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Greetings in love, 
Hope our day went well and we are in good health 

Before the unfortunate event of the Cyclone Idai which happened in Africa on Friday, many individuals, groups, NGOs, Foundations and Charities had their plans, projects and budgeted to-do-list. 

But just as things happen in life that we don't plan for, this Cyclone happened. 

In this month of March, our focus in TLF is on Nature and the Environment. As part of our activities for the 31 days, we listed out certain days the United Nations set out to commemorate certain events bordering on nature and the environment. 

[Even though they are many other activities and special days in the month of March like for example, today is World Poetry Day and yesterday was International Day for Happiness!] 

We as a Foundation would like to add to our to-do-list a response to an email we got from Elisabeth, a VSO volunteer. The email reads: 

"My family and I have just been through the most terrifying ordeal of our lives. We are lucky enough to still be here to tell you what happened when cyclone Idai hit Mozambique last Friday. I’m Ugandan, volunteering with VSO as a communications coordinator. I’m living in Chimoio, a small town in Western Mozambique, with my husband and my one-year-old daughter Emmanuela. When the cyclone hit, a terrifying roar surrounded us. We held our daughter tightly and tried to comfort her. No food, no power, no clean water and no way in or out. When it eventually stopped, three days later, I looked outside and all I could see was dirty water and devastation. Many people died here, but our town is not the worst affected. The coastal city of Beira has been completely destroyed and is still cut off. ©VSO/Tafadzwa Ufumeli" 

What can you do to help? 
Yours sincerely,   
Elisabeth Kisakye 
Volunteer Communications & Advocacy Adviser, VSO Mozambique 

Donate now and please give £25 online or call 020 8780 7499, +44 (0) 20 8780 7500 | enquiry@vsoint.org |  www.vsointernational.org 

In Nigeria our country there are so many problems, like killings in Zamfara, Southern Kaduna, cult clashes in Edo, Rivers and Imo majorly, buildings collapsing, Tanker accidents, among others. 

We may not have recorded issues of cyclone, earthquake, severe drought, flood or hurricane, but there are also growing environmental issues and 'natural disasters' we need to intervene in! 

What can we do? What can you do? 

We can create more awareness, donate to aid research, donate to assist displaced persons, donate to rebuild damaged places, make up policies that would aid safer practises to achieve a sustainable environment for ourselves, those before us still alive and those after us, now here and those yet unborn, AND PRAY. 

For now TLF has received a plea from Elizabeth, VSO Volunteer. 
We are not the ones collecting donations but we are asking we all can reach out through the contacts above and see how we can donate directly to them via VSO. Thanks and may God raise help for a time like this. 

Our prayers are with Mozambique and the other countries affected by the cyclone, well as with Nigeria in her own issues of need, in need of intercession, amen. 

TLF 

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