Concert for Africa in St' Luke's Formby this Tuesday

On Tuesday 13th October, the G:Force Gospel Choir will be performing a very special Concert for at St. Luke's Church in Formby. The concert is in aid of the Shyira Trust project. Tickets are £5 and are available from The Olde Bookshop on Brows Lane or by calling Allan on Tel: 07789 173 132

Formby professor Allan Hobson, 75, is appealing to people to help build a £300,000 maternity hospital in war-torn Rwanda, Africa

Professor Allan Hobson was knighted for his humanitarian efforts to save the lives of mothers and babies in Rwanda, following mass genocide.

Professor Allan Hobson

Professor Hobson recalls the first visit he made, in 2000, to the country, where genocidal reprisals were still ongoing at the time.

He said: “I saw locals peering through the broken windows of the maternity hospital watching mothers give birth.”

The professor says, from that moment on, he felt compelled to do something to help and went on to set up the Shyira Trust at St Lukes Church in Formby which has since raised thousands of pounds to improve the maternity hospital, support children in education, set up a coffee business and rebuild derelict homes for children without parents.

Now, the Trust is calling on the community to help raise £300,000 needed to rebuild the maternity hospital.

Professor Hobson said: “We have helped save the lives of many disadvantaged women and babies in Rwanda.

“Risk to lives has increased again because its success has made it so popular that the over crowded hospital needs further development to the cost of £300,000 in order to continue saving lives.”

To find out more about the project see www.shyiratrust.org.uk

To donate text SHYR01 £5 or select another amount.