Mozambique

“I can’t imagine not receiving presents at Christmas time, I’d feel left out!” exclaims one student at St. Luke’s Primary School, East London. Carefully she pulls out the contents of her packed shoebox; toothbrush, toothpaste and her favourite, a little doll, were among some of the exciting gifts that filled the box.

Kathleen Dover and her team of volunteers from the International Christian Fellowship endured a day of icy winds outside the Borehamwood Tesco superstore yesterday. Yet spirits were high as they encouraged hundreds of shoppers to take part in Operation Christmas Child.