Amos Trust is a small, creative human rights organisation, committed to challenging injustice, building hope and creating positive change.
In our August update, On Her Terms — Lead, Karin Joseph writes about her first visit to Karunalaya, Amos’ partner in India, and explains Diwali Dinners — our new fundraiser which we’re launching this October. She shares news of our first supporter trip to Tanzania to visit our partner Cheka Sana and reveals the next Amos Book Club selection.
For the next 18 months, our Palestine campaign will be ‘Ahlan Gaza’. It will follow the simple stories of people living in Gaza, people trying to live with dignity as their options close in on them each year. How do you encourage children to be hopeful for their future when unemployment is at 59%? How do you feed your family when 70% of the population is on food aid? How do you run a business on 5 hours electricity a day?
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The latest edition of Words of Hops, the Amos trust newspaper is now available as a free download. It features articles covering the latest news from Nicaragua and our Water For Life appeal, the fifth Amos home rebuild in Palestine, news from our partner Karunalaya in India, a photo gallery from the Street Child Cricket World Cup, next year’s Tour of Palestine cycle ride, Once In A Lifetime, our climate justice summit that takes place in Cambridge in September as well as all next year’s trips and events.
At the core of Amos Trust’s work are the individuals who support us. For over 30 years our work has been made possible by you. Large or small, your donation and fundraising efforts make a real difference. We’ve produced this fundraising pack to help you do just that.
Amos Trust brought together women from 8 countries who work with girls on the streets. Girls who face child marriage, prison or are involved in sex work. They shared new ways of working, with a collective vision to see girls live free from abuse. This is their story.
‟As Westerners we travel with huge privilege, relative wealth, social and religious freedom and we carry the baggage of empire, colonialism and militaristic imperialism. Simply visiting does not give us the right to assume an air of victimhood, to feel we are free from collusion with power because we spent a week hearing stories or to point angry fingers at oppressors while we benefit from unjust systems and structures.” Read about Amos trustee Jess Foster’s recent women-only trip to Palestine.
We are delighted that CEPAD Directors Dámaris E. Albuquerque and Gilberto Aguirre will be joining us across the UK to talk about the work of CEPAD which helps communities to address the impact of climate change and the causes of extreme poverty in Nicaragua, building sustainable communities and empowering them to realise their rights.
Climate change is a justice issue. Those who have the least political and economic power, and the least responsibility for the changing climate, are affected the most. We have a moral and ethical imperative to respond to their call for immediate action. We are inviting community activists, experts, artists and theologians from the UK and the Global South to take part in an interactive 2-day summit at the St. Paul’s Centre, Cambridge. Full details
Join us for All Our Worlds – Amos Day 2019, in London at Amnesty International’s HQ when we’ll share some of what we’ve been working on in 2019 and some of what we have planned for 2020 and beyond. Please join us for the whole day, or just the morning or afternoon sessions. Registration is now open.
Sunday 27th October is Diwali and we are asking Amos supporters to celebrate by hosting an Indian meal to raise awareness and vital funds for Karunalaya, our On Her Terms partner in India — to support their work with children and young people who are living and working on the streets.
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We work alongside grass-roots partners in Palestine, South Africa, Nicaragua, Burundi, India and Tanzania.
Reaching children on the streets, addressing their trauma, working with them and their families to reintegrate them into their homes, to realise their rights and recover their future.
Working with local and international peace activists, and partnering with grass-roots projects, to call for a just peace, reconciliation and full equal rights for all Palestinians and Israelis.
Addressing the impact of climate change and the causes of extreme poverty, building sustainable rural communities and empowering them to realise their rights.
Bringing people together to meet our partners from around the world, visiting the communities they work in and seeing their projects in action – building solidarity and lasting friendships.
At the core of Amos Trust’s work are the individuals who support us. Our work is made possible by you. Large or small, your donation makes a real difference.
Amos Trust
St Clement’s
1 St Clement’s Court
London
EC4N 7HB
United Kingdom
Telephone:
+44 (0) 20 7588 2638
Email:
office@amostrust.org
Registered Charity No.
1164234
