Analyse and explain the work of onereligious agency working for the world of development. In today's modern society there is so much suffering on the world that isunknown to a majority of people. Christian aid helps to relieve people of thissufferi...

British and Irish Churches started Christian aid just after World War II. As Britain had not been two badly affected by the war their main focus was on the people of Europe who had lost their homes. It was called Christian reconstruction in Europe. The name was soon changed when the world council of churches was founded in 1948 and the work became part of the British council of churches. It became know as The Department of Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Service. In 1949 the income was at a total of £29,000. The name of Christian aid was adopted in 1964.

In the fifties Christian aids main work was in refugees. In 1959 there total income was £483,000. In the sixties Christian Aid responded quickly to the growing food shortage in the world. There total income was £2,500,000. In the seventies they focused on there long time plans for getting people to be self-sufficient. There total income was almost £5.5 million. In the seventies they realised there self-sufficiency plans were not enough. The banks were charging to higher loan interest rates. There income was £28 million. In the eighties there was a campaign to make the big banks reduce or cancel the third world debt. Total income was over £31 million.

Christian Aids main aim is to make people live on there own 2 feet. They say that they cannot help people who cannot help themselves. The poor must be willing to learn if they are to become self-sufficient. They aim to help relieve the suffering by doing this.

With all the suffering around the world Charities like Christian aid are needed. They help thousands of people every year live a happier more peaceful life. They make sure children have a good education and can grow up knowing more about life than just pain and suffering. They give people in the third world countries a chance to live.