A sad update from us - we had to be escorted from the school on the dump site yesterday by our wonderful loyal staff surrounding us as they and us have been told, (by anonymous text), that if we go back there we will not come out alive.
Sounds very dramatic, but our staff are taking this as a real threat, probably linked to us looking into some practices involving the abuse of donors money.
Whilst we have had threats in the past, this time they have told us the people concerned (some of whom are possibly employees) are not to be crossed, as they have ruled things on the dump site for a long time,
They have suggested we must leave before there is the chance of retaliation, so with a heavy heart we have agreed to return to the UK.
We will continue to support the work of PCF, which continues to be a wonderful project educating and supporting the poorest of the poor, but it seems that will have to be from the UK rather than Manila.
Please pray for the loyal staff remaining, some of whom are in fear for their life. We are fortunate that we can walk away, they live the danger every day.
If we had been in any doubt that leaving was the right thing to do (and we had considered very carefully if there was any way we could return), today one of our men was shot for refusing to give someone a cigarette, and is in a serious condition in hospital.
We have spent the day, and most of the night, putting some things in place which we hope will help the remaining staff.
We leave tomorrow, so will be seeing some of you sooner than we thought.
Sue and Stan
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