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Sunday 14 May 2017 at 9.00 am

Christian Aid Week is 14-20 May 2017 "Standing with refugees like Nejebar". Nejebar and her family have fled horrors in Afghanistan, where her husband was threatened with torture and death for being a government worker. But now they’ve arrived in Greece, all they have is a tent. They have no other protection against wind and rain. There’s no school for their five children. And they have no certainty or clear idea of what will happen to them now. They thought they would stay here for 10 days, but it’s already been six months and there’s no end in sight. Nejebar’s husband Noor describes their initial reaction to arriving in the camp in Greece: ‘It was like suicide for us. But we took the decision that it is better to die here than to die there from war.’  Thanks to you, Christian Aid has been there for refugees like Nejebar since 1945, providing essential food, shelter and legal assistance for people far from home. And we still believe in life before death. This Christian Aid Week, 14-20 May, our church is continuing to walk with refugees by collecting from local streets and by a sponsored walk. We’re not going to turn our backs on refugees now. Contact Judith Johnson.

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