'It's about valuing people who might not be valued elsewhere,' says Penny Walker, one of the founders of the Coventry Refugee Centre, of her work with the refugee community.
By Geraldine Royds
'In
1998-99 Kosovan and Afghan refugees started coming to Coventry, in the
UK. I've always done practical and campaigning work - campaigning
against the wars that create refugees and against the asylum system –
as well as offering direct help,' she says.
How far has your reputation travelled? Maybe farther than you think...
Click here to find out (then add your name and a significant other's to the first two boxes).
Feeling hot and bothered? Diane Southam suggests a few ways to cool down
A 14-year-old girl in Sierra Leone is taking on all-comers in her struggle to better the lives of her country's children.
'We go to street children and we go out
to centres that help girls that have been raped. We ask them how they
feel and they tell us - so we go back to our network and sit as a group
and make plans on what should be done, present them and take them to
the leaders and make sure that there is something being done.'
Buddhism is well-known as a religion that rejects the idea of gods and supernatural beings. So what is its attitude to Jesus Christ and the resurrection? A personal interpretation by Greg Martin
About two years ago, I was sitting at home minding my own business on a Saturday night and I got a call from a member [of the Buddhist group SGI] in California who is a producer of a TV show by Reverend Lawson, who is a Baptist minister in Los Angeles. His guest cancelled for the next day, it's on the Christian channel, and would I fill in?
Even if you can't understand the maths, you can still enjoy the pretty pictures, says Phil Becque.