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Registered Charity Number: SC038645 - (Mission International)

   Christmas 2010 @ Hope Centre Burundi

As you may remember many of you were responsible for putting presents together specifically for the children at Hope Centre. When our team visited Burundi earlier this year we were able to take these presents with us so that the children could open them on Christmas day:

There were a lot of mouths to feed including some children from the surrounding community:

Non-GiftAid Donations:      

GiftAid Donations:

Administrator Comment

Please Remember

We don't want to forget about Hope Centre and it's ongoing needs for funds to keep the building work going but now, more importantly, we need to make sure that having built the houses they have enough money to live in them and be able to employ the mamas and buy the necessary food etc.

Administrator Comment

Continued support still required:

Can I just say that it is great how many of you have donated or been involved with this project in some way however there is still much to be done and, even after the houses are complete, there is still the need for a vocational school and clinic in the Gatumba community. This, however, only scratches the surface of the problem here in Burundi so please encourage many more people to get on board and find ways to help where they can. This requires a lot of sacrifice with your time and money but every little bit of help goes a long way.

Please continue to give of your time and money to this project and other projects like this.

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Here are different ways to contact us in the UK

Email:

Val Carr = vcarr@HopeCentreBurundi.com

Charles Carr = ccarr@HopeCentreBurundi.com


[size=14px]New Mobile Phone Numbers:

Val Carr: 0781 365 8682

Charles Carr 0780 542 4558

Our New House Phone Number:

Phone: Lancaster (01524) 847917[/size]

Here is our house address:


6 Redwood Heights
Lancaster
LA1 3FG

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Pastor Leonard

Pastor Leonard's Story

Pastor Leonard was born in 1971, the youngest of five children. His parents were killed in a mass killing of their ethnic group in 1972. The children struggled to survive and look after each other for many years.

As a teenager Leonard was full of hatred and wanted to avenge the killing of his parents, but he became a Christian when he was 18 and was able to meet and forgive those who had killed his parents. He felt God told him clearly that he was to look after others who were orphaned as he had been.

At the time his circumstances did not allow him to do this, but he was ordained as a Pastor in 1996, and was able to take in his first orphan in 1997, just before he was married.

His wife partners him in this ministry and they now care for over 40 orphans in addition to their own three children.

Around about April this year Pastor Leonard's land-lord for the house that he was staying in asked Pastor Leonard and all the family and children to move out of the property which they were renting. Obviously this was an impossible situation for them. Latterly Pastor Leonard managed to negotiate a compromise with the land lord whereby his immediate family and a few of the orphans could stay in the property until his house was built. This meant that the remaining orphans had to be farmed out to friends that would be willing to take them. Pastor Leonard continues to provide food and clothing for these children which is now even more difficult for him. Thankfully though you have helped him greatly with your regular child support donations.