19 February 2010

A POLICEMAN was so moved by the poverty and injustice he saw during a trip to South Africa he has set up a fundraising appeal to support charity work in the country.
Sgt Chris Geen is Thames Valley branch leader of the Christian Police Association (CPA) and recently visited Johannesburg as a UK CPA ambassador.
Chris, who worships at St Mary’s, Bletchley, gained insights into and developed links with South African police. He gave a presentation on Thames Valley Police’s faith community engagement and visited an African village.

The CPA is supporting ‘Zone Two’ a camp in North East South Africa that helps 8,000 refugees from Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It also helps the Mavhuza community that has been set up to develop sustainable and transformational change, in partnership with the Pointman Project, which aims to identify young future leaders of the local community and train them in ethical leadership and life mentoring skills.
Chris said: “It was a fantastic trip and gave me a real insight into how people live in this part of Africa. I will definitely be going back there. We met people who live in extreme conditions of poverty and wealth, and it really is a very different world to the one we live in.
“I felt so moved by the plight of the people that I have set up a fundraising appeal to support South Africa CPA in their charity work to help alleviate
poverty.”
 

For more information see See www.mycharitypage.com/christianpoliceassociation