{"id":4576,"date":"2020-05-24T12:40:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T11:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/?p=4576"},"modified":"2020-05-24T12:40:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T11:40:48","slug":"zoom-meeting-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/richmond-and-dales\/2020\/05\/24\/zoom-meeting-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom meeting in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We held our first <span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">Zoom <\/span>meeting in May.\u00a0 It was great to be able to see each other again after so many weeks apart, even if it was only on screens.\u00a0 Most of our members were able to take part. This gave us a chance to review our Programme Action plans for the year.\u00a0 We hope to be able to do some fund raising activities in the coming months.\u00a0 Advocacy is easier on-line and we discussed plans being made for<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the SIGBI Project Empowering Girls in Nepal <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/what-we-do\/our-projects\/girlsinnepal\/\">https:\/\/sigbi.org\/what-we-do\/our-projects\/girlsinnepal\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SI President&#8217;s appeal Road to Equality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soroptimistinternational.org\/action\/road-to-equality\/\">https:\/\/www.soroptimistinternational.org\/action\/road-to-equality\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>proposed Yorkshire Regional projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We continue to gather donations from members to help both Storehouse Foodbank <a href=\"http:\/\/www.influencechurch.co.uk\/storehouse\/\">http:\/\/www.influencechurch.co.uk\/storehouse\/<\/a> and our sister club in Harare, Zimbabwe.\u00a0 This is the sad reality there:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The five week lockdown, to stem the spread of Coronavirus, has had a disastrous impact, and dealt a final blow to any precarious livelihood.\u00a0\u2018No one can remember the last time a tap worked\u2019 &#8211; people are having to buy water, and very often queue for 12 hours at a bore hole.<\/li>\n<li>\u2018When you are starving and the\u00a0 stomachs of your children are grumbling so loudly, who can worry about having a face mask or keeping at a social distance?\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u2018How can you wash your hands, when there isn\u2019t even enough water to drink\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Half the population of 15 million lack adequate food and water, and inflation is almost 700 per cent. 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