People Helping People is a small project founded in the Chapel of Penha de França to help those in need.
Our Bishop D. António once said,”One must find new ways of helping the poor”. A very small group of people attending the English Mass decided to do just that after the floods in 2010! In a short period of time we created partnerships with supermarket chains and restaurants; we have paid dozens of medical prescriptions, we have spent gallons and gallons of petrol riding across the island giving lifts, we have prevented families from going hungry, geting their electricity cut off, running out of gas, losing their homes. We have tried to keep them warm, keep them hopeful, and keep them dreaming…
The Mission Statement of People Helping People is .. through social solidarity, to mobilize many people to help many people in a combat against poverty, hunger, illness, exclusion, indifference, intolerance, and social injustice, with a special preference for the last, the least and the lost, having as a model the person of Jesus, the “Good Shepherd” (Gospel according to Luke, Chapter 15). Our wish is that it may always be an open door when all the other doors close, building in this way, different feelings and acts of Mercy (Gospel according to Luke, chapter 6 and Matthew chapter 25).
People Helping People Contacts
Contacts:
Europe:
Alexandre Silva, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Email: alex.lupus@gmail.com
USA: Larry Contreras, 60 Meeks Ln., Oakley, CA 94561. Tel. 707-333-5501
Transfer to the PHP bank account in Madeira.
Associação Gente Ajudando Gente
Bank: Banco Santander Totta
Account Number: 0003 4938 1759020
IBAN: PT50 0018 0003 4381759020 94
SWIFT: TOTAPTPL
NIB: 0018 0003 49381759020 94
When sending any donation, please send an email to penhafranca.newsletter@gmail.com with the date and the name on the transfer so that Alexandre Silva is able to confirm with you as soon as possible as the transfer is received. Thank you.