Terry Waite helps Emmaus St Albans raise money for flood victims in Pakistan
Terry Waite took a turn behind the till at Emmaus St Albans's Batford shop and helped Companions and staff to raise nearly £1,000 in just one day for Pakistan flood victims.
As well as being the President of Emmaus UK, Terry is also president of Y Care International which he founded 26 years ago. Y Care International is the YMCA’s international relief and development agency which works across the developing world to respond to the needs disadvantaged young people. Its Pakistan Floods Appeal is raising money to provide shelter and support to thousands of families in the affected areas.
In an act of solidarity with the poor and homeless in Pakistan, the residents of Emmaus St Albans decided to donate the proceeds of the day’s sales of furniture at their secondhand shop in Batford to the appeal.
Terry Waite said; “At Emmaus St Albans they’re applying the principle of we help ourselves - and at the same time we want to stretch out and express solidarity with the poor of the world so that they can be helped too. One of the great things about the work of Emmaus is it enables people to have hope - and what they’re trying to do here today is practical and symbolic. The companions are saying: We’ve been given hope ourselves we’d like to give hope to others.”
Published on 21st September, 2010
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