Mothers’ Union members around the globe have started to pray for members and projects organised by Mothers’ Union in the Diocese of Winchester, and the family of diocese to whom it is linked in our annual cycle of prayer. Winchester, Kitgum and Muhabura (both in Uganda), Masasi (in Tanzania) and Kajo-Keji (in Sudan) will [...]
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Mothers’ Union members in the Diocese of Winchester are linked with fellow members in specific regions of Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania. All these regions are now affected by devasting famine conditions across East Africa. Crops have failed for the third time in 12 months, livestock are dead or dying and families are spending all [...] East Africa is in the middle of a drought. In Kenya the problem is particularly acute: an estimated 10 million people are already living with starvation. Speaking to the ‘Church Times’ in August, Fiona Thomas (who works at Mary Sumner House, head office of Mothers’ Union) was quoted as saying: Mothers’ Union Kenya, [...] |
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