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Sharif Hassan's Reunion at Heathrow Airport after his release

Sherif Hassan Abdelwahab Mohamed was going to Cairo to take his new wife to meet his family and comfort them after the death of his father, when for no reason (He is a Christian) he was detained and arrested. Here is the happy picture from yesterday evening of Sharif back in England with his wife Emma. Not sure if the Costa cup has any significance!It is amazing that in just a few days scores if not hundreds of letters have been written to Embassy's and Mp's and through the potent combination of prayer and social media this campaign has come to a happy conclusion. But the story is not yet over as the website reports: "There is still good reason to write letters to call the country to account!"  I am sure there are many others in similar situations to Sahrif. For more pics and the full story check out The Release Sharif website.
 

 

Regenerating communities in London through drama.

Over the last year Scene Change theatre has worked in cathedrals countrywide to explore environmental issues through drama and to find simple and creative ways to care for the planet. This project has given us the opportunity to profile the work of A Rocha UK, based in Southall, who have championed an environmental park called the Minet Park, by regenerating an area of derelict land.
This term we have teamed up with A Rocha workshop leaders to take Down to Earth to schools in two areas where A Rocha are running regeneration projects, One in Southall and the other in Camberwell. While, in the play the schools learn about environmental issues from around the world, this term they will also be challenged to connect locally to A Rocha regeneration projects on their doorstep.
This project will go to 8 schools, four in Southall and four in Lambeth over the next few months. It has been funded by Westhill Endowment, with the support of CMS and will give A Rocha the opportunity to follow up and give young people the tools to be agents of regeneration in their community. To see photos and follow this project click on our Down to Earth blog.