Mothering Sunday 2010 is on Sunday 14th March, and once again Mothers’ Union are running their ethical gift campaign to enable people to remember the much loved Mothers and raise funds for much needed project work across the world. If you are reading this before Tuesday 9th March 2010, and haven’t yet taken part, you still have time to do so!
Mothers’ Union – like any charity – has seen income levels drop alarmingly as investments take a tumble. Yet working at the grassroots, actually serving communities where we live – in 78 countries of the world – means that we see at first hand when people need help. We know that if you could see what our members see – in some of the most already impoverished communities of the world – you would not be able to walk by on the other side.
Mothers’ Union’s
Make a Mother’s Day campaign each year offers ethical gifts which help family carers through some of life’s most challenging difficulties. Each gift reaches out to a mum, granny, or care-giver to help them give care, protection, nurture and a more positive and hopeful future to children.
This year the challenge is on to meet greater needs amid the recession. There are a total of fourteen ethical gifts to choose from for 2010, ranging from £7 – £168, each one bound to delight either your mother, or you as you choose a gift in your mum’s memory. Duck and chicks, seeds and goats tap into the sense of rebirth that spring brings. But there are gifts too for the strategist supporting environmental stability or leadership training for the Global South.
Our Diocesan Newsletter “Archway” is due out soon, which includes an article about the Commercialisation of Childhood on page 4 – if that is something that you are concerned about the gift “Childhood is going bust” for £40 – is perfectly priced with a perfect message – “Help us ban bras for seven-year olds. We believe the sexualisation of pre-teen girls is wrong. End of story.”
Catalogues are available from your local Mothers’ Union’s members, or perhaps you might like to purchase online from
www.makeamothersday.org
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