Roscrea coffee event raises over €1,000 for Christian Aid Ireland

Pictured above are organisers and supporters of the Christian Aid event Heather Christie, Vivian Crawford, Phyllis Gee, Josy Franca, Lucimar Alves, Joyce Cavalcante, Renata Martins, Joe Ryan, Heather Evans, Carol Maguire, Margaret Ryan, Gerard Larkin, Carol Maguire and Gillian Kingston. Photo: PJ Wright

Roscrea's Methodist Church Hall was full of chat and laughter on the morning and evening of Friday, May 9th as local friends and people from the town gathered to support the work of Christian Aid Ireland.

Over €1,000 was raised and the focus was, and remains, on the Central American country of Guatemala, where climate change has critically changed what crops may be grown and so has affected the lives and health of the indigenous Q’eqchi’ community of the Verapaz region.

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People struggle to grow food for their families with an ever-diminishing water supply.

“We are reminded that ‘it’s a heart-breaking injustice that a community should be threatened by a climate crisis they didn’t cause,” organiser Gillian Kingston told the Tribune.

Pictured at the Christian Aid coffee event are Gillian Kingston, Phyllis Gee and Carol Maguire.Photo: PJ Wright