News & Events – Page 5 – Neighbours Aid

Enews 2-8-2016

NEIGHBOURS AID IN AFRICA “Poverty is not an accident. Like apartheid and slavery, it is man made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.” Nelson Mandela. Yesterday I sat with a group of women living in a poor village in the Namanjalala slum of North western Kenya

Malawi here we come.

Our time in Kenya has come to an end and we have been challenged by the stories of brave women working to change the lives of women and children. Education is the key to the future of Kenya for the next generation and we are humbled and privileged to be

Neighbours Aid working in Kenya

This trip I have been touched by the plight of Kenyan women. I sat in a small 2 roomed mud hut with a group of women yesterday as they shared the challenges they face as women in Kenyan culture. They were touched to think that they were valuable and worthy

E News 5/7/2016

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” Ghandi NEIGHBOURS AID MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO INDIAN LIVES Vijayawada Hope Project Our project director Dany writes that a new tailoring class has commenced in a slum colony where 19,000 families who were living along the roadsides have been relocated.

E News 21/6/2016

Neighbours Aid is thrilled to announce the launch of our new website. We invite you to have a look and share the exciting Neighbours Aid story and regular blog updates on our work. The site is user friendly and here you can see regular updates on our work – Donate

Further adventures in paradise

it’s great to see theNeighbours Aid store doing so well and providing good quality used items at low prices for the people in Nadi. Tomorrow is new stock day and people will be lining up to get first pick of the clothes. Fiji is recovering well from the cyclone and

Adventures in Paradise

Neighbours Aid has been involved with Fiji through our Namaka Market Op Shop near Nadi Airport. Every year we send 4 containers of goods which are sold at great prices to local people. Profits go to help some of Fiji’s orphaned and vulnerable children. Things are pretty tough in Fiji

E News 7/6/2016

LAWNTON FUND RAISER FOR INDIA Once again Fay Menzies and her hard working team of family members and supporters have staged an amazing afternoon tea in support of Neighbours Aid projects in Vijayawada and Kolkata. Just under half of India’s 1.2 billion people lives below the poverty line. Many of

E News 24/5/2016

AN UPDATE FROM THE LEADER OF OUR NEW EDUCARE PROJECT IN KOLKATA Educare has been going really well the first month. We have collected around 40 applications so far from children who are coming for classes. Some of them are regular, but some of them aren’t. Our teachers and staff

E News 10/05/2016

NEIGHBOURS AID EMPOWERING WOMEN ASSISTING THEM TO BREAK THE POVERTY CYCLE. This past weekend Neighbours Aid was involved in the Nambour St John’s Anglican Church annual women’s conference LIVE LOVE LAUGH. Several hundred women from all over the Sunshine Coast and beyond joined together around the topic ARISE UNITE EMPOWER!