Sevenly // Surgery Is Only The Beginning {Mercy Ships}

This week, the amazing Sevenly has partnered with Mercy Ships to deploy medical ships to Africa to change and save the lives of children who are suffering. Check out the work of Mercy Ships and watch Sevenly's 1 cause 1 minute video for this week to learn more. 

At this very moment thousands of children in Congo are suffering from facial disfigurements and life-threatening conditions that are surgically correctable. Not only are these conditions painful and limiting, but these children face harsh ridicule and may never function as normal members of society. Due to a lack of access to health care, the suffering could last a lifetime, and many will even die from their condition.

THE SOLUTION 
This week, your purchase provides surgeries to save the lives of children who are suffering from craniofacial tumors, cleft lip and cleft palate, and ear-nose-throat diseases. With your support, Sevenly's partner Mercy Ships will deploy the world’s largest, private hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. On this ship, a team of surgical professionals will perform life-altering surgeries that will transform lives.

So help to change these children's lives drastically! You can purchase an item from Sevenly this week or donate directly to Mercy Ships. If you can't afford to give financially, please raise awareness by sharing this cause with your friends, particularly online.

Blessings!

Ronell x

Sevenly // Unite For Africa

Later today, you and I will get hungry and take 5 steps to your refrigerator to satisfy the ache in our tummies. In fact, I will probably do that even when I am not really hungry! That small satisfaction is something that 42,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo will never experience because they are literally starving to death. Acute malnutrition is a preventable and treatable condition that causes the body to consume its own tissues to survive, targeting muscle and body fat first...

The solution? This week your support for Action Against Hunger through Sevenly will provide 21 meals per purchase for a child suffering from deadly malnutrition. These meals are specifically designed to heal an extremely malnourished child by satisfying their hunger and treating their condition. For many children, this means the difference between life and death. 

Partner with Sevenly and Action Against Hunger to help save the lives of severely malnourished children and help vulnerable communities become self-sufficient. Join them in restoring health, dignity and independence worldwide.

Blessings!

Ronell x

Oxfam & Comic Relief: Red Nose Day!

15 March is Red Nose Day. Oxfam shops have sold Red Noses to support Comic Relief right from the beginning, in 1985.

It’s been 25 years since Red Nose Day first burst onto our screens and this year, once again, the nation is gearing up to put on their Noses, pull out all the stops, and get fundraising!

Whether it’s at work, at school or at home, the money you raise is used to transform the lives of countless people, both here at home in the UK and across Africa.

Oxfam is one of the many charities to receive grants from Comic Relief, to support some of their projects in Africa. So, like in all the very best partnerships, they help one another in ways that really count.

In 2013 there are three "Dinoseaurs" to choose from instead of classic red noses! Each of these "Noses with Toes" costs £1 - with at least 60p going to Comic Relief. Deely boppers, wristbands and pin badges are also on sale, all at your local Oxfam shop.

In 2012, Comic Relief awarded Oxfam £2.2m to fund a programme in Ethiopia. There, they were providing training and equipment to honey farmers, particularly women. With their support, honey production had already increased by 400%. That meant a greater income for the families, so they could become self sufficient.

The grant from Comic Relief will help Oxfam repeat this success many more times in Ethiopia over the next five years. Oxfam will help women farmers improve the quality and quantity of the honey produced, gain access to export markets and improve their families' incomes.

You can help raise money for this cause by fundraising, sponsoring or donating. You can also order Red Nose Day accessories from the online shop, including the schools shop (including free downloads and packs). Your contribution will help to fund projects both in the UK and in Africa.

Blessings!

Ronell x

“A merry heart does good like a medicine” {Proverbs 17:22}