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CHARITIES COMMITTEE
The Charities Committee is primarily concerned with 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
APPLICATION FORMS
This year's applications are now closed and no further forms are available.
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.
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 2011
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 2011 (money raised at Food Fair 2010) 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 |
| C C C Guatemala Village Project |
Guatemala |
2500 |
Kathleen Taylor |
| Earthquake Relief |
Japan |
2000 |
Mikae Natsuyama |
| Amani Center Water Well |
Tanzania |
2500 |
Peter Vernooij |
| Dominican sisters Project for Women & Girls |
India |
2500 |
Sheryl D'Mello |
| Lukulu HEPS Group |
Zambia |
1818 |
Wim & Annemarie Lepelaars |
| Asosiacion Civil Recursos Humanos |
Argentina |
2500 |
Flavia Requejo |
| PAUD Lelakapa Pre-School |
Indonesia |
2500 |
Jacques van der Meer |
| GCU Academy Trust |
South Africa |
2500 |
Bridget Anderson |
| AKTKK Woodwork Training Workshop |
Haiti |
2070 |
Sylvain Alliot & Ayesha de Sousa |
| Proyecto de Construccion de la Guarderia |
Colombia |
2500 |
Gladys Hendriksz |
| Servants of the Blessed Sacrament - building extension |
Philippines |
2500 |
Helen & Jan Andriessen |
| RSTV Anti-trafficking Campaign |
Indonesia |
2485 |
Francesca van Duren |
| Lower Achane School |
Nepal |
2500 |
Mikel DelaGrange |
| Catholic Counselling Network |
South Africa |
2050 |
Pam van Driel |
| Athma Shakti Vidyalaya Centre |
India |
2400 |
Mallory Gracias |
| Sisters of Perpetual Help Retirement Home |
Sri Lanka |
2401 |
Andrew Christoffelsz |
| Kamuga Womens' Training Centre |
Uganda |
1735 |
Elly Derksen |
| Link-Up Foundation Books project |
Cameroon |
1550 |
Pius-Luke Mawi Tangi |
| Lagos Police Widows Association |
Nigeria |
1200 |
Thaddeus A Osuji |
| International Student Chaplaincy |
The Netherlands |
800 |
Cheryl Carr |
| Mill Hill Missionaries Flood Victims project |
Brazil |
1000 |
Fr Sjaak de Boer |
| St Augustine's Church project |
Nigeria |
1000 |
Nnamdi J Ahajumobi |
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Total Amount Disbursed |
50,009 |
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.
For the years 2007,2008 and 2009 we were able to provide extra information on the charities
which may be of interest.
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