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Refugee Welcome “Paddington” Action – Monday 24 October 2016 Middlesbrough

Refugee Welcome “Paddington” Action – Monday 24 October 2016 Middlesbrough

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Refugee Welcome “Paddington” Action – Monday 24 October Middlesbrough with Margaret Clark APD Advocacy  and Middlesbrough #Soroptimists lobbying Andy McDonald MP urging leaders to accept children under the terms of the Dubs amendment #refugeeswelcome #calaiskids http://bit.do/cCfCp Why Paddington? Paddington Bear is a unaccompanied child refugee who came alone to London as a stowaway after the destruction of his family home. In the Paddington film his Aunt Lucy recalls the evacuees of world war 2, saying “Long ago, people in England sent their children by train with labels around their necks, so they could be taken care of by complete strangers in the countryside where it was safe. They will not have forgotten how to treat a stranger”. Paddington is the perfect symbol of Britain’s tradition of welcoming child refugees in the past.

Meru Women’s Garden Project

Meru Women’s Garden Project

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Margaret Clark Advocacy APD & SI Middlesbrough#soroptimists are proud to be supporting @Childdotorg & Great Big Supper Club #TGBSCLUBMeru Garden Project https://t.co/ZuA6ODdE3S Over the next three years Soroptimist Clubs are supporting the Meru Women’s Garden Project (MWGP), a collaboration with Child.org, that will educate, empower and enable women and girls in Meru County, Kenya. The project provides sustainable gardening techniques and tools, enabling women to become mentors and pioneers of agricultural sustainability within the community. It will also educate girls on their rights, empowering them to stand up to damaging cultural practices like female genital mutilation (FGM). By providing economic opportunities to women and girls, MWGP will achieve long term change by strengthening entire communities; improving the lives and opportunities for children and generations to come. Meru District is in Tigania East with a population of 136,000. 90% live in rural areas with HIV/AIDs prevalent in the

Go Folic!

Go Folic!

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Together with SI Darlington, we are raising awareness of the Go Folic Campaign. http://www.gofolic.org.uk  http://www.shinecharity.org.uk Go Folic! is a national campaign started by the charity Shine in 2011, to help raise vital awareness among all women of childbearing age about the importance of taking folic acid BEFORE becoming pregnant. Doing this helps reduce the risk of serious birth defects of the brain and spine, called Neural Tube Defects, like spina bifida and anencephaly. For all women who are having sex, there is always a chance that they could get pregnant, even if they’re not trying to. Go Folic! calls on all women who might become pregnant to take 400mcg of folic acid each day, as recommended by the NHS. The more people who come on board with our campaign, the more chance future babies have of being born healthy. Folic Facts 50 400 28 9 Up to

Baby clothes handed over to Gill Curry to take to Sierra Leone‏

Baby clothes handed over to Gill Curry to take to Sierra Leone‏

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In Sierra Leone Mothers have been persuaded to attend a clinic to give birth to their babies instead of at home and following an urgent request Margaret Clark has handed over to Gill baby hats and clothes to forward to them. These are the only clothes the babies will have which will also protect them from mosquitos Kori Development Project http://kwdp.org/ Thankyou very much to all our knitters

PK
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Flier of the Film Night 29 September 6 – 9pm Mima – Centre Square, Middlesbrough, TS1 2AZ Ticket: £10 Contact: cooperpageo21@aol.com or 0796 299 9001 Film Synopsis PK (Pee-Kay) is a comedy of ideas about a stranger, from galaxies away, in the city, who asks questions that no one has asked before. They are innocent, child-like questions, but they bring about catastrophic answers. People, who are set in their ways for generations, are forced to reappraise their world when they see it from PK’s innocent eyes. In the process, PK makes loyal friends and powerful foes; mends broken lives and angers the establishment. PK’s childlike curiosity transforms into a spiritual odyssey for him and millions of others. The film is an ambitious and uniquely original exploration of complex philosophies. It is also a simple and humane tale of love, laughter and letting go. Finally, it is