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Saving Fellow Albinos From Killings in Africa

As we go about our day it is often hard for us to think what it would be like to live 24/7 in fear of our lives. One of our very own, Paul Ash from Southlands Community Church, is becoming all too familiar with the plight of Albinos in Africa.

Please read the article below that was in today’s Winnipeg Free Press and join in prayer for Paul and his brother Peter as they continue to fulfill this ministry of peace for the over 200,000 people with Albinism in Tanzania alone. If you’re free Saturday night, why not attend the 60’s Dance at Southlands and partner with Under the Sun financially to continue this valuable ministry?

A Winnipeg businessman is trying to save fellow albinos in Africa from superstition and slaughter.

“It strikes me very personally,” said Paul Ash on Monday. Ash’s brother, Peter, in Surrey. B.C., founded a registered charity to help Tanzanians with albinism who’ve been shunned and even murdered for their lack of skin pigment.

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Canadian charity fighting persecution, slaughter of albinos in Africa

WINNIPEG — A Canadian businessman is trying to save his fellow albinos in Africa from superstition and slaughter.

“It strikes me very personally,” said Paul Ash of Winnipeg. His brother Peter, in Surrey, B.C., founded a registered charity to help Tanzanians with albinism who’ve been shunned and even murdered for their lack of skin pigment.

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$1.3M TO REOPEN WOMEN’S HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE

VANCOUVER – The Vivian has officially reopened to provide 24-units of housing for homeless women and women at risk of homelessness, and who have mental health and addiction disorders.

The $1.3-million capital project is a result of partnerships between the Province, health authority and local non-profit societies. The Vivian originally opened in 2004 but closed after a serious fire in May 2006.

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The Vivian’s operator, the Triage Emergency Services & Care Society, began renovating the building in November 2006. Renovations were made possible by the insurance proceeds and additional donations from Triage and the Vivian Grace Ash Benevolent Society. In March 2007, the provincial government committed $772,000 towards the project and the final renovations were completed this month.

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