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Count your blessings - Lent 2008 - material from Christian Aid: (The way this works is that you you keep a running total each day, according to what it says. At the end I will give you the address to send a donation in to Christian Aid if you are willing and can still afford to!)

Tuesday 11th March
Two million people in the world have no access to electricity.
Count 10p for every non-energy-saving light bulb in your home.

Wednesday 12th March
Today somebody in Zambia has less chance of living to 30 than someone born in England in 1840.
Count 30p if you're over 30p.

Thursday 13th March
The world's surface temperatures are rising faster than at any point in the last 10,000 years.
Turn your thermostat down by 1 degree.

Friday 14th March
In Nicaragua, 13p could buy the 1lb of nails needed to build a latrine.
Count 13p every time you flush today.

Saturday 15th March
Rigged trade rules cost the developing world US$700 billion a year, according to the UN.
Visit christianaid.org.uk to join the movement for trade justice.

Sunday 16th March
On Palm Sunday we marked Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on a donkey.
How could you live more humbly?

Monday 17th March
Four decades of civicl war in Colombia have created the second highest number of internal refugees in the world.
Count 25p for every holiday or short break you have had in the last year.