March 28th
Daniel Centre
Blythswood have now received an additional £240,000 from the Scottish Government through Christian Aid to add to the second half of this year’s Ukraine support up to the end of August.
Balazs had a successful trip to the school that Blythswood supports in Kenya including a meeting with the Hungarian ambassador there. The Hungary government is unfortunately scaling down its support in the country.
Julien and Cipri continue well in their apartment and Damian and André have become positive influences in the Daniel Centre. Drug abuse has become a bigger issue among the lads, however, and Balazs feels that a stronger stance is needed than the other staff members are comfortable with.
Work at the depot is now complete and contractual negotiations with potential renters are taking place so that the depot can begin to generate income for the Daniel Centre.
Talita Kum
Blythswood have had talks with the owner of the land that Adi would like to buy adjacent to Talita Kum as a sports area for the Talita Kum children. The owner, however, is asking for much more than Blythswood are currently willing to pay.
Talitha Kum is currently running at capacity, mainly with children from the Roma community.