Humanitarian Aid from the tenpasenta church Southampton

AID

The best Aids to Africa since Africa sent Aids to us.

This financial year we focused our humanitarian aid package on drought stricken parts of Africa, following the lead of other charity business's like Oxfam, we put in place a well paid management team to organise both fund raising efforts and the final delivery of a great aid package to those most needy in Africa.
After seeing adverts on TV for bottled water, and the pleasure it brought to those shown drinking it, Mark the vicar decided that water would be the ideal aid for us to take to Africa in 2008, but unlike other organisations who put their efforts into sinking wells so that locals have access to a long term water supply, we aimed far higher, we felt that they deserved no less than the same bottled water that those French people in the advert were drinking, plus the bottles themselves would be most welcome, a recent survey showed that up to 94% of all Africans wore old water bottles as shoes.

ACTION

Mark the vicar took time out of his busy schedule to visit Africa and here is his report:

"I have to say that the poverty shocked me, I went to a beach just a stone’s throw from my private resort hotel, and found that none of the locals were there enjoying themselves, nobody swimming in the sea and the plush sun beds lay empty. My limo driver told me that many local people hang around snooker halls and bars in town, others stay at home watching daytime television or even go to work for a living. I've never known anything like it, I knew from that moment the Tenpasenta Church was helping the right people. Much better than Oxfam helping the children of Ethiopia some years ago, from what I saw on TV at the time their stomachs were already huge from so much food that had been forced down them, far too bloated to need any more food, but that's what these "aid" people were still insisting on, a travesty, I believe mass gastric banding would have been more useful, but I'm not an expert."

Our first and only shipment flew out first class on July 18th which was calculated to be the hottest and therefore the neediest time for our bottled water to arrive, it also meant Mark the vicar was able to meet the shipment in person as it coincided with his holiday in the area. Not to waste any time, he passed the bottle to the first African looking gentleman he met in the business class lounge at Kisauni Airport, he was more than happy to accept it once the vicar had added some conveniently located ice and lemon, we were happy to help.	I would like to thank everybody who helped to raise money for the "Focus on Africa" appeal, it was a great success.
		Financial matters. Total raised £17,486,25p Fund management £15,000.00 Transportation £2,486,20p Bottle of water 5p

TITANIC

As a change to the usual we are doing something new. Being a caring Church it's important to keep our finger on the pulse of local issues, in 1912 the famous ocean liner Titanic left Southampton for its maiden trip to New York. Much to our surprise we have learned that it crashed and sank en-route killing several rich people and even more poor ones, including the actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
On that ship was three month old Millvina Dean who survived the incident, she then grew up in Southampton area, now at the age of 97 she only living survivor of the sinking of the Titanic.
We were shocked to read in the Southern Daily Echo that she has been forced to sell all of her Titanic memorabilia and DVD's to pay for her nursing home costs.
As from 1st June 2009, Mark the vicar has agreed to pay all of her nursing home costs from that day onwards until she dies, a truly generous offer from the Tenpasenta Church.

DESIGNER

Following our success in 2007 we are doing the same again in 2009.
Remember we sent some designer goods to members of an impoverished tribe in Kenya? Well we recently received some photos in our email box from Peter, the Chief himself, and they all look very happy with their stuff, this is what prompted us to repeat this unique aid package.
The photo's below show the cost of each item compared to local living costs, flash or what?

419?

Last week we found a letter in our email box that really touched our hearts, and not just because of its money making opportunities, read the copy of it below, you will understand how important it is for us to collect money and send it to people like Cecil in Africa.

419 letter?