Hannah's running for Mbeya's kids

Hugo Anson — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:48:39 +0100

After years of applying I have finally gained a place for 2012 and will be able to achieve a lifelong ambition and run The London Marathon.

Having completed The Great North Run twice, The Great South Run, The Norwich Half Marathon twice and various triathlons..Read More...

more children...

Sharon Anson — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:54:54 +0100

This morning was the final morning of interviewing children on the scheme and registering new ones. We've registered 71 more children on the scheme, which means that there'll be 221 children coming to the church after school every day, of which 94 still need sponsors.

It was good to see Shiva at the church today; the lady we Read More...

meeting specific needs

Sharon Anson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:19:37 +0100

The team have been in the Chennai slum meeting children and their families again today. Today is a public holiday in Chennai which made it easier for the older children to attend without missing lessons. It's encouraging meeting the older children and hearing about their dreams and aspirations for the future, for studying at college and the career paths they'd like to follow.

We wanted to share the story of Uvasree, who you can see with her mother in the photograph below.

Hope and Freedom (Chennai mission trip 2012)

Sharon Anson — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:28:58 +0100

Today, some of the children on the Chennai sponsorship programme came to the church centre for their annual update session with the team.

More photos from Rach Warwick here.

Each child comes with a parent or carer. One of the team will spend some time talking to them, working with translRead More...

Chennai 2012

Sharon Anson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:06:57 +0100

This week, Sharon, Catherine, Jenny, Suzanne and Rachel are in Chennai spending time with Kevin and Deborah and all the children who are part of the sponsorship project.

The team have spent this first afternoon visiting homes in the slum with Kevin and his brother David. The people live along the rivRead More...

1Step2Step latest news

Hugo Anson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:56:05 +0100

Here's a exert from the latest 1step2step newsletter .

A lot has already happened since Nicola’s return to Thailand:

Nicola has been able to take several items of equipment back to Thailand with her, including pedro boots and some projector lights. The children were pleased to see her and were all welRead More...

Baubles turned to good use

Hugo Anson — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:43:17 +0100

A big "THANK YOU" to Karla Shepherd for a creative fundraising venture. A few Christmas baubles were first turned into Christmas tree table decorations and then sold in aid of the work Grassroots does in Tanzania. A simple idea but raise £135!

Feel free to email us if you want information of Read More...

Malawi News

Hugo Anson — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:56:14 +0100

Latest Newsletter from Les and Kathie in Malawi

We can not believe that it is three months since our last newsletter.

It has been a busy period getting the nursery in Samuti back on track after the holidays. Most of the repairs to the buildings have been completed and the painting done. ThereRead More...

Fundraising spectacular by Eliza & students from Timisoara

Hugo Anson — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:33:23 +0100

Back in November we received this exciting letter from Eliza in Romania:

"My name is Eliza Fat and I teach Geography and English at the Christian Baptist High-School in TIMISOARA, Romania.
This yRead More...

"Barnet Community Projects" breakthrough

Hugo Anson — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:22:30 +0100

Barnet Community Projects used to be part of Grassroots until they decided to form their own charity. They are doing some fabulous stuff and recently had this report in the local "PRESS".

By Linsey Humphries

"SOCIAL entrepreneurs have been given funding by Barnet Council to hRead More...

Grassroots Christmas NEWS!

Hugo Anson — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:38:01 +0100

Hello everyone. Happy Christmas!

We have just sent a Christmas email to everyone who supports Grassroots in prayer and other ways. Due to some email programmes being strange it opened easily for some but not for others. So we have republished it here as a pdf. Click on the candle and take a look!

DOWNLOAD GraRead More...

A week in Tenerife!

Hugo Anson — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:14:01 +0100

How about joining us for a week in Tenerife!

The Living Room is in the heart of the Las Americas club area. It is surrounded by lap dance venues, bars, clubs and brothels. DurRead More...

Kenya Famine relief mission to Kakuma

Hugo Anson — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:41:02 +0100

Report by Dan Kariuki of DC Kasarani

I thank the Lord for the opportunity to serve through Mercy Mission to people who are going without food for days because of drought. Our friends called it “operation okoa mwananchi” because our targets were families who live in arid areas thaRead More...

Report on Kenya Famine response

Hugo Anson — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:11:34 +0100

An enormous thank you to all who have supported the Kenya Crisis Appeal. You have made an enormous difference! (please see the video below)

I went over to Kenya to be involved with the distribution of food to the worst hit areas. I wanted to spend time with our partners who are organising thiRead More...

The team's last day in Mbeya

Hugo Anson — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:25:27 +0100

Hot here today. Sweaty for church!

Some of the team went to Tukuyu (50 km away to the South. About half way to Kyela). They spent time with the church there and then prayer walked around their community and met local people.

On the way home they bought 100s of bananas. "Why?" yoRead More...

Tense Day, but still working

Hugo Anson — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:14:06 +0100

We have had another day of extreme caution here in Mbeya. The Mwanjelwa market was closed and riot police were patroling the streets. We made it to the interviewing centres by going on round-a-bout routes. As we interviewed bombs went off and people ran into the church for safety.

3 peoRead More...

Phew....

Sharon Anson — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:57:42 +0100

Phew what a day!!!! I am writing this in between power cuts on a very busy day in Mbeya. With 4 centres to visit and over 453 children to interview today, it was always going to be a challenge. Breakfast was at 7am as usual, followed by a time of prayer before leaving for the various locations at 8.30am.

However that was when a disturbance occured on the street - which resulted in fighting between the police and street vendors. This was very disturbing as people were hurt and one manRead More...

No Shopping

Sharon Anson — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:19:01 +0100

Life in Tanzania is always full of suprises and the unexpected often happens. We arrived at one location this afternoon only to find that the children had been told we were coming tomorrow! So with an afternoon of enforced rest we decided to go shopping at the market... but first we needed lunch. We arrived at tRead More...

The Blessing of rain!!!

Sharon Anson — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:36:10 +0100

We reach the half way point today, but still lots more to do.

Two teams went out again. One team went to Airport and the other team went to 2 different locations called Pambogo and Shewa. The rain fell hard in the afternoon which made things more challenging. Tin rooves are very noisy when it rains. It Read More...

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