'Love your neighbour as yourself'
is central to what we do. We act simply as a channel for the generosity and sense of
solidarity of Massgoers in England, Scotland, and Wales towards their sisters and brothers
in the developing world. Mobility means access, and can be life-saving. Spiritually, the
pastoral work which is made possible strengthens people's Faith - 'You are truly my
disciples if you keep obeying my teachings, and you will know the truth, and the truth
will set you free' ( John 8:32)
From the 'favelas' of
Brazil to the boy soldiers of Liberia, injustice is manifest all over the developing
world. We cannot separate the pastoral and evangelical side of our partners' work from the
realities that surround them.
How can we be funding mobility so
that our missionary brothers and sisters reach out to the poor with the Good News - that
God loves them - when those same people live in conditions which are a denial of that
love? Is it fair the Zambia, for example, spends five times as much paying interest on its
debts as it does on education, or that Africa as a whole spends four times as much on debt
servicing than on healthcare?
To those of us who live in the
industrialised world, these fundamentals don't seem much to ask, but their absence is what
our partners and beneficiaries are faced with everyday. In the vacuum left by the State,
people turn to them for medical and educational provision. It is for this reason
that we support projects designed to challenge the everyday realities of life at
the grassroots - by making agents of change mobile.