For the last five years St Mary Magdalene church, along with many others around the country, has been supporting a charity in Mozambique called Imagine. Imagine was established and is run by Joe and Lorraine Williams, who originally went to Mozambique on business and were so moved by the poverty and devastation they saw that they decided to stay and help. Currently they are working with the local authorities in an area of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, called Catembe.

St Mary’s met Joe and Lorraine when two members of the congregation also moved to Maputo to work. Through the ex-pat community engaged in charitable work, the link was made and since then other members of the congregation have visited our friends and seen at first hand the work of Imagine. It is an impressive and humbling experience which has persuaded the whole congregation that it is worthy of our long-term support.

The work of Imagine is described in regular updates to the website which can be accessed by clicking on the following link.