Creative children in Croston have built beautiful model gardens to help families living in poverty. The young people from Trinity Methodist Church held a special service to support Christian Aid Week. Their colourful models of urban gardens showed how vegetables can be grown in small city spaces to provide food.
Successful Fundraising Event
The event raised £400 through donation envelopes and a family soup and cake lunch. Church Steward Dilys Lightfoot said: “We had a wonderful service, including the urban garden, which was created by our young people, as well as ‘The Mustard Seed Tree’ with the birds nesting in it, also created by the children. It was a great success, with £400 collected from envelopes and our family soup and cake lunch!”
Focus on Nairobi
This year’s charity appeal focussed on vital work in Nairobi, Kenya, where intense poverty means families face a daily struggle to feed their children. Secure jobs are very hard to find in the area, and most people earn less than a dollar a day to cover school costs, rent, and water. Because of these low wages, there are many days when families simply do not have enough food for a meal.
Christian Aid is working alongside a local partner called Beacon of Hope to change lives in the city. The charity provides families with tools, seeds, and specialist training so they can learn how to make the most of small spaces. This support allows parents to grow a steady supply of fresh vegetables that they can cook for their children or sell to earn an income.
Location: Croston, Lancashire
