Lent Event

Lent Event

Lent Event is a community based Christian social justice movement begun in Australia in the early 2000s by Sarah White of Sydney. It began in the West Epping Uniting Church.

White perceived a need to help people in under-developed countries and, to raise money, proposed a variation on the Christian habit of giving up luxuries for Lent by asking people to donate the value of their forgone luxury. Lent Event is thus promoted as not just a fundraising venture, but a spiritual journey.

Lent Event is partnered with Uniting Church Overseas Aid (UCOA), an arm of the Uniting Church in Australia.

In 2007, Lent Event will have programs helping needy people in:
* Papua New Guinea (clean drinking water)
* South India (preschools in the Nilgiri Hills region)
* West Timor (micro-credit - small loans in the East Nusa Tenggara Province)
* Zimbabwe (safe drinking water in Muzarabini area)
* Zambia (drop-in centre for orphans - Mwandi area)

The 2007 video promoting Lent Event features leading Uniting Church figures Rev Dr James Haire and Rev Bill Crews, and Sarah White. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKtWFZvuFi8

External links

* [http://www.lentevent.com Lent Event]
* [http://www.overseasaid.org Uniting Church Overseas Aid (UCOA)]


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