Robert Foskett, 11, has been designing and selling candles to raise money for the
School of Joy in Bethlehem. The King’s School pupil has raised over £800 which he will
send to the school through the Friends of the Holy Land charity.
In March 2017, Father Fr Mamdouh Abusada, Director of the School of Joy, visited
Worcester and Robert went to hear him talk about the school and the people of
Palestine. It was after this visit that Robert came up with the idea of selling candles to
raise more money.
Robert said: “Last summer we went to IKEA and bought the candles. I use the top layer
of a paper napkin to decorate the candles, using special glue, which I get in Germany
(it is a popular German craft). I have called my enterprise Kerzen mit Herzen, literally
candles with hearts.”
By May this year Robert had made £830 from the sales of his candles. He presented
a cheque for the school to Jim Quinn from Friends of the Holy Land. The Friends
contacted Fr Abusada who identified a need for some artificial grass. He wrote: “Robert
is a talented man. I would like to call him Angel, if he allow for me to do so. We would
like to install some good artificial grass in our front garden to make it safe, clean and
look beautiful for our children. We used to have artificial grass but it was very thin and
the students tore it, so we need to fx a thick and strong one, in order to stay for a long
time and to protect the children from harm. We will call it ‘Robert’s garden’.”
Robert said: “This is a great proposal. I’ve now
got a target to get the whole area covered in
AstroTurf to benefit the greatest number of
children for the longest period of time.”
Please pray for Robert as he continues to
fundraise, and for the School for Joy in
Bethlehem.
Pershore Deanery – Rural Dean: Sarah Dangerfield
Diocese of Colombo (Ceylon): Bishop Dhiloraj Canagasabey
Diocese of Kurunegala (Ceylon): Bishop Keerthisiri Fernando
Diocese of Winchester: Bishop Timothy Dakin with Bishops David Williams
(Basingstoke) & Jonathan Frost (Southampton)
Diocese of Agder and Telemark (Norway): Bishop Stein Reinertsen
