Give For Spain

Give For Spain

In an effort to provide aid to the war torn countryside of Spain, the Friends Service Council (FSC) made and distributed pamphlets about the war to Friends in England to collect funds and donations to help bring a measure of peace to Spain. To the Friends, their relief efforts, which came in the form of material goods and spiritual relief, were actually combatting violence and spreading peace. The idea is beautifully and powerfully summarized by the opening lines of this pamphlet which reads, “In the face of bombs and slaughter in Spain, to talk of ‘Peace, Peace’ may seem futile. Yet by giving food to a hungry child you are sowing seeds of peace. In contrast to hatred and savagery we are giving unselfish, impartial aid to the people of Spain.” For the Friends, to give for Spain is to give for peace.

London: Friends Service Council

1937

Caroline Steliotes

Pamphlet