Make a Food Parcel {Mandela Day} 30 / 67 ways to change the world

OK so I took a little break from it, but as promised on Mandela Day 2013 (19.07.13), this is part of my series on their 67 suggested ways of changing the world. This one comes under the category of 'Help Out for Good Health:

30. Create a food parcel and give it to someone in need.

Often we can feel like we all we can do to help anyone is to donate money to an organisation, but this is not the case! There are so many little (and big) practical ways in which we can help others! Today's suggestion is to put together a food parcel for someone in need. There are many more ways in which you can do pretty much the same thing. You could put together a parcel of clothes for a family with a new baby or with a lot of children. You could put together a back pack of school supplies for a family in need who have a small child starting school. The possibilities are endless! The best part? You can probably find most of what you need in your cupboards and in storage and you probably wouldn't even need to spend any money!

Blessings!

Ronell x

{photo credit: http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/NewsChristmasNeedy}

Crisis: helping the homeless

Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. They are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change.

Crisis works to support single homeless people by giving them information and help in key areas such as education, employment and housing.

Christmas is rapidly approaching, which fills most people with excitement of spending time with family, eating amazing food and giving and getting presents. But this can be a really lonely time of year, which is why Crisis runs a special Christmas project called  Crisis at Christmas. This has provided vital services for homeless people for 40 years! Whilst they are able to celebrate the lives that have been changed already, they do need your help more than ever to end homelessness for good.

Watch the video where Crisis Skylight London member Donald Waugh interviews Crisis Chief Executive Leslie Morphy to find out what Crisis does.

To donate to Crisis, click here. You can also volunteer or campaign for Crisis.

If you are a member of a church, you can also get involved with opening your church to organizations that provide night shelters and a place to sleep for the homeless. My church (re:generation church, Gidea Park) is involved with Hope4Havering in particular.

Another idea for how you could help out a homeless person or give to a charity or organisation that supports the homeless, is by making care packages. A girl who was previously homeless has given some excellent practical tips on how to make these care packages in her blog, Adventures of a Once Homeless Girl.

It is incredible what such small acts of kindness can do to change people’s lives!

Blessings!

Ronell x

“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?” {Isaiah 58:7}