Analysis of CAFOD (A Charity Organization)
The charity I am going to analyse and explain is CAFOD. CAFOD was
formed in 1961when the National Board of Catholic Women decided to
carry out a family fast day, because the people of the Caribbean
Island of Dominica had requested help for a mother and baby health
care programme. A year after the family fast day the Catholic bishops
of England and Wales decided to set up the “Catholic Fund for Overseas
Development” or “CAFOD”. The main aim of this charity was to bring
together the vast number of smaller charities and to educate Roman
Catholics in England and Wales about the need for world development
and also to raise money for developing countries. Even now CAFOD is
still helping all around the world thanks to the support of Catholics
in England and Wales. In 2003 alone CAFOD raised more than £30 million
and helped development and emergency relief projects in more than 60
countries.
One of CAFOD’s aims was to relieve poverty, to do this they needed
money which is raised in many different ways. Family Fast Days in Lent
and October raise the most money for CAFOD. However there are also
many other ways in which CAFOD raise funds such as, 24 hour fasts, ad
Working in Partnership groups, and Churches and Roman Catholic schools
also raise money for CAFOD. Another way that CAFOD raises money is by
working hand in hand with Christian Aid to sell products produced by
Less Developed Countries at a fair rate. Also a more recent example of
aid through CAFOD is the “MAKE POVERTY HISTORY” campaign supported by
many celebrities, so far this campaign has resulted debt cancellation,
more aid, and has gathered many new campaigners and supporters of
CAFOD.
Another way that CAFOD helps is through its disaster fund. This fund
was created to help if there is an natural disaster and for refugees.
This means sending food, antibiotics, blankets, and shelters. This
fund has been helpful for the flood victims in Bangladesh in 1995, the
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