January 2008
The warehouse in Freetown is huge and construction work continues under Khan’s supervision. Finances are very tight and exacerbated by continual vehicle breakdowns and tyre blow-outs. Can someone help please?
Late in the month Foy Vance made contact after having read the Charity literature and confirms his willingness to participate in the Albert Hall concert. Please do yourself a big favour and visit his website www.foyvance.com. Then go to YouTube.com and see some of his live performances. A sound for heavy hearts in need of hope. Any sponsors out there reading this please get in contact.
Still no word from Craig Bellamy.
UNICEF research issued via David Beckham on his visit to Freetown establishes Sierra Leone as the most dangerous place to give birth. 1 in 4 children die at birth together with 1 in 8 mothers giving birth.
December 2007
This has been a month of great movement and change.
Accidents averted on jungle tracks, consecutive tyre blow-outs yet all travellers rescued and the vehicles put back into service within an hour, Voodoo priests and their followers chased off our land, a meeting with the Minister for Lands in the new Sierra Leonean government gives us more acreage in Freetown are only some of the truly miraculous events occurring to Charity workers during this month.
Freetown reportedly has an easier atmosphere since the new government took over.
The warehouse in Freetown is huge and construction work continues under Khan’s supervision. Finances are very tight and exacerbated by continual vehicle breakdowns and tyre blow-
Late in the month Foy Vance made contact after having read the Charity literature and confirms his willingness to participate in the Albert Hall concert. Please do yourself a big favour and visit his website www.foyvance.com. Then go to YouTube.com and see some of his live performances. A sound for heavy hearts in need of hope. Any sponsors out there reading this please get in contact.
Still no word from Craig Bellamy.
UNICEF research issued via David Beckham on his visit to Freetown establishes Sierra Leone as the most dangerous place to give birth. 1 in 4 children die at birth together with 1 in 8 mothers giving birth.
December 2007
This has been a month of great movement and change.
Accidents averted on jungle tracks, consecutive tyre blow-
Freetown reportedly has an easier atmosphere since the new government took over.
Khan started the footings for our first warehouse in Freetown located in Grafton on our 15 acre site. With the footings dug, the foundations were laid and the first brickwork was started.
Steve and Tom return and report from Sierra Leone. They showed a video of a village some miles from the second city where the people had become Christian and had donated their village and 30 acres of land to Mercy Children for development; a very humbling experience which carries great responsibilities. Thanks to Pastor Fumba in Bo for all his evangelistic outreach, dedication and continuous hard work.
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November 2007
Further attempts to contact Craig Bellamy continue to fail. Anyone reading this who knows how to reach Craig Bellamy please let us know or show him this web site. He may have been trying to contact us or he may not be interested any further. We should like to know one way or the other.
Khan sets off for Freetown after we have loaded up two containers of necessary materials to go by sea. At the end of the month both Tom and Steve arrive in Sierra Leone for the first time on a one week visit.
Ernest Koroma is inaugurated as the new President of Sierra Leone (17th Nov.). He is the first Christian head of state in 50+ years.
October 2007
Numerous attempts are made to contact Craig Bellamy, even visiting West Ham’s training facility in Romford, twice, but to no avail.
Plans are agreed for a concert to be held at the Albert Hall to raise money for the orphans and to raise the profile of this forgotten nation.
A visit to Sierra Leone is organised for Tom Adams and Steve Avery so they can assess the current situation. Pastor Khan is planning to visit and work there until Easter 2008.
A very full and explanatory email is sent to Paramount Chief Koker in Moyamba who is concerned at this charity’s lack of movement in developing the donated land.
September 2007
Plans being made to promote the unmet needs of the orphans of Sierra Leone. Efforts to re-
Meeting with Foy Vance, who remains a largely unknown artist in the UK but is actually, one of the most talented singer/songwriters that Ireland has ever produced. So taken are we with his playing and professionalism, we give him details of the charity and hope that he will read the content.
August 2007
Khan returns to the UK.
July 2007
Pastor Khan remains working in Sierra Leone after having acquired the land for development in Moyamba. He meets with Craig Bellamy the Welsh Football Captain who is on a visit to Sierra Leone. The two are together for 4 days. Bellamy records some video footage for Mercy Children and commits to helping raise funds for the charity, Mercy Children. Telephone numbers are exchanged fo enable further contact on return to the UK.
