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News, views and interviews from Empathy Action
Wedding Wares
Attention all soon-to-be brides and grooms! Empathy Action are displaying their range of fairly traded wedding favours at the Wedding Experience in Detling on Sunday 25th October.
Our Pledge at the World Humanitarian Summit
The World Humanitarian Summit took place earlier this week, bringing together around 5,200 participants including heads of state and government, crisis affected communities, NGOs, businesses and UN agencies.
Down and Out in Tunbridge Wells
Visitors to the pristine premises of the Christian Centre in Hanover Road on Saturday were shocked to find it had been transformed into a slum.
Calais Jungle In Pictures
Earlier this month, Empathy Action’s Ben Solanky visited the Calais refugee camp, often referred to as the ‘jungle’.
Students Support Sierra Leone
Last week Empathy Action returned to Headington School in Oxford to run ‘The Poverty Trap’ simulation for a group of 13-14 year-old students.
Pilgrimage to Paris
Empathy Action volunteers, Paul and Heather Williams are joining a team of 48 other people from other Christian organisations, including Tearfund, to walk from London to Paris, setting out this Friday (13th Nov). The ‘Pilgramage2Paris’, as it has been titled, aims to show their commitment to people around the world living in desperate poverty, who are affected by the changing climate.
The Year of the Runaways
Empathy Action volunteer, Sandy, reviews Sunjeev Sahota’s book about three migrants from India.