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Harvest of hope
The climate crisis is making it harder than ever for families to grow food. Flooding and drought are destroying harvests. Crops that once fed communities are now failing.
But hope is growing.
In Sierra Leone, Maryama is adapting. After floods damaged her crops and income, she joined a Village Savings and Loans Association supported by Christian Aid. With a small loan, she was able to pay her children’s school fees, secure her farm and invest in their future.
This Harvest, your church can stand in solidarity with women like Maryama. Your support can help farmers facing crisis to plant new seeds of hope—and reap the harvest.
Hold a church collection
Your support this Harvest means farming families like Maryama’s can secure their harvests and strengthen their hope in the face of climate shocks.
Your church collection could provide the training farmers need to adapt to the changing climate so that they can enjoy a bountiful harvest and provide for their families.
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Get your Harvest resources
Holding a church service or collection? Inviting your community to a harvest supper?
You’ll find everything you need to inspire your church and community—from posters and placemats to worship materials and a traditional Sierra Leonean soup.
Your support this Harvest means farming families like Maryama’s can secure their harvests and strengthen their hope in the face of climate shock.
Faith Will
Autumn is a great season for talking about how gifts in Wills are a meaningful way for our faith to live on, both in our community and across the world. We’ve made it easy to talk about gifts in Wills in church.
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In Sierra Leone, unpredictable rainfall causes devastating floods that wash away crops, start landslides and destroy the roads to market. In the dry season, scorching heat sparks drought that withers plants. Even experienced farmers are struggling to cope.
Maryama used to fear for her children’s future. But with support from a Village Savings and Loans Association, she was able to rebuild her farm and earn enough to send her children to school.
‘Step by step, I loaned for the first period and after repaying the loan, I could do again for another. It has been a blessing.’ – Maryama
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£33
could pay for training for 10 community members on ways they can adapt their farming to the climate crisis.
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£60
could provide farmers in Sierra Leone with sweet potato seeds and farming equipment to grow food more successfully in the climate crisis.
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£1,000
could fund the set-up and installation of a rain gauge to provide data on weather insights, empowering farmers to sow and harvest at the optimum time.
This Harvest, your church can help farmers facing climate chaos to build a brighter, more resilient future.