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Humanitarian aid to help children

Published: Saturday, Jan. 13, 2001

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Missionaries and members here coordinated recently the delivery of a Church humanitarian donation of clothing and blankets to a local organization helping street children.

"There are thousands of children, between the ages of four and nineteen, living on the streets of Johannesburg, and these items will assist in a small way in keeping these children warm," said Craig Russell, director of public affairs for the Bedfordview South Africa Stake. Brother Russell and Sandy Labe, a counselor in the stake Relief Society presidency, coordinated the delivery of the goods that were part of a Humanitarian Services Department shipment to Africa.