| End of year Financial Report |
During 2007 we raised £2200.37 and distrbuted £2065.70 to the following projects:- H&N J&P Council £30 ( Annual Subscription ) People's Kitchen £100 Karen people of Burma £200 Cafod focusafrica £700 Ghana, Luke Facey - tree project £250 Consett Churches Detached Youth Project £100 Sharing Fair £685.70 ( This was the amount which passed through our bank account, the cheques for SF went direct. The total raised in sales was almost £1300 The money was raised from Coffee Mornings, the collection box in the porch and from indivdual donations. We are grateful for the generous support we receive from the people of the parish. focusafrica is Cafod's main fundraising project spanning 3 years. The funding is helping people in many countries of Africa:- In Mozambique market sellers are helped to ensure they can grow or buy enough food for their families. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country where an estimated 4 million people died between 1998 and 2003 in the most devastating conflict in Africa for over a decade, multi-ethnic farmers associations have been set up and livestock replenished to provide meat, milk, fertilizer and income. In Kenya women are helped to set up their own small businesses in the aftermath of the devastating drought. In Sudan, Cafod's partner runs a literacy programme for women. Some of the students have gone on to jobs in goverment. We have sent £1,250.00 so far to focusafrica. Pat Cudden January 2008 |
On November 10th / 11th 2007 All Saints Pariish Centre
was ablaze with colour - A Sharing Fair sale was taking place! For those not familiar with this organisation, it is an initative
of the Good Shepherd Sisters worldwide with the object of providing useful and dignified work for vulnerable girls and
young women. Throughout the world the sisters are helping women to create beautiful crafts by learning weaving and
sewing skills and other techniques to earn their living and support their families. They produce a variety of handcrafted items:
bags and purses of hand-woven fabric, toys that stimulate the imagination and learning, cards, pottery and home
accessories not found in any other world shop. In the UK the project director is Sister Lucina Wogan who visited
this parish in 2006 and inspired us to have our first very successful sale. The photographs show enthusiastic
customers doing thier Christmas shopping this year at our Self Managed Event. During the 5 years of Sharing Faair's
existence in the UK, crafts worth £166,093 have been sold. We look forward to the next phase of this very
worthwhile organisation.
