Dear Friends
'Harvest is a time to give thanks, a time to recognise the rich, life-giving, colourful, joyful provision of God. The gift of abundance that we so wonderfully receive is also a gift that needs to be shared generously and freely.
This year, for my Harvest Appeal, I am inviting you to join with the Cambodian Hope Organisation as they restore the lives of many vulnerable Cambodian families.
By Living God’s Love in partnership with CHO, we can share God’s gifts and bring dignity, hope and self worth to people in Cambodia.
Will you join me in seizing this opportunity?'
+Alan St Albans
Bishop's Harvest Appeal 2011
Restoring Lives
Cambodia
Cambodia
As part of our Diocesan focus, Living God's Love and as we seek to live God's way, we have the chance to connect with CHO, (Cambodian Hope Organisation) to Transform Communities and Make New Disciples among people living in desperate poverty.
In the Poipet region, Northwest Cambodia, on the border with Thailand, many families are desperately poor - earning less than £1 a day.
The Poipet region of Cambodia
They face a daily struggle to put food on the table, pay for essentials like schooling and healthcare is out of the question.
Since 2002 CHO has been encouraging and enabling communities to develop the skills they need to earn a living. In Poipet, CHO helps 120 families to run profitable agricultural businesses at their homes and rear pigs and chickens.
You can give online
Here's how
£10 will train a family to raise animals and grow vegetables.
£20 will supply a family with a home garden start-up kit of hoe, seeds, seedlings and fertiliser – to feed them and earn them a living
£60 will provide a family with a loan of pigs to breed for food and income.
Other Ways to Give
You can contribute to a collection or fundraising event held by your church or school - a cheque for the total sum of all donations and proceeds, including any tax reclaimed via Gift Aid will be sent, payable to The St Albans Diocesan Board of Finance, to The Bishop of St Albans' Harvest Appeal, Abbey Gate House, Abbey Mill Lane, St Albans AL3 4HD.