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The Asics British 10K London Run was dominated by a blaze of yellow as the WER runners donned chicken costumes for the race.  7 chickens and one egg completed the 10k and were in high spirits throughout.

On the walk to the line, and while waiting to start, the chickens and egg received lots of attention from fellow runners.  Surprisingly there were very few other costume runners taking part in the event which helped WER to stand out even more.

For the last two years World Emergency Relief (WER) has been supporting an innovative Sports and Community Programme, which uses football as a means to help children and teenagers address the various social issues they face.  In the underprivileged townships of Paarl East and Mbekweni there is high unemployment, cramped housing conditions, and many children risk getting drawn into crime and gang culture, or drug and alcohol abuse.

A World Emergency Relief UK (WER) shipment of 1.2 million portions of protein-enriched soup has reached its destination in South Africa.  The soup will be distributed to children as part of a football outreach programme in the disadvantaged suburb of Paarl East.  The ‘Kick It Into Play’ programme is designed to keep children off the streets and in a safe environment. 

On a recent visit to the Dominican Republic, WER Chief Executive Alex Haxton was present for the launch of the new Integración Juvenil City Centre Programme.

Integración Juvenil (IJ), located in Puerto Plata was established in 1978 by a group of local women who were concerned about the hardships faced by children growing up in the extensive slums in and around the city the project provided a safe place at their Munoz centre for young people to help them escape street culture and participate in classes such as woodwork and basic literacy

WER are constantly shipping goods across the world to help those in need.  We have recently received feedback from our partners African Revival Ministeries Burundi on a container containing vital goods for three HIV clinics that they run in Ngozi, Bujumbura and Gitega.

A giant thank you to all of the World Emergency Relief runners in the Bupa 10,000 on Monday 26th May. 

The weather was a touch grey but after a windy start and more than a few leaves and twigs ingested and inhaled along the embankment, the cool morning turned out perfect for running.

International media production and distribution company DocData media is one of World Emergency Relief’s long standing suppliers. Over the years they have worked with WER on providing payment response handling for the charity’s valued donors. However, this Easter, the relationship took a surprising step when the DocData team decided to take part in one of WER’s latest fundraising campaigns.

WER has joined forces with a network of international relief organisations in order to rush emergency aid supplies to Zimbabwe as millions of people suffer in the midst of a desperate humanitarian crisis within the country.

One and a half tons of pharmaceutical and medical supplies are en route to Zimbabwe and will be used to treat thousands of people who are at risk from a cholera epidemic which is sweeping across the country.