Charity Matters December 2009 ISSUE 28

CHILDREN KILLED BY CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA
Thousands of children in Nigeria, some as young as two and a half years-old, are being accused of being witches by Christian pastors, and subsequently being abandoned….

ORPHANED BY POVERTY
Most children in orphanages in developing countries are there because their parents cannot afford to look after them, Save the Children has revealed….

DEATH AND SUNBEDS
Cancer Research UK have warned that prolonged sun bed use could be putting the health of 250,000 children at risk. Government estimates show that the habit kills….

BANKER STOLE FROM CHARITY
An investment banker has been given a two year suspended prison sentence after he admitted stealing £232,000 from the Dinam Charity, which had been set up by his….

TIME TO FIND A HUMANE WAY
The cruel and un-necessary branding of wild Exmoor ponies with a red hot iron has been in the news recently….

HOSPITAL REJECTS FREE CAKES FOR PATIENTS
Royston Hospital, part of the East and North Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust, have rejected a donation of home-made cakes for their elderly patients, on grounds of….

PREMIUM RATE SCAM GROWS
Everyone should be aware of the following scam, becoming more widespread as Christmas approaches….