Hi All
My church is sending out a party of engineers and medics as well as pastors trained in berevement counselling to Sri Lanka - we have links with a College there and they have asked for our help. The help and aid they are giving is not restricted to Christians - it's across all religions and none. They are looking for large quantities of very specific items and I just wondered if anyone out there might work for companies that could help. I'll post the whole leaflet which has all the info on what they will be doing. Please, as the leaflet says, contact Emma before sending anything or making final arrangements to make sure there's still room for more freight. I hope noone minds me posting this. Thanks in advance.
Here's the Church leaflet:
St Mary Islington has been partnered with the Lanka Bible College for a number of years. The college has links into many communities across Sri Lanka, not least the worst hit and affected areas. Ben Mackinam, the principal, issued an invitation for some specific medical, counselling and engineering help. The help they need is specific and the areas of most need identified.
In conjunction with the Sri Lankan authorities, Wind Sand and Stars and Emma?s networks, Emma Loveridge, honorary curate, has been able to pull together a small professional relief team along with curate Jessica Swift. Therefore a partnership between the Lanka Bible College, Wind Sand and Stars and St Mary Islington seemed a natural relationship to be able to offer the much needed help.
This team will travel to Sri Lanka for ten days, bringing not only the skills of the team but medical, food and shelter supplies. Everyone?s desire to help and offer the resources they can has been a true demonstration of generosity. However, the need in Sri Lanka continues to be huge.
We have been given unlimited freight space and therefore if you can offer any further financial assistance, more supplies can be bought. However, the list of what is needed is very specific and therefore aside from financial help they need:
· Medical supplies
· Tents
· Tarpaulins
· Dried food (e.g., rice, flour, formula milk)
· Water purification
· Torches
· Batteries and portable generators.
If you have access to any of these things in large quantity please contact Emma [email protected]
We have packaging and transport issues alongside an already overstretched team agenda therefore please touch base with Emma via e-mail before providing anything.
If you wish to donate money, please make cheques payable to St. Mary Islington World Mission and send them to St Mary?s Parish Office, Upper Street, London N1 2TX, indicating if you wish to Gift Aid the money.
If you can't do anything else prayers are always welcome.
Thank You