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46 The Link Magazine • January 2005
Challenging mission
Registered Childminder
Chris Chorley, a member of Holy Trinity Church in Shaw, describes
Flexible, friendly, negotiable rates
three weeks working as a volunteer in Sierra Leone last year
8 years experience. One week free
Childminder in Taw Hill area Until two years ago, civil war had not seen maintenance since
Available Monday to Friday for school drop-ads
has places available from from 6am to 9am, and pick-ups from 3pm to 9pm raged in the country once known the 1930s.
January 2005 Also available all day on Monday, Thursday, Friday, as the 'Jewel of West Africa,' Time was also spent talking to
Call Tina 01 793 701683 weekends & late evenings devastating its infrastructure and the residents who had become in-
for more information Call 07957 166529 or 871466 housing, making it one of the poor- stitutionalised. They really enjoyed
est countries on the continent. the interaction and smiles ap-
As a supporter of peared on their oth-
the worldwide Chris- erwise gloomy faces.
DISC SERVICES tian charity Mercy The Anastasis, one
We transfer anything onto DVD Disc Ships, which supplies of the Mercy Ships
- Cine Film, Video tape, Wedding Photos medical assistance hospital ships, was
Phone for a leaflet or advice and other help to Af- moored in Freetown,
Tel: 01793 705333 rica and South and provided volun-
Mobile: 07831 575758 America, I decided to teer doctors and
H.Q. Bath PO Box 2079 Manvers Street. Bath BA1 3TJ support them in a nurses who helped
practical way by join- hundreds of patients
ing a mission chal- suffering from cleft
ANNA ELISABETH PIANO & THEORY
lenge team. palates, club feet,
Beautiful handmade LESSONS 1 ,^ It was a tremen- cataracts, polio,
wedding stationery Relaxed and friendly atmosphere dous culture shock to burns, and also
Beginners welcome. All ages be there: the heat, the women who suffered
Individually designed stationery
created with exquisite materials Graded exams - not compulsory noise, the poverty, the complications during
Contact Anna on 07717 775577 End of term musical evenings cruelty and the smell childbirth. These peo-
or [email protected] Contact Mrs G Bush CT ABRSM of burning kerosene ple are ostracised be-
www.annaelisabeth.co.uk Swindon 873012 lamps were overpow- Chris with a hospital cause of their de-
orderly and civil star
ering. The divide be- formities and prob-
tween the rich and the casuality Sullamen lems and could not af-
DECOTEX Y.D. Upholstery poor is shocking. If you have ford any treatment.
money you can get anything. If It was physically and emotion-
Repairs & Recovering
Painter & Decorator Antique and Modern you haven't, then life is very hard. ally demanding but nevertheless a
We spent most of our time reno- wonderful adventure which has
Large range of fabrics
Specialist Artexing vating the King George VI Coro- reaffirmed my support for the re-
Call 871808 nation Home for the Elderly out- markable work done by Mercy
Tel: (01793) 791388 side the capital Freetown. Previ- Ships.
for competitive prices
ously a British Army barracks, it www.mercyships.org.uk