Sorry - I keep getting way behind - I'll do a few today, a few tomorrow, etc ...

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 26th Feb
Just 40p could buy 10 eggs, one week's worth of protein for a family of four living in poverty in Kyrgystan.
Count 40p for every box of eggs in your fridge.

Wednesday 27th Feb
A 15-year-old in Botswana has an 80% chance of dying from an HIV-related disease.
Count 10p for every teenager you know.

Thursday 28th Feb
An estimated 12 million children on Africa have lost one or more parents to HIV-related diseases.
Count 20p for each family member you've seen this week.

Friday 29th Feb
Almost a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read or sign their names.
Count 5p for every pen in your home.

Saturday 1st March
45p could pay for a child's visit to a health clinic funded by Christian Aid in Jamaica.
Count 45p for every time you went to your GP last month. Count 90p if you didn't have to.

Sunday 2nd March
Britain spends more than £1.5 billion a year on cut flowers. 25% are from Kenya where workers sometimes labour 18 hours a day for £25 a month, with no pesticide protection.
Count £2.50 for every bunch of bought flowers in your home.

Monday 3rd March
At the current rate of CO2 emissions, by 2050, 30 million more people may go hungry as agricultural yields drop across the globe.
Give 50p if you bought any fruit or veg from abroad this week.