Message from Matthew Frost Tearfund

BBC NEWS The 'youngest headmaster in the world'

Around the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because their families are too poor to afford to send them to school. In India, one schoolboy is trying change that. In the first report in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Damian Grammaticas meets Babar Ali, whose remarkable education project is transforming the lives of hundreds of poor children.

BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | The 'youngest headmaster in the world'

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the big sleep

The big sleep-Friday 16th October 8pm- Saturday 17th October 8am, at Durham cathedral. An overnight experience of the world of a young homeless person, the issues faced, prejudices confronted and an opportunity to raise money and awareness to change lives. For ages 12-21, Cost £35 For booking email info@aquilaway.org or call 4915700

Thanks to all who contributed £350 for cakes on 11th October at HBC. This will enable 10 people to join the big sleep

The Wave

The Wave: come together for a church service and march to stop climate chaos on Saturday 5 December in central London.

In December, world leaders must seal a strong and fair deal at crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen.

Join us on Saturday 5 December in London for an action-packed church service and march to call on the UK government to deliver a strong and fair deal that puts the needs of the poorest people first.

11am: Church service at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster

1pm: March starts in Grosvenor Square. Those in the church service will walk together to join the march

3pm: Encircling of parliament following by tea and cakes with Tearfund (venue tbc)

Wear or carry something blue to make The Wave look special.

Thousands of people like you will be there, let’s make sure the church is well represented.

A strong and fair deal

To ensure the global deal on climate change is strong and fair, Tearfund believes it must include the following commitments:

* developed countries must agree to reduce their emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2020 (from 1990 levels). The vast majority of these cuts must be made in the country where they were emitted rather than by offsetting. Developed countries must also commit to reduce emissions by at least 95 per cent of 1990 levels by 2050.
* developed countries must commit to provide at least US$150 billion a year of climate finance for poor countries. This must be new and additional to Official Development
Assistance commitments of 0.7 per cent of GDP, and to finance provided by carbon markets. This finance is necessary to help poor and vulnerable communities adapt to the changing climate and to help support action to reduce emissions in developing countries.

OneDrop

OneDrop descibes itself as a Poetic Social Mission
They recently broadcast from space about the need for people to have access to water and sanitation
http://broadcast.onedrop.org/

Lob a loo roll

Be a sanitation and water champion

Join the global church and call on the Prime Minister to take extraordinary action and help transform the lives of billions.

Fill in the form below, and we'll add your action to the tens of thousands we're collecting from Christians across the UK, before we hand them to the Prime Minister later in the year.

 

Dear Prime Minister

It's out of order that almost 900 million people still lack access to clean water, while 2.5 billion are denied a decent  toilet.

I welcome what the UK government has already done but would like to see more action to address this crisis, to accelerate progress on many of the Millennium Development Goals.

Be a sanitation and water champion

• Use every opportunity you have to talk taps and toilets to world leaders.
• Ensure that the UK helps poor countries develop plans to provide sanitation and water for all and make sure none fail due to lack of finance