This Christian Aid Week which starts on Friday features mothers in Nairobi, Kenya, facing the devastating reality of urban poverty and the daily struggle to feed their children.
The spotlight story for this year’s Christian Aid Week appeal is Fridah, a mother and grandmother living in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.
Most parents wake every single day knowing that they must go and earn money, otherwise their children won’t eat that evening. Fridah knows this reality well. But she’s determined to protect her grandchildren from hunger.
With support from Christian Aid’s partner, Beacon of Hope, Fridah is growing vegetables in planters and small plots of land between dwellings. This unlikely harvest allows her to increase her family’s nutrition, and to sell vegetables at market for extra income. Fridah uses those funds to send her children and grandchildren to school, in hope that an education will help them succeed in life, and break the cycle of poverty that she has experienced.
‘Now I can plan. I can buy this; I can buy that. I can help my family.
https://caw.christianaid.org.uk/uk/about/what-christian-aid-week/growing-hope-small-city-space
A prayer from Christian Aid
Gracious God,
when we stand on the plains of uncertainty,
with no path before us,
we look to you.
We remember what you have done before
and our anxious hearts are comforted.
Showing mercy, you delivered us then;
in your love and faithfulness,
you will do it again.
Give us the strength to step forward in hope.
Give us faith that changes us,
hope that feeds us,
love that moves us.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.