Love Southend wants to say a huge thank you to every church and individual who has given to the Southend Refuge Seeker Fund. Your generosity has touched the lives of guests from Afghanistan still living at The Park Inn (18 months later!), and families from Ukraine this Christmas.
Workers with the Afghan families made a request for batches of £20 Primark vouchers to help with the increasing cost of providing for their family members which Love Southend purchased and passed on for distribution.
The Arabic on Primark voucher photo below reads ‘peace be upon you and your family.’ 16 families and a few individuals were supported.
Similarly, we were able to support ‘Welcome to the UK’ and ‘The One Love Project’ in providing a substantial donation towards a friendship Christmas meal for Ukrainian families and £10 Tesco vouchers for 15 families.
Thank you for everyone who has enabled this expression of God’s heart to welcome the stranger in our midst
Leviticus 19:33-34
When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not ill-treat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.