Message from Chief Executive
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February 2008.
A fragile state
During the recent Kenyan crisis our grants to ROPEholders have been stopped, an indication of the extent of the economic and political fragility - and this in a nation cited as a model of stability and progress in Africa! How easily such gains can be lost, and it is the poor who suffer the most in these situations.
Dire poverty - multiplied
They lack physical assets such as land and human assets like education, skills or good health. Access to financial assets such as savings and credit are not a possibility for them. Add to this the consequences of political corruption, heavy-handed law enforcement plus victimization through bribery or protection rackets and the end result is dire poverty multiplied.
Inspirational stories
Our ROPEholders in Kenya may be faced with having to find the resilience to start again on some of the work they have been doing. We also need to recognise that this is so often the lot of the poor and not lose heart in helping them to pick up the pieces of broken lives and shattered communities. I am always amazed at the resilience of people in adversity. It?s these stories that inspire us and at ROPE we are able to witness them because our ROPEholders are working with the poor at the sharp end of life?s trials and tribulations.
The results of our giving and praying
Thank you for your support and for enabling us to help those in Kenya, and in many other places around the world, to pick themselves up and find the hope and courage to start again, despite their lack of assets and our unforgiving political and economic systems. In addition to your giving, do join our online initiative in praying every month for the work of ROPE, details of which are mentioned elsewhere in this newsletter.
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