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CHARITIES COMMITTEE
The Charities Committee is primarily concerned about the selection of
projects considered suitable for a financial donation from the parish. The first task
is to encourage parishioners to submit an application for assistance normally,
but not exclusively, from the developing world. The money to be distributed
comes from the previous year's International Food Fair. The criteria
for selection are quite specific, but the main objectives are to alleviate
physical suffering and help foster self sufficiency. The Committee's
work lasts from December to the Spring during which period the members review the
various applications that have been sponsored by parishioners. The recommendations are
then presented to the Parish Council. Once approval has been granted by the Parish
Council the Charity Committee's Treasurer arranges for the donations to be forwarded
to the project managers of the charities which have been successful. The
results are published in the Bulletin and on the website.
Contacts:
Chair - Rupert D'Mello -
CONTACT
CHARITIES COMMITTEE CRITERIA
Funds may be requested for educational, spiritual, medical, agricultural, and social welfare projects
but not for personal development. Each application must be sponsored by a registered parishioner, and
no parishioner may sponsor more than one project. As general guidelines grants will not exceed €2000,
and no project will be
funded for more than three years in succession.
In evaluating each proposal, the Committee takes many factors into account, including the following:
- NEED. Life-sustaining projects (e.g. micro-credit programmes) will take priority over
‘nice to have' projects, (e.g. replacing furniture).
- SUSTAINABILITY. Projects that will generate ongoing benefits will usually be rated above
others that are for temporary relief.
- SELF-HELP. Preference will be given to projects by which communities help themselves.
- EFFICIENCY. Project managers must present a well-thought out plan (with timings) for realising
their aims, and show they have found the best 'value-for-money' in goods and services.
- DISTRIBUTION. No single country, region or continent shall have an excessive share of any
year's funds.
- SCALE. While we applaud the work of many high-profile donors and international charities with
wide-scale funding, our commitment is to small-scale non-governmental projects.
- SPONSOR'S FOOD FAIR INVOLVEMENT. Those who help raise the funds are the ones who have the most
right to a say in their distribution!
The Charities Committee will assess applications in Spring and make a recommendation to the
Parish Council in April/May. It is a condition of accepting any donation that the sponsor
undertakes to provide feedback by the year end showing how the funds were used.
A Charities Project Report form has been sent to all those sponsors whose
applications were accepted for 2009 but you can
download an electronic version here.
As the number of applications always exceeds available funds, it is inevitable that some projects
will not be funded. The Committee trusts that all Sponsors will appreciate this.
CHARITIES COMMITTEE RESULTS 2010
We thank our Charity Committee Coordinator, Rupert D'Mello and his team for leading the
process of evaluating the projects that you submitted. Every year this is a huge task
involving lots of administration, time and meetings. The team did a great and much
appreciated job. The Parish Council
Allocations
The allocations for 2010 (money raised at Food Fair 2009) are as follows.
We hope to be able to publish some information on each of these charities later in the year.
| Name of Project |
Country |
Amount (in euros) |
Name of Sponsor |
| Aberdeen West Africa Fistula Centre (for Clinic) |
Sierra Leone |
2500 |
Teresa Ann Doherty |
| The Healthy Vine Trust (I-AMP + Programme) |
Uganda |
2500 |
Maureen Sullivan |
| Our Lady of Nazareth Primary School |
Kenya |
2500 |
Nancy Atieno Ogonje |
| Catholic Church, Kagama (Rural Hospital Project) |
Sri Lanka |
2500 |
Conan Mudannayake |
| Lukulu HEPS Group |
Zambia |
2500 |
Wim & Annemarie Lepelaars |
| Centro Cristiano Cultural de Guatemala |
Guatemala |
2500 |
C F McCarthy
Kathleen Taylor |
| Vidja Jyothi Ashram, LONDA (Educational & Integrated Child Development
Programme) |
India |
2500 |
Sheryl D'Mello |
| Society for Upliftment and Rehabilitation of Leprosy Patients |
Sri Lanka |
2500 |
Andrew Christoffelsz |
| NGO Lobade Foundation (Solar Panels) |
Kenya |
2500 |
Jurgen Baas |
| Mothers' Sewing Club of Sultan Kudarat |
Philippines |
2500 |
Jan Andriessen |
| St Christopher Parish, Ihiala (Nursery School Construction Continuation) |
Nigeria |
2000 |
Joannes Nwosu |
| Hexagon High (Reading Skills and Teaching Aid Improvements) |
South Africa |
2500 |
Paula Bownas |
| Stichting Solidariteit Nederland Ergentiniä
(Warmth for the Home Project) |
Argentina |
2500 |
Flavia Requejo |
| GCU Academy Trust |
South Africa |
2500 |
Bridget Anderson |
| Kyunduli Rural Women Development Association (Chicken farming) |
Ugana |
2500 |
Jimmy Baluku |
| Abraham Kriel Kinderhuis |
South Africa |
2500 |
Cindy Selsky |
| Stichting Internationale Studenten Pastoraat |
Netherlands |
500 |
H G Moneypenny |
| Archdiocese of Bamenda (Widikum Church project) |
Cameroon |
500 |
Beri Nsame |
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Total Amount Disbursed |
45,500 |
PREVIOUS YEARS' CHARITIES
If you are interested to see what charities the Church of Our Saviour has sponsored
in the past CLICK HERE.
This link will lead you to last year's allocations and from there to previous years.
In 2007 we added an extra feature of providing some specific information on
the various chosen charities which you may find interesting.
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