The diagram to the above shows what Christian Aid spend (per year) on projects, emergencies, campaigning, fundraising and governance. 47% of their funds are being spent on long term development projects. That means just over £39 million! The diagram shows us that a lot of money is needed for the different projects. This diagram is an easy reassuring way to know that our money is going to the right place.
Who do we help?
Christian aid aims to help people all over the world build the life they deserve. They help anyone, not only Christians.
“Whether they have a faith or not, people support Christian Aid because they know we have the courage and integrity to take the difficult positions. They expect us to deliver good-quality aid that tangibly helps people in need. They know we are a bold, incisive, effective, efficient, results orientated, growing and ambitious organisation that equips and encourages people to put their faith into action.”
Poverty
I do not think that we can ever completely end poverty because there are so many contributing factors that are out of our control, such as drought, earth quakes, volcanoes and hurricanes. I do think that a lot of poverty can be reduced by everyone taking their fair share of the world’s money and resources.
Recent Reports
There has been a flood in India and the floods cover a huge area and it could take at least three months for the waters to subside. Christian Aid is responding and its partners are:
- distributing food such as rice, pulses, sugar, salt, biscuits
- distributing non food items such as candles, matches, water purification tablets
- providing materials for temporary shelter
- distributing hygiene kits including soap and chlorine tablets
- Providing medical assistance in relief camps and villages.
There has been a hurricane in Haiti. With emergency funding from Christian Aid, five of its local partners are actively involved in relief efforts in Haiti.
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Aprosifa is supplying medicines, water purifiers, hygiene kits, blankets and emergency cash grants in the slum district of Carrefour Feuilles, near the capital Port-au-Prince.
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Gramir is providing food parcels, hygiene kits and school kits, and helping with roof repairs in Haiti’s southern pensinsular.
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Child Care Haiti is supplying food parcels, water purifiers, rehydration salts and medicines. It is also running mobile health clinics in the northwest of the country, where there is a growing threat of water-borne disease such as malaria, diarrhea and typhus.
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Veterimed is supplying food baskets, hygiene kits and blankets in and around Port-au-Prince.
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Garr is supplying food parcels and water purifiers in central Haiti.
Campaign
One of their campaigns is ‘the trade justice action’ which aims to help LEDCs get a fairer deal when trading with people in Europe. ‘The European Union is ploughing ahead with unfair trade deals that threaten to derail development for millions of people. We need to act against them before it's too late.’