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Support vulnerable children at Lipnitza
Out of the 80 children who attend Lipnitza Orphanage-School in Bulgaria, 60 are especially vulnerable: These children either have no home at all or their families are so poor and dysfunctional that it is dangerous for the children to return home in the holidays. In some cases their parents use children as a source of revenue through prostitution or sex trafficking. So what happens to these children in the school holidays? Can we leave them to live on the streets or to go back into dangerous family situations? The Trussell Trust is setting up a fund to enable Mr Petkov, Director of Lipnitza, to look after these especially vulnerable children during the holidays. In the last two weeks of August, The Trussell Trust leads a team of sixth formers and university students to take 39 children from Lipnitza on a Summer Holiday Camp to the Black Sea for ten days, but for much of the rest of the holiday period many of them will be roaming the streets. We urgently need to provide safe lodgings for these children during the holidays It costs £45 per month to keep a child safe during the holiday period. Any amount you are able to send us will help transform a child's life. Last week a young man called John* came into the Salisbury foodbank cafe. He was in a desperate state. He was homeless and the blankets that he slept on, the only comfort left in his life, had been stolen. Whilst John was at the foodbank centre, George and Jill, a couple who had been homeless, without food and living in a tent, dropped in to thank the foodbank volunteers for giving them food, helping them find a home and helping them get back on their feet. George started to chat to John and immediately offered him the tent which they no longer needed, and some vouchers for the showers at a campsite. One of our volunteers was so moved that she bought John a stove. We gave him some blankets and personal items and a food parcel. This kindness gave John a temporary home and enabled him to establish contact with his relatives. He now has a more permanent home and a chance to rebuild his life. Salisbury foodbank manager, Mark Ward, writes: 'Foodbanks are about much more than feeding people, they are places where, every day, hundreds of people around the country find kindness, help, friends and good advice at their point of great need.' A regular standing order of £25 a month, or whatever you can spare, will enable us to help more desperate people around the country. *Names have been changed to protect identity Two weeks ago a very distressed young mother visited the Trust. Over a cup of coffee, Chrissy McAuley, ReStore Shop Manager, listened to her apalling story of abuse and fear. This girl had lost all hope and was on the verge of committing suicide. The next day she phoned to say that her talk with Chrissy had 'saved my life.' ...To read the full story, sign up here for our quarterly postal newsletter. We urgently need supplies of long life fruit juice, tinned meat and tinned tomatoes. Our stocks of these items are very low, and any help you can give would be really appreciated. Supplies can be delivered to the foodbank warehouse at St Michael's Community Centre. For more information please phone Mark Ward, Salisbury foodbank manager, on 01722 427112 or email mark.ward@trusselltrust.org. Thank
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   Join the Duck Race on 19th June!   Find out about 5 at 50! Volunteers Needed! We are looking for volunteers to: > 'Buddy' with a supported volunteer who needs high level support. > Deliver emergency food boxes from time to time > Sort shop donations > Be 'on call' when we need an extra pair of hands at short notice Could you help? Call Lizzie on 01722 427111  IIt's amazing what a difference a cup of coffee can make... What
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do? In the UK our foodbank network is feeding thousands of people in crisis who find themselves unable to put food on the table In Salisbury we run community projects including work opportunities for people with mental health, social and physical difficulties, and the long term unemployed In Bulgaria, the poorest and most deprived country in the EU, we are keeping children off the streets, saving young men and women from drugs, prostitution and even from being sold as slaves to sex traffickers |
