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ON THIS PAGE: Back to School  /  Aid for Zimbabwe  /  Help for Pastor Ruban, India  /  Audited Accounts  /  Kosova Walk Challenge  /  Royal Parks Half Marathon, London  /  Inca Trail Challenge  /  Taste & See Weekends to Kosova  /  Christmas Shoeboxes in Kosova  /  "Live Your Love"  /  Smile Celebration  /  Swim 4 Zim  /  YouTube
 
BACK TO SCHOOL

How would your children feel if, when they went back to school, there were no desks or chairs to sit on, and they had to do all their lessons and writing sitting on the floor? This is the reality for thousands of children in Zimbabwe today. The government and the school authorities do not have any resources for desks and chairs or for the maintenance of the school. You can help this situation through Smile's Gifts With Love scheme – can you sponsor a desk and chair for pupil at a cost of £20?

Molife School, Zimbabwe, broken desks and chairs awaiting repair  Molife School Zimbabwe, example of new 3-seater desk
Molife School in Zimbabwe has 2 rooms full of broken pieces of desks and chairs, which we are attempting to reuse and repair. The rebuilds from the broken pieces will not be sufficient and
the school still needs a supply of new desks so that all 580 pupils can be seated. At present only 108 children can have seats.

AID FOR ZIMBABWE

Hamish and Cheryl Summers are on a 9-month stay with Smile in Zimbabwe, working with our Country Director John Matiza on Smile projects and helping to distribute aid. They were able to meet up with their sponsored pastor and bring him foodstuffs and aid. If you would like to sponsor a pastor or undertake a short or long-term trip with Smile, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Zimbabwe food aid to sponsored pastor  Zimbabwe wheelchair for lady in Mukombami
Matiza with Hamish and Cheryl Summers, bringing food aid to their sponsored pastor, and delivering a wheelchair to a lady in Mukombami

PASTOR RUBAN, INDIA

URGENT NEED
Pastor Ruban has recently completed a one-year theological diploma at Brandon Bible School in the UK. He returned to India on 30 June to start his new role as youth pastor at End Time Harvest Baptist Church, working in the slums of Bangalore.
  • SPONSORSHIP We are looking for someone or a church that would be able to sponsor Ruban at a cost of £30 per month. Ruban will be involved in leading the young people of the church, helping with the after school care club each day, teaching IT and school evangelism. He is gifted young man and the Lord is using him greatly.

  • MOTORBIKE We would also like to help Ruban by purchasing a motorcycle, to enable him to greatly increase his effectiveness as he visits rural villages and schools around the area. It will cost approximately £1,500 to purchase, tax and insure the motorcycle.

If you are able to help with the above, then do not hesitate to contact the Smile office.

Pastor Ruban
Ruban is the younger brother of Pastor Samuel who is Director of Smile India
KOSOVA WALK CHALLENGE

Want a challenge and a chance to make a difference?
18-25 October 2010   Cost: £595

The Kosova Walk Challenge gives you the opportunity to spend 2 days walking a total of 20 miles to raise money for our Hospice at Home project, providing care for those suffering from cancer, through home visits by our Smile doctor and nurses, pain relief, and medical and social support.

During your walk you will be able to enjoy the spectacular Kosovan mountain scenery, and the beauty of the countryside as it changes to its golden autumnal colours, with the road following the route of the Drini River. The route is reasonably level and easy walking. You will then spend the rest of the week meeting the people this scheme will help and getting involved in our projects along with the rest of the Smile team, undertaking aid delivery, visiting widows and families, church support and practical projects.

FREE WEEK IN KOSOVA! The minimum sponsorship is £1,000. If you raise over £1,500 in sponsorship, we will refund the cost of your trip.

Kosovan scenery  Ron, Berti, Steve
Scenery in Kosova – Smile Project Manager Berti (centre) leading Ron and Steve to the finishing tape at the Smile Centre gates
INCA TRAIL CHALLENGE

6-19 September 2010
Cost: £1,895
Minimum sponsorship: £1,500

Expedition Visit the beautiful Cusco and spectacular Machu Picchu whilst trekking on the magnificent Inca Trail. Join the journey of a lifetime and help raise funds for feeding and educating children.

Lake Titicaca If you would like to extend your visit to see the breath taking scenery of Lake Titicaca, you can have an additional 4 days for £310 + flights.

If you would like to sponsor Gordon Carr, Steve Thompson or John as they undertake this Challenge, please make your donation through Smile's Just Giving page: www.justgiving.com/smileint/donate
 


Inca Trail flyer PDF (421 KB)

Gordon Carr  Steve Thompson
Gordon Carr – Steve Thompson

ROYAL PARKS HALF MARATHON, LONDON

SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER 2010

Smile is looking for runners to take part in this marathon which takes place in London's Royal Parks – distance 21 km (13.1 miles).

Each runner needs to raise a minimum of £500 and all funds raised will go towards Smile’s palliative care work in Kosova, through our Hospice at Home project which will provide care for those suffering from cancer, through home visits by our Smile doctor and nurses, pain relief, and medical and social support.

Please contact the Smile office in the first instance if you are interested.

More information and registration (cost £117.50) at www.royalparkshalf.com Registration closes 10 September, or before if places are full. Children 10 and under do not have to pay the registration fee.

 

Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon logo

 TASTE & SEE WEEKENDS TO KOSOVA

17-20 September, 1-4 October, 19-22 November  4 days   £299

If you are unable to give a whole week to mission in Kosova why not come for a long weekend Friday to Monday? We will fly you direct to Kosova with British Airways from London Gatwick. You will have the opportunity of visiting Smile projects on Saturday, fellowshipping with local Christians on Sunday and an opportunity to meander through the old town of Gjakove and sightsee on Monday, before flying back to the UK in the afternoon. These action-packed four days will give you a real opportunity to see first-hand the work of Smile and are a great way of sampling life in Kosova without being away from home or work for too long. Cost £299 per person. Contact Richard Westbrook on trips@smileinternational.org for further details.

CHRISTMAS SHOEBOXES IN KOSOVA

6-13 December  £595

Join the Smile Step Out team this December for an amazing week and help us to distribute over 4,000 Christmas Shoebox gifts to Kosovan children in the mountain villages and schools. Also help us to distribute food and aid to the widows that are sponsored through Smile, share fellowship with local Christians and invest a week of your life caring for those in need in Kosova.  We can guarantee you'll be changed forever. Cost includes BA return flight from Gatwick to Prishtine, insurance for the trip, full board, transport in country and administration costs.

Further information on the above and other trips on our Step Out Trips page

Shoebox distribution 1  Shoebox distribution 2  Shoebox distribution 3
Shoebox distribution in Kosova

"LIVE YOUR LOVE"

Buy tea and support Smile's work caring for the needs in Sri Lanka

Smile are very grateful to Jeremy and Jasmine for helping support the work of Smile Lanka through this new initiative and valuable project. They have initiated a project to sell high quality fair trade black Sri Lankan tea, in biodegradable packaging, and will be donating a proportion of the profits to Smile's projects in the country:

Live Your Love - Jasmine and Jeremy

SMILE  10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION – 26 JUNE

   
THANK YOU to everyone who came to our 10 Year Anniversary Celebration at Christ Church Chislehurst. This was a very joyous occasion, as we remembered how Smile started in September 1999, and thanked the Lord for the growth of Smile over these 10 years, as well as Clive's healing from an aggressive form of cancer, which was diagnosed last July and from which he is now free. Our guest speaker was Mark Russell, CEO of the Church Army, who spoke on the miraculous healing by Jesus of the paralytic man, and how we need to retain the sense of urgency in removing all barriers to receiving the healing and saving power of the Lord, both at home and in our travels around the world.

Clive interviewed Pastor Samuel Doraikannan, who runs Smile India in Bangalore, and Pastor Carruthers Donkor, General Secretary of the Baptist Union of the Gambia, and thanked them for their partnership with Smile in spreading the Gospel message and supporting their communities in other practical ways. Clive's PA Katy Jones interviewed Ruban Doraikannan (pastor Samuel's brother) who has just graduated in Bible Studies in the UK. Emma Bishop and the Blue Fish Band sang the Widows' Song, encouraging us to remember those in need.

Tim, Richard and Steve worked very hard to provide the smooth presentation and Skype links with Pastor Astrit and Emily Morina in Kosova, and Ruth and Heather in Bangalore, India, who are helping with Smile projects there. We would like to thank Pastor Sherwin Chase and his musicians for leading the praise and worship, and Canon Michael Adams for allowing us to use the church to hold the event. We look forward to many more years of service, and an increase in opportunities to help the needy around the world, which we are sure we will achieve with the Lord's help and that of our many faithful supporters. We look forward to seeing everyone again next year!

SWIM 4 ZIM

Raising funds for children and widows in Zimbabwe

Our SWIM 4 ZIM fundraising campaign will be offering thousands of children and adults in Zimbabwe a more positive future, with easy access to clean water, regular food and the chance of an education or a sustainable income. We’ve put together a SWIM 4 ZIM fund raising pack, which is crammed full of great ideas to make sure your event really goes swimmingly! Also included is a poster, sponsor form, risk assessment form and sample letter for your event. If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact the Smile office.

In the midst of the current situation in Zimbabwe, with food and petrol shortages, rampant inflation and cholera that seem to be in and out of our headlines on a daily basis, here is the opportunity to make a difference to those in great need, and to give them a better future to look forward to.

We hope that you have fantastic fun as you and your friends take to the water and SWIM 4 ZIM!

 

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