| "Count your Blessings" | Lent 2008 |
Count your blessings is Christian Aid's free resource for Lent that will help you take stock of your life and give something back to some of the world's poorest communities.
If you can turn on a tap at home and pour yourself a glass of clean water, you're among the most privileged 15% of people in the world. How can it be that we are so are richly blessed, while others must struggle for their basic needs? As Christians, we have a responsibility to stand up and be counted in the fight to redress the balance.
Thursday 7 February
More than a billion children will not go to school this year.
Give 20p for every year you spent in full-time education.
Friday 8 February
Tea pickers in Sri Lanka earn around £1 per day.
Give £1 if you bought an item costing more than that today.
Saturday 9 February
Two million people are living in camps in Darfur after the recent conflict drove them from their homes.
Give 50p for each floor of your home.
Count your blessings (132 KB .pdf)
Count your blessings as a family (53 KB .pdf)
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