by Day Devotional November, December & January are now available at the church door.
Deadwood Fall Supper
Thank you to all who contributed there Time, Talent and Treasure, to make this a fun and successful community event.
World Relief...
- Pwrdf... http://www.pwrdf.org/stories/all-stories/stories
- M&S Relief http://www.united-church.ca/communications/news/response/090904
Or give to M&S World Relief by your envelope.
- Christian Reform Church
http://www.reliefweb.int:80/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VVOS-7VCMR9?OpenDocument
Drought-affected Kenyans receive food aid
Source: Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)
Date: 28 Aug 2009
Kenya is drying up. Crops are stunted, livestock are dying, and 3.8 million people – an increase of one million people this year alone - are facing significant hunger.
"The rainy season in East Africa has been anything but," says Chris Shiundu, CRWRC national relief manager in Kenya. "The crops simply did not grow."
In the face of this crisis, CRWRC is continuing existing food aid and food-for-work programs, which currently provide food to 10,670 families or about 64,000 people from Kenya's pastoral region North of Mt. Kenya to the coastal south-eastern lowlands region around Mombasa. Food for work projects typically promote activities that improve food security, such as digging reservoirs or building erosion control terraces to make planting new crops more efficient. Food is then given as payment for the work. Both food aid and food-for-work programs are Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) projects, and are available for matching grants from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
A water pan created through a "Food for Work" project
"CRWRC and CFGB do provide food aid, but we are also committed to increasing food security for the long term," says Shiundu. "People who are hungry need to realize that they can have food for their families even during times of drought."
It is now estimated that 3.8 million people are affected by the Kenya drought, with small scale farmers the hardest hit. Drought not only affects people, but also the animals people depend on for milk and meat. Relief Web reports that by the end of the season, at least half of the goat and cattle populations will have perished from drought-related causes. Rising food prices are also increasing the number of the hungry people in Kenya, with maize costing as much as 130 per cent over last year in some parts of the country.
