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CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER 2007
The joy of Christmas fills our hearts as we prepare to celebrate Advent with decorations, music, gifts and time with our families. So it should be, for the good news of Christmas is liberation and freedom to remind us of the great love of God to all persons in the world.
Yet the real pain of the first Christmas is still experienced in our world 2000 years later. The infant Jesus was born unexpectedly in a temporary shelter – a manger. Soon after his birth he became a refugee fleeing from Bethlehem to Egypt for fear of King Herod. The growing infant and his displaced parents depended on the goodwill of the people in a foreign land.
In Sri-Lanka the devastation of the tsunami and the ongoing vicious civil war have seen infants, children, orphans and widows being displaced from their own homes time and time again, living in temporary shelters, hiding in air-raid bunkers, eking out a basic existence from whatever the land can produce and depending on the goodwill of the people.
Over a considerable number of years, Hope Outreach UK, with your support, has been able to improve the plight of many of these innocent people.
CHILDREN’S WELFARE HOMES (ORPHANAGES)
We support the care of around 200 displaced children in three different homes in Sri-Lanka. The children are cared for by supportive staff, who provide a homely environment enabling them to continue with their education.
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