In some parts of the world the insecurities of life make the possibility of loosing a limb a very real threat. Landmines, diabetes, lack of public health care and unsafe working conditions are among the main causes of loss of life and limb in third world countries. War torn parts of Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq and many other countries still contain undetonated landmines that act as a constant and painful reminder of the struggles these beautiful landscapes and its people have had to  have endure.

Bromet Primary School in Watford England began a fundraising campaign to help raise awareness and funds for the charity Breast Cancer Care. The school is renowned for holding activities and events for community projects and charities in an effort to better people’s lives and encourage students to be sensitive to the needs of others.

The children participate in; non-uniform days, cake sales and fun runs in order to raise money for various causes. The school has four mothers who are affected by breast cancer and this is what inspired the students to begin raising money for Breast Cancer Care. Breast Cancer Care specialise in working with health professionals to improve outcomes for people affected by breast cancer. They provide the support a patient needs to get through the tough ordeal of dealing with breast cancer.

The students of Bromet School managed to raise a substantial sum of £500 for the charity, of which Beta Charitable Trust gave £100.

 
 Comfort is not the impression you get from the above pictures. The children in the pictures above are at school. As you can see, they are using rocks and old building materials as chairs and desks to complete their assignments and school work. Despite the unforgiving conditions of this classroom, each and every day the students turn up, fresh faced and ready to learn. The school wrote to BCT in the hope that we may be able to help make the students more comfortable in any way possible.

On the 12th January 2010, a 7.0Mw magnitude earthquake rocked the whole of southern Haiti. Between sixty to eighty percent of the buildings in Port-au-Prince were either destroyed or severely damaged. This catastrophic earthquake left over 250,000 people dead and approximately three million people homeless. To this day many Haitians are still living on sidewalks and under bridges in tents. Basic health care is scarce and Haiti's infrastructure remains fragile.

Play And Resource Centre (PARC) are an Essex based charity that BCT has begun working with in an attempt to provide disadvantaged children with quality education and care.

PARC was founded in 1995 by a group of parents with have disabled children. The idea of PARC was to provide a safe and fun environment for their children to play and learn in. The PARC Centre is just what they had hoped it would be, it is safe, fun and there is an exceptional amount of educational materials designed for the needs of the children. The centre is open all year round, day through till night. Their main source of funding is via donations, fund raising days and constant support from their regular donors.

Polio can be a devastating disease. Once a worldwide epidemic until the creation of a vaccine in 1955, polio is now confined to a small number of countries primarily in Asia and Africa. The work to fight the contraction of and treatment of polio patients still continues.One such woman that has been helped by BCT, contracted the disease at the age of five. Polio left her crippled from the waist down. She has now been told by our ground team that after twenty-eight years of crawling she will walk again.

On the 13th December a member of the BCT team was invited  to lunch at Paul’s Cancer Support Centre in Clapham Junction, London. The lunch is an annual gathering that takes place at the support centre to honour and cater for their current patient list. The centre lay out a fabulous spread of food and drink, plus the staff creates an informal atmosphere where a very diverse group of people can meet, swap stories and make friends.

A deafening explosion, followed by a cloud of dust, swallowed all close by in a mist of smoke and rubble. Confusion struck fear into the hearts of those who could still stand and see.

On the 6th of December 2011, a suicide bomber made his way through and mingled amongst hundreds of nnocent people who had come out to enjoy the days festivity. Once he reached the middle of the congregation, he detonated the bomb strapped to his chest.

Mantare is one of eighteen wards of the Kwimba district in the Mwanza region, Tanzania. Like many of its neighbouring wards, Mantare is inhabited by the Wasukuma people who speak Kisukuma and Swahili, the latter being the national language of Tanzania. The landscape of Mantare and its surrounding villages is quite rural and much of the farmland is used for growing crops such as rice, corn, cassava and cotton.