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Our Parish CAFOD Team
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caFOD's coronavirus emergency appeal
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caFOD's coronavirus
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The spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) to countries with poor health systems and limited access to clean water will be devastating.
Families who already struggle to get enough food to eat and those living in refugee camps are particularly vulneerable to coronavirus. In order to continue protecting and improving the lives of those in poor communities, your prayers and gifts are needed now more than ever. Our local experts are in their communities now delivering vital hygiene training, food parcels and raisin awareness of this disease. Donate and hlep the most vulnerable people at: cafod.org.uk/coronaviruscampaign 
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CAFOD are asking us to sign a petition to our Government. They say:
“As we cope with coronavirus in the UK, we think of our sisters and brothers in poorer countries who are facing this pandemic with fragile health systems, some of which have almost no intensive care beds or ventilators. “Food prices have already risen with borders closing, the poorest are losing their jobs and income with wholesale shutdowns. Furthermore, inadequate healthcare, lack of access to washing facilities and limited ability to social distance will result in loss of life on an intolerable scale. The likely impact will be devastating. “We are one global family. Please will you sign the FACOD petition to ask the government to work with other world leaders to help the most vulnerable people in our world cope with this crisis? To sign the petition visit www.cafod.org.uk/coronaviruscampaign CAFOD’s petition asks our Prime Misister to work with other world leaders to:
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More people than ever came to our Soup and Rolls lunch at St Peter's on 6th March for CAFOD's Lenten Fast Day and £154.45 was received in donations.
We also met Sylvester from the Birmingham CAFOD Office for the first time. Great to see you, Sylvester! |
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At present, your CAFOD team is looking for someone to join them to help with CAFOD at both
St Joseph's and Our Lady's Churches. If you would like to know more or think you might be able to help, please contact by email to cl.jandp@gmail.com or phone St Joseph's 0n 01926 772712 |
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In 2017/18
CAFOD received £52,600,000 and spent £52,900,000 |
£26m was spent on development projects and
£17.4m on disaster relief. 350 young leaders completed the CAFOD volunteer programme |
Facts about CAFOD Some examples from around the world
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In Bolivia ...
CAFOD helped strengthen indigenous communities affected by climate change through better management of their natural resources, teaching more resilient farming methods In Sierra Leone … CAFOD helped deliver water, sanitation and health projects to communities of girls and women living in care facilities. In Kenya … CAFOD improved food security and resilience to climate change by helping farmers improve the way they managed their crops and livestock. In Lebanon .. CAFOD helped local communities working with Syrian refugee communities to develop cooperative enterprises … and cooperation between refugees and their hosts . In Bangladesh … CAFOD provided food, water, sanitation and other essential supplies to over 60,000 Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar. In the Philippines … CAFOD carried on rebuilding the damage caused to people’s lives, livelihoods and well-being following typhoon Haiyan. |
After the massive earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015, the fantastic £3.9 million that you raised for CAFOD’s emergency response has helped communities to start to come back to life:
350,000 people have been helped with food, shelter and emergency supplies 32,000 were supported to recover long term 37,000 received blankets, tarpaulins, mats, clothing and fuel to survive the winter 7 earthquake-resistant schools have been built 10,000 families helped to rebuild safe homes. All these facts are from CAFOD’s magazine ‘Side by Side’ Summer 2018
www.cafod.org.uk/News/Side-by-Side [Oct2018] |