It helps you to keep going when the finishing line is in sight. In her last year of midwifery training, Georgie* was looking forward to qualifying to do the job she loves and earning a salary to support herself and her two young children. Studying wasn’t easy, getting by on
Jérémie, who was raised in a community which practised witchcraft, grew up traumatised and angry. As a young adult he moved from rural Burundi to the capital city, Bujumbura, and then to neighbouring Tanzania, hoping to make a better life for himself. But nothing
When she graduated in accountancy, Bernadette looked forward to being able to earn a salary and enjoy a good standard of living. But life hasn’t worked out like that. Multiple sclerosis is taking its toll, causing her balance and mobility problems and preventing her from working.
Around three quarters of a million people in Sindh province, Pakistan, are identified as Christians. It may seem a large number but is in reality a tiny minority – less than two percent – of the population. And of these, many know next to nothing about the Christian faith.
The village in which Jhaman Das grew up, in southeast Pakistan, has a simple agrarian lifestyle. Homes consist of round mud huts under heavily thatched roofs and people raise sheep to make a living. When floods hit in 2022, people’s houses were simply washed away.
The summer is gone but Patric is still talking about his time at camp. Your response to Blythswood’s camps appeal really has given him something to remember.