Food donations gratefully received!

We have been blessed with a couple of donations of food from Blythswood Trust Scotland. It has been wonderful to have basic groceries to give out to the street people and to the many poor families who visit our centre. We regularly help over 100 families with food, toiletries, cleaning products, when we have them and of course shower and clothes washing facilities. Every day the street children and other homeless people come and have showers, wash their clothes (we have rotas!) and eat whatever we manage to offer ... at the moment instant soup and sandwiches.

As Easter approaches we are trying to put together food parcels for families with what remains of the pasta, rice etc from Blythswood and whatever we receive from local people. Unfortunately the foundation has no funds at present (we receive no money specifically for running the centre other than Irina's salary) so we will not be able to buy fresh food for families to add to the parcels but most people are grateful for whatever they receive.

The present lack of funds means that we may have to curtail shower and clothes washing facilities for a while. it's good that Spring has come so the need is not quite so desperate, but nevertheless it will be a blow to many who have been enjoying the facilities.