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Life on the streets
Published: 19th May 2012
"WE'RE all in the gutter," quotes Bertie in a sweeping theatrical manner, "but some of us are looking to the stars. That's Oscar Wilde that is," he tells us while he strums his battered guitar and sings a little ditty to the passers-by.
Bertie was one of a crowd of people that Mary Golding and Lisbeth Johnson bumped into when they decided to base their cell...
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Kony 2012: Make him infamous
Published: 10th May 2012
KONY'S going to be one of the most famous people on the planet by the end of this year. Kony? Kony who?
Joseph Kony is a murderous Ugandan warlord who has been responsible for the enslavement and abuse of tens of thousands of children and young people. Over 88 million (and counting) people, all over the world, have seen the viral video calling for the arrest and imprisonment of this...
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Heart in the write place
Published: 23rd Jan 2012
THE PLEASURE is immense. We've finished the last page. It's been a steep climb but the summit has been reached. Joseph (not his real name) has read his first book - ever. Who was more elated? Him or me?
Joseph is about 35 and comes from central Africa. He is one of several people who can hardly read or write at all - either in English or in their native language if they come...
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"Don't give up"
Published: 24th May 2011
THEY sold the TV and the X-box. Now they had only a Birmingham flat, empty except one bed, and a heroin habit each. Chris and his twin brother James were down on their luck.
"It was the middle of winter with no heating" says Chris. "We could see our breath."
Being penniless was a new experience for them. They'd always had plenty of money from the age of 12...
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Immigrants: As one born among you?
Published: 20th Sep 2009
IF A STRANGER dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself. (Leviticus 19:33-34, New King James Version)
Frances is from Zimbabwe. Her husband was poisoned by Mugabe's regime in the 1990s. Feeling under threat herself, she fled to the UK, entirely legally...
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