Lent Event
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Lent Event is a community based Christian social justice movement begun in Australia in the early 2000s by Sarah White of Sydney. It began in the West Epping Uniting Church.[1]
White perceived a temptation to help people in underdeveloped countries and, to raise money, proposed a variation on the Christian habit of giving up luxuries for Lent by asking people to donate the value of their forgone luxury. Lent Event is thus promoted as not just a fundraising venture, but a spiritual journey.
Lent Event is partnered with Uniting Church Overseas Aid (UCOA), an arm of the Uniting Church in Australia, and is supported by UnitingCare Australia.[2]
In 2009, Lent Event will[needs update] have programs helping needy people in:
- Papua New Guinea (clean drinking water).
- Timor Leste (East Timor) (health and agricultural development).
- South India (preschools in the Nilgiri Hills region).
- Sudan (water and education for the Nachipo villages[3]—see photograph).
- Solomon Islands (health care, staff training, and health centres).
- Zambia (drop-in centre for orphans - area).
The 2007 video promoting Lent Event featured leading Uniting Church figures Rev Dr James Haire and Rev Bill Crews, and Sarah White. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKtWFZvuFi8[promotional source?]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ Living without so others can live Archived 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Kent Crawford, Insights magazine (online), accessed 2009-02-08
- ^ SHARE Community Appeal - Lent[permanent dead link], UnitingCare Australia, accessed 2009-02-08
- ^ Water is just the beginning Archived 2008-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, UCOA, accessed 2009-02-08
- Development charities based in Australia
- Christian charities
- Christianity in Australia
- Uniting Church in Australia
- Non-profit organisations based in New South Wales