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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
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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 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.
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.
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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.
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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. |
Ruban is the younger brother of Pastor Samuel who is Director of Smile
India |
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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.
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Scenery in Kosova Smile Project Manager Berti (centre) leading Ron and
Steve to the finishing tape at the Smile Centre gates |
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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
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Inca Trail flyer PDF (421
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Gordon Carr Steve Thompson |
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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 Smiles 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. |
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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 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:
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!
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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. Weve 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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Download SWIM 4 ZIM Fundraising Pack PDF 4.6 MB |
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