Christian Aid Week this year will be happening from 12th – 18th May.

Christian Aid works with some of the world’s most vulnerable communities in 35 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

This year’s appeal is focussing on work in Burundi, one of the most densely populated and poorest countries in Africa. Heavily reliant on agriculture, it’s also one of the least prepared to combat the effects of climate change, including droughts, floods, and landslides.

The global cost-of-living crisis has intensified the challenges: more than 70 per cent of the population live in poverty and more than half of childrenare chronically malnourished.

Christian Aid has been working in Burundi since 1995 when it first offered humanitarian assistance to people surviving the civil conflict. Now, alongside local partners, the organisation helps establish Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs). These community-led groups mean people can save and borrow money, making small businesses possible, offering reliable and diverse incomes so families can eat regularly, get medicine when they need it and build safer homes.

Join us this Christian Aid Week to give hope to people living in countries such as Burundi.

Traditionally, St. Finnian’s has always taken part in Christian Aid Week and this year we are delighted to do so again. Door-to-door collections will once
again be taking place in the Cregagh area and if you helped inprevious years, we would love you to do so again.

New volunteers are very welcome.

Please contact Jonathan Johnston on 07385547697 if you are available to help.