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Fell occasionally does charity events to raise funds for Miracle House in Africa - later this year we will be running a sponsored trip to do the three peaks in Yorkshire. Here's Joe's introduction to Miracle House...

Miracle House

For the last twelve years a South African couple, Andy and Rose Freeks have run Miracle House, a shelter for street children in the desperately poor community of Aliwal North in South Africa. Working with children of all ages, many of who have been physically and sexually abused as well as those suffering from diseases like Aids and polio, they and their team of volunteers have helped and cared for countless children for the last decade.

In 1997, though a personal connection between Andy and one of my old teachers, Peter Rattu, my sixth form college became the chief source of finical aid for Miracle House. Every year a group of students would take the money raised over to Aliwal and spend a fortnight in Miracle House, doing repairs to the site and generally being mauled by a horde of kids.

This summer I was lucky enough to go. A few months ago Miracle House was closed down by the local council. The site is now being turned into student accentuation for the middle class college around the corner. All the children had to be sent back to grandparents and other relatives who will struggle to support them. Some have returned to the streets. Andy and Rose plan to continue to help these children by turning the abandoned warehouse they where using for a church into a community centre to tackle the source of the problems faced by their community.

Joe Gibson

December 2008

2008-12-01

19:30:00 - LCR Gig: FEEDER

22:00:00 - Waterfront Club Night: WATERFRONTS 15th BIRTHDAY PARTY

2008-12-02

20:00:00 - Bar Event: bar b4 LCR

22:00:00 - LCR Club Night: SKOOL DAZE

2008-12-03

19:00:00 - LCR Gig: FAT FREDDY'S DROP

19:30:00 - Waterfront Gig: NOUVELLE VAGUE

20:00:00 - Bar Event: SPORTS NIGHT

2008-12-04

19:30:00 - Film: HANCOCK

19:30:00 - Waterfront Gig: BAD MANNERS

20:30:00 - Bar Event: GAMES NIGHT - BINGO

2008-12-05

19:30:00 - LCR Gig: FROM THE JAM

21:00:00 - Bar Event: MUSIC NIGHT - DJ

22:00:00 - Waterfront Club Night: 80S NIGHT + HIT PARADE

2008-12-06

20:00:00 - Bar Event: bar b4 LCR

22:00:00 - LCR Club Night: CLUB RETRO

22:00:00 - Waterfront Club Night: MELTDOWN + PUNK'D UP

2008-12-07

19:00:00 - LCR Gig: LEVELLERS

19:30:00 - Waterfront Gig: THE FUTUREHEADS

19:30:00 - Bar Event: THE BIG PRIZE QUIZ

2008-12-08

19:30:00 - Waterfront Gig: ALMIGHTY

19:30:00 - LCR Gig: OCEAN COLOUR SCENE

2008-12-09

20:00:00 - Bar Event: bar b4 LCR

22:00:00 - LCR Club Night: IT'S CHRISTMAS!!

2008-12-10

19:30:00 - LCR Gig: DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL

19:30:00 - Waterfront Gig: MICK TAYLOR AND HIS BAND

20:00:00 - Bar Event: SPORTS NIGHT

2008-12-11

19:30:00 - Waterfront Gig: THE DAMNED

19:30:00 - Film: INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

20:00:00 - Bar Event: bar b4 LCR

21:00:00 - LCR Club Night: THE END OF TERM BASH FEATURING THE VENGABOYS!

2008-12-12

21:00:00 - Bar Event: MUSIC NIGHT - KARAOKE

22:00:00 - Waterfront Club Night: RAWKUS AND PARADISE CITY CHRISTMAS PARTY!

22:00:00 - LCR Club Night: THE ALUMNI LCR

2008-12-13

22:00:00 - Waterfront Club Night: MELTDOWN + SKA'D UP

2008-12-18

19:30:00 - Waterfront Gig: NR1 PRESENTS MERRY CHRISTMAS TOUR

2008-12-19

22:00:00 - Waterfront Club Night: 80S NIGHT + MOTOR CITY MAGIC CHRISTMAS PARTY

2008-12-20

22:00:00 - Waterfront Club Night: MELTDOWN + BRITPOPPIN'

2008-12-27

22:00:00 - Waterfront Club Night: MELTDOWN AND WRAITH FESTIVE SPECIAL

2008-12-31

21:30:00 - Waterfront Club Night: NEW YEARS EVE PARTY!!!

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