Concrete Dam in Mbeere, Kenia

Bob and Hope Organization of Germany a huge thank you for partnering with us in giving the Mbeere People a Concrete Dam that was able to trap water that will provide water to the community until next rainy season..The leaders of our Ithera Christian Centre who are the managers of the massive Dam told me that they were able to put fish into the Dam as a business venture and the results are awesome, the community is now buying fish alongside fetching water..This is the gospel that is tangible! Edward Buria

Fair Trade

Yesterday, I went to see a fair trade exhibition at the new Exibition Centre in Stuttgart.
As the present financial crisis starts to touch our purse, we look for bargins and cheap goods to help us maintain our standard of living. "But where are the goods coming from?" is a question that we need to ask. Lots of good being sold in the West are being produced using child labour, or cheap labour, which provides no protection for employees; some production damages the environment and Western food needs rob land that could be used to produce much more Eastern type food.
I learned at the exhibition yesterday, that even grave stones are produced using child labour.
Of course not all economic goods have a dubious origin. But sometimes paying less can be an expression of exploitation of those already less forunate that we are.