Fai th in Act ion
Working in Partnership with the Church in Africa
Relief Consignments
We are seeking to love, respect and encouragement to churches overseas through sending out 20ft shipping container consignments of relief. These consignments are currently being sent to a church group in Malawi, who oversee the distribution of these consignments in Malawi and Mozambique. Church leaders distribute these goods as they consider most appropriate in their situation.
All the items that we send are prepared, packed and documented by a number of packing groups which have been set up throughout the UK. Each group packs and documents their own boxes according to our instructions, so that good standards and unity are maintained.
Our consignments include a variety of different items, most of which are second-hand. Clothing and bedding is prepared and packed with love so as to look like new. Each article of clothing is washed, ironed, folded and placed into a polythene bag, with a label in the recipients' own local language saying: 'We send greetings in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ', together with the size and a description of the garment enclosed. The bedding is prepared and packed in a similar way.
As well as packing second-hand clothing and bedding, we also send a variety of other items. We collect soap from hotels; we
One of our Packing Groups
receive sheets and towels from laundries; we turn old sheets into bandages; we make old flannelette sheets into nappies; we produce sewing kits from miscellaneous haberdashery items; we create sewing materials from duvet covers; we send out old net curtains for making into mosquito nets, food covers, wedding dresses and wedding veils; we collect unwanted candles from churches; we give new life to shoes, spectacles and household items; and provide stationery, exercise books, biros and pencils. We also refurbish sewing machines and send these in our consignments, as well as to other countries through a number of different organizations.
To date we have sent 131 x 20ft container consignments to five different countries in East Africa, which is equivalent to about 80,696 boxes.
A full Storage Container, ready to be sent to Malawi
To download a PDF file with more information, please click leaflet.
