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LENTEN CAMPAIGN 2009 RESULT!! We raised €6000 for this year’s Lenten Campaign. Out of this we paid €1000 to the National Campaign for farmers in Brazil and the rest will be used to set up our own Fair Trade shop once the renovations to the church have been completed. We’ll need storage capacity and stock to keep the Fair Trade awareness alive in our community. Until now the Dutch Parish has organised the shop but they will transfer it to their renovated premises in the Paschalis church. We would like to continue the good work they have started. This year’s Campaign will benefit our own community and the world at large. The Children’s Liturgy team did a great job with the ‘shop’ and lots of you sponsored or took part in our Palm Sunday walk - check out the photographs of the walk HERE. Many thanks to everyone who raised money and to all our parishioners for their generosity. As an introduction to the campaign our Justice & Peace Group issued a Fair Trade newsletter which you can download here. And an extra page of that was issued two weeks later. You can download this flyer here LIFE OF AN ORANGE FARMER  
Carlos' passion is farming. "I am a farmer. My father is a farmer and his father before him. I
feel part of a great tradition of farmers. Both my grandparents were farmers working in the
sugar cane fields which they later traded for citrus fields from the state."
Carlos earns 270 pesos/month; he says he can more or less manage on this money. Compared to some of the poorest in the developing world, Carlos is relatively lucky, but he lives just a hurricane away from a crisis. In the meantime he is grateful for the security Fair Trade provides, guaranteeing minimum prices, as well as the social premium which boosts the farmers' incomes. "For the future I hope to improve my house by building a cement house but, at present, cement is hard to come by because of the economic condition of the country. I have a refrigerator, a TV, water and electricity, an iron, mixer and electric fan. The toilet is outside in the yard. In the bathroom (made of brick) I can take a shower (cold of course!)." "Everyone who plants something will harvest something. When a tree is born twisted, no one can straighten it up. Life for farmers is changing for the better, and Fair Trade is an important part of that. We are very grateful." FAIR TRADE TROPICAL JUICE 
Fair Trade Original has introduced three world juices: Orange juice with a dash of mango,
from Latin America, Apple juice with a dash of lemon & lime from South Africa, and Tropical
juice from regions including India. All juices bear the Max Havelaar Seal of Approval. The
Tropical juice is a delicious combination of pineapple, apple, orange, mango and banana.The Manufacturer The pineapple originates from the Kerala state in the Southern tip of India. Kerala is a poor state in which the farmers have difficulty in competing with the major plantations. The farmers, process the pineapples in their own factory. It is unusual for farmers to own a factory; their factory yields additional work and income. Fair Trade Original is synonymous with trade that develops. For this reason they offer the fruit growers fair trade terms and conditions for the sale of their produce, thereby ensuring for a substantial improvement in their living conditions. FAIR TRADE TO SPICE UP YOUR LIFE? PEPPER MIX ORANGE, LEMON AND GARLIC 
Fair Trade Original has introduced three spice mills, each of which offers a unique combination of
flavours. One of the products, this Pepper Mix spice mill, contains a delicious combination of pure
sea salt from the Atlantic Ocean and orange, lemon and garlic – superb on salads, in egg dishes and
with smoked salmon or chicken. The mill is also an interesting and tasteful gift that will look
attractive on every table. The manufacturer This Pepper Mix is prepared and packaged by the Cape Herb & Spice Company in South Africa. 5% of the procurement price is allocated to the Fair Trade Trust, a fund for the training and development of the employees. In 2005 various employees received a contribution from this fund to assist with their school-going children. Cape Herb & Spice Company has used the funds from the Fair Trade Trust to launch an active AIDS awareness and prevention programme for the company’s employees. HIV and AIDS are increasing rapidly in South Africa– a situation which has enormous social, emotional and economic implications for the country. FAIR TRADE 
Fair Trade Coffee, a good cup of coffee! As you drink your coffee, why not take a moment to think about where it came from, and about the people who grew and processed it. Fair Trade seeks to improve the lives of coffee growers by ensuring that they receive a guaranteed fair price for their harvest. This helps them afford basic healthcare, education and housing improvements for their families and farms. How Fair Trade helps farmers Over half of the world’s coffee is produced on small family farms with only a few acres of coffee trees. Fair Trade certification provides a way for these farmers to increase their incomes by helping them organize into cooperatives and linking them directly to coffee importers. Fair Trade farmers are guaranteed a premium over the prevailing price being paid for coffee on the international market. In addition, Fair Trade improves farmers’ economic stability by encouraging importers to extend financial credit to cooperatives and to develop long-term trading relationships. WHEN YOU PURCHASE FAIR TRADE COFFEE, YOU KNOW YOU’RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF COFFEE FARMERS LENTEN CAMPAIGN 2008 - MICRO FINANCE The Microfinance Group was established as a result of the 2008 Lenten Campaign, which successfully raised €7,453 to provide microcredits to entrepreneurs in developing countries via Kiva. The funds were converted into US dollars as Kiva loans are denominated in US dollars. We now manage a $11,167 microcredit fund on behalf of the Parish. If you would like to know more about the workings of microcredit and of our continuing involvement in it, then follow this link. LENTEN CAMPAIGN 2007 - KALINGA ESCALANTE The Lenten Campaign for 200y began on Ash Wednesday and was in support of a house building project called Kalinga Escalante in the Philippines. For basic information about the project go to the website of the head organisation Gawad Kalinga or the website of the city itself. We received great news from the Dutch Government who said that everything we raised during our Lenten Campaign would be matched by them. To build one house cost €1.000. We hoped to get enough to build a neighbourhood through our Lenten Solidarity and we did!. The door collection for the Kalinga Escalante Housing project raised 1171,20 euro-- a fabulous result. AN INSERT GIVING FULL BACKGROUND TO OUR LENTEN CAMPAIGN AND CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE. And then came more good news when the Brasili-Ja-Auxilia Group, which was founded on the day of Fr. Sjaak’s ordination in his home parish to support missionary work, decided to sponsor Fr. Sjaak for €4000 for the walk on Palm Sunday. We collected old tools that could be repaired and sent off to development projects around the world. The organisation that does this, 'Gered Gereedschap', promised to deliver free the tools the builders would need at the project site. It was great news that we were able, on Easter Sunday to present the Ambassador of the Philippines with our cheque for nearly €24,000 collected for our Lenten Campaign for Kalinga Escalante. Immediately after Easter a group of parishioners went to The Philippines to visit the site of Kalinga Escalante 21. The May edition of their newsletter was largely dedicated to a report of that visit. It is available here as a download. Do have a look – there are reports and lots of photos. We also have some photos in our own Photo Gallery When the group was there various special things happen and HERE you can read the text of a special appreciation for our Lenten Campaign Project from the Escalante City Council. From our Parish Letty de Ungria-Clothier was made a Good Will Ambassador, Fr Sjaak became an Adopted Son and Ambassador Romeo Arguelles, Honorary Mayor of the City. The final news was that 112 houses were completed which means that 112 families have new homes and now have a much brighter future thanks to all of you who have contributed time and money to the project. UPDATE AT THE END OF 2009 Ricardo Barcelona e-mailed Fr Sjaak towards the end of 2009 with the following message: Since we last spoke, we have managed to raise Euro460,000 to build more houses for Kalinga Escalante Negros in various cities. Aside from Escalante, we have now expanded to cover Sagay, Cadiz, Toboso and Calatrava. Together with what we started, 110 houses for the Dutch Friendship Village, we are at various stages of adding another 418 houses. Including the Dutch Friendship Village, by early 2010, we should be completing 528 houses in five different cities in northern Negros. It is indeed amazing that in the middle of a severe recession, we still have donors who are prepared to shell out cash to help the poor uplift themselves from poverty. What I am more amazed about is their desire to remain anonymous. For this reason, we have not publicise as much the progress that the program is making to respect the donors´desire for anonymity. This is a short note to let you know that the seeds we have planted in Escalante has inspired others to equal the generosity and solidarity that our parish had shown with the Filipinos. LENTEN CAMPAIGN 2006 - THE STREET PASTOR "For my children, I am their mother. For my husband, I am his wife. For the people of the street, the homeless and those who are abusing drugs, alcohol, and medicine, I am their pastor. For me, I am Mariëtte Brekelmans and I am all these things!" Mariëtte preached at the church during Lent and wrote a series of articles for the bulletin. If you would like to see the texts of these articles which highlights some of the problems of the homeless, then please click HERE As Lent began a 4-page Justice & Peace Newsletter was included in the bulletin. You can access a pdf version (91 kb)of this file HERE. The Newsletter has a range of articles on all the various aspects of Justice & Peace with which our parish is associated. A TRULY GREAT RESULT FOR OUR LENTEN CAMPAIGN 2006! Our Treasurer Michiel reported to us in June that this year’s Lenten Campaign for the homeless in The Hague resulted in a total of 6,236.90 euros. Michiel said, “An unbelievable result and I’m delighted that again our community contributed so generously to the Lenten Campaign this year. From this total 1,000 went to the Diocesan Lenten Campaign and 5.236,90 to the Homeless in The Hague LENTEN CAMPAIGN 2005 - MOSQUITO NETS Lenten Campaign 2005 was to raise money to buy mosquito nets and was specifically linked to the work of Mill Hill Missionaries in Kenya. We produced a series of Lenten Campaign Newsletters which can be downloaded below: - Week 1 Newsletter - Week 2 Newsletter - Week 3 Newsletter - Week 4 Newsletter Feedback from the Lenten Campaign 2005 This greeting comes to you from the people here in Kisumu, with grateful thanks for the support you have given. The environmental sanitation and malaria project is doing very well, and schools are still involved in this area. The malaria project is also very successful and a group of people who are HIV+ve are really involved in it. The nets provided to them are a source of income to them. I was able to persuade an NGO to give us the nets at a lower price, so that the people could earn a little money for each net they sold (these are treated mosquito nets). They bring back the capital and we purchase more nets and they keep the profit. Safe water is another source they have of educating the community., The people that have been treated free for malaria are well again. ….. On behalf of all the people, a very big Thank You. Love and prayers, Sister Bernadette mhm" |
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