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Emergency Vehicles to Ukraine

Our next batch of emergency vehicles comprising of four fully functioning ambulances and two 4×4 pickups, will be setting off for Ukraine from Bolton Town Hall at 2.00pm on Sunday 9^th March.

A team of military veterans including The Mayor of Bolton, the Mayor of Westhoughton and the Mayor of Blackrod, and friends from the Royal British Legion will be driving, along with Igor Reshetov our Logistics and Distribution Manager and Trustee Jon Field.

Please join us at the Town Hall at 2.00pm on Sunday 9^th March to hear an update on the difference these lifesaving vehicles make, from our CEO & Founder, Rev. Bernard Cocker, to pray for the journey and for those the ambulances will help and to wave them off!

There will also be opportunities to donate towards our ‘Ambulances and Support Vehicles for Ukraine’ fund and to donate practical aid to be sent to Ukraine at one of our International Aid Trust vans. Here is a link to the list of practical aid we will be collecting:

 

 

 

 

Donations towards our ‘Ambulances and Support Vehicles for Ukraine’ fund can be made here:

 

 

 

 

Thank you very much for your support!

 

Click on the link below to find out what’s happening in Sierra Leone!

Sierra Leone Spring 24 News and Prayer

 

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68626505

Fur coats which were to be destroyed have instead been sent to war-torn Ukraine to help people survive winter.

 

 

Rev. Bernard Cocker, our CEO & Founder, has just returned from visiting our team in Ukraine, where he received a prestigious award from Ukrainian military leaders, on behalf of all the charity’s supporters.

You can read more about the award here : International Aid Trust Press Release Ukraine Award

Or view the presentation of the medal and a message of thanks here: Award from Military Leaders in Ukraine – YouTube

This award has also been covered by BBC North West, you can read about here: Chorley charity gets award from Ukraine military leaders – BBC News or view on BBC i-Player.

 

 

Rev. Bernard Cocker and Pastors Pasha and Ruslan send their thanks to supporters as they distribute shoebox gifts and share God’s love with internally displaced people staying in Kobleve

Pastor Andrei and team share how the aid sent from the UK is helping them to support people practically and spiritually; ‘It is only when we meet in heaven that you will see what a treasure you have been to us.”

It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Dr Colin Crawforth, who has been part of International Aid Trust for nearly twenty years. We thank God for Colin’s life, faith and service. Please pray with us for Colin’s wife Denise, daughter Nicky and family. Read on for a tribute from our CEO & Founder, Rev. Bernard Cocker, and a link to tributes from the Rossendale area, where Colin served as mayor, as a local councillor and in many other ways.

Colin’s funeral service will be held at 12.30 St Pauls Church, Rawtenstall, followed cremation at  Burnley.

 

“We were all sad when we heard that Colin had has passed away after a long illness. Colin and his wife Denise first came to us in January 2004 in response to our appeal after the Tsunami in Southeast Asia. Colin soon became a trustee, helping to raise funds, aid, and awareness for our overseas ministry. This was soon followed by visits to Ukraine where he quickly fell in love with the country and its people. For the last nineteen years Colin has been a much-loved friend to many and real asset to International Aid Trust. Before Colin’s health deteriorated, he was spending one day a week in the office where I called him ‘Mr Grumpy’, his humour and love was infectious. Even when Colin’s health deteriorated he was very supportive, He read my WhatsApp updates every day and was forever complementing me on them, when I thought that perhaps I was posting too much he reassured me. Colin had a very strong faith and he lived by it. You have gone to a better place Colin, but we will all miss you.”

Rev. Bernard Cocker, CEO & Founder

 

Rossendale: Tributes after death of former mayor Dr Colin Crawforth https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23952889.rossendale-tributes-death-former-mayor-dr-colin-crawforth/?shem=ssusba

 

Reflect with us on the Words of Isaiah 9 verse 6 and pray for the work of International Aid Trust throughout Advent, with a picture to create and daily prayer prompts: follow this link to find out more Advent Reflection 2023

 

Vision Mission Moldova

The International Aid Trust Vision Mission has recently blessed over a thousand people with improved eyesight, thanks to all the second spectacles you have kindly donated!

Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/49aQwK4

Follow this link for more information about the difference previous Vision Mission visits to Ukraine and Sierra Leone have made: https://bit.ly/478FvqG