The Philippines

The Sunflower Trust paid for an operation for a little girl called Alice, who lives on a rubbish tip in the Navotas area of Manila, in the Philippines. Alice/s operation took place on August 5th of this year The operation, costing £500, had been organised when we spent a month there, in January. .

What an adventure, living with rats and cockroaches, and I am not very fond of either one. We also paid £150 for a flat, for a year, for Linda to live in, with her 7 children. She had not slept lying down for many years because her hut was smaller than her. She lived in the Bronx, of down town Manila.

£250 was paid for a shower and bathroom to be built in Daveo, Philippines, for Pastor Alan Pellobello,and his family and the small Church.

Hungary

Financial support was sent to Bing, a lovely lady with 2 young children, to pay for electric to be installed into her mud hut, so that she could have light during the winter months. We have also bought a building in Nyirbeltek, that cost us £3000, that is going to be used for a Christian School and Resource centre.

We took a team of ladies out to Bag, near Budapest, to befriend the village folk, who are some of the poorest people I have met. We provided them with 70kgs of baby clothes, which were gladly received. Money was given to many individuals in that village to buy food . We have set up a food programme in Bag, where Lajois Ciski and his wife Erika, visit twice a week.

India

We have sent money for food, directly to, Giribabu Neela, in Andra Pradesh in India. Giribabu, and his wife look after 30 orphans in Gunta, Andra Pradesh. We are the only ones supporting them. Giribabu also teaches them many subjects including English. The Orphanage is only a basic, one story building, and is also Giribabu s home. It is made of asbestos. The village was burnt by fire,2 months ago, as farmers burnt off their fields, the wind changed and burnt the homes of 18 families, killing the live stock.

This is just a few of the achievements and successful projects that we have accomplished in the first 9 months of this year.

Melanie