Christian Aid Ireland Summer 2014 â– Number 45
Zimbabwe
A second chance at education Christian Aid Ireland
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Editorial I am writing this in Malawi on a beautiful sunny day. I am here with Denis Lynn, owner of The Good Little Company. We’ve met farmers who are struggling to feed themselves and their families from what they can grow in a small confined space with little left over to sell. We are working with the Good Little Company to see how we could join together to help these farmers by finding ways to improve yields, get better prices for goods and by diversifying into other areas such as beekeeping. This is Denis’s first visit to a developing country and it has been very moving to observe his reactions as he realises that these farmers face many of the same challenges that he faces in his own business, but whereas he has choices and the ability to create his own opportunities, they don’t. Denis said in amazement after our first field visit ‘these people are the same as me, they want the same things for their families and their life as I do.’ It’s true. We are all God’s children, we are all precious in his eyes and we all have a right to live in dignity and with respect. At our Peace Building Conference in Belfast in May we heard from partners and colleagues from Mali, Iraq and Colombia about what it is like to live in both poverty and in fear. We heard about work that Christian Aid’s partners are doing in each of these countries and we also heard from Corrymeela about the work that is happening within Northern Ireland. It was motivating to see what learnings could be shared both home and overseas. Thank you for supporting us in all our work, for giving your time and money during Christian Aid Week and for continuing to pray for the communities we work in. We are very grateful and appreciative of all that you do and I personally thank God for each and every one of you. God bless.
8 News ■ 4 Breaking the Silence
An Israeli veteran speaks ■ 5 Iraq Crisis Appeal
Half a million flee violence ■ 6 Christian Aid
Week 2014 Amazing fundraising
Feature ■ 8 Zimbabwe
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A remarkable supporters’ visit ■ 10 Tackling violence
Belfast peace conference
Campaigns ■ 12 ‘IF’ one year on
What was achieved?
Finance Rosamond Bennett
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CEO Christian Aid Ireland
income Our funding and how we spend it
■ Cover: Moses teaches his class under a tree in Binga district, northern Zimbabwe. Teaching basic literacy and numeracy, his pupils are mostly teenagers who could not afford the fees for the state school system. See centre pages. Photograph: Helen Newell
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Breaking the Silence A former Israeli soldier told a Belfast audience in June that serving in the Occupied Palestinian Territories resulted in him being ‘morally corrupted’. Yehuda Shaul, co-founder of ‘Breaking The Silence’, was speaking at an event organised by Trócaire and Christian Aid. ‘Breaking The Silence’ is an organisation of former Israel Defence Force (IDF) combatants. Mr Shaul revealed the reality of daily life for soldiers and Palestinian civilians living under occupation, offering an insight into the tactics used by the IDF to control and disrupt the daily lives of Palestinian civilians. Yehuda Shaul said: ‘We saw and did a great deal during our time in the occupied territories, but for the duration of our service we said very little about our experience to our friends, to our families, and even to each other. But after we completed our army service, we chose to break the silence. ‘We’re breaking the silence because Israelis are unaware of what is being done in their backyards and in their names, and because Israel’s well-meaning friends are similarly ignorant of what is unfolding in the occupied territories.
Israeli Army veteran Yehuda Shaul, founder of ‘Breaking The Silence', speaks to a Belfast audience at a lunchtime talk co-hosted by Trócaire and Christian Aid. Photo: Justin Kernoghan
‘I am telling people the reality of what I witnessed - innocent civilians being beaten, children kept from school, parents kept from work, people’s homes invaded, and much more. The testimonies from former soldiers like me refute the false claim that the horrors of the occupation are the exception rather than the norm.’ Rosamond Bennett CEO of Christian Aid said: ‘Christian Aid believes that all people are made in the image of God and are therefore of equal worth. As an organisation, we have always been unequivocal in our support for the security of Israel and the rights of all Israeli people to live safely and securely. We have repeatedly and publicly stated this support. But we also have to say that Palestinians are suffering disproportionately due to the conflict.’ ‘The occupation, which places restrictions on the movement of goods and people, stifles the Palestinian economy and causes widespread poverty. As a result, many people live in very poor conditions and struggle to survive.’ ‘It is only through dialogue and understanding what other people are experiencing, as Yehuda and his fellow IDF veterans in ‘Breaking the Silence’ seek to do, that we can hope to resolve this and other conflicts.’
Greenway Cycle Lent in Castlewellan Christian Aid’s Helen Newell (in the red top) was at the final Lenten lunch of 2014 organised by the Castlewellan prayer group in Co Down. More than £2,000 was raised by the crosscommunity group for Trócaire and Christian Aid. Photo courtesy of the Mourne Observer
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Great Greenway Cycle in County Mayo in June. The course was completed in three hours and event organiser Andrew Coleman estimates that a fantastic €1,300 was raised for Christian Aid by those taking part. We simply cannot carry out our work in eradicating poverty without this support so thank you to everyone who came along - see you all again next year!
EMERGENCY
IRAQ CRISIS APPEAL More than half a million people have fled from the violence in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and other cities in the north-west of Iraq. Many have sought refuge in the neighbouring cities of Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniyah. They do not know what fate awaits them, or when they will be able to return home.
Hygiene Kit This is what a hygiene and medical kit in Iraq looks like. Distributed by our partner REACH, each bucket contains first aid equipment, soap, shampoo, water purifiers and sanitary products - essential for enabling people to keep clean and healthy, and maintain a sense of personal dignity. Photo: Christian Aid
‘With this new crisis, there is now an even greater need for help.’ We are one of the few major agencies already working in Iraq, but we need to urgently step up our response.
They urgently need your help now.
With your support we aim to reach 50,000 people with food, water and other essentials.
Christian Aid has launched a crisis appeal to enable our partners on the ground to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of those who have been displaced.
Hero Anwar is from our partner REACH, which is helping some of the most vulnerable refugee communities.
Terrified and homeless, families are exposed to searing heat, often without anything to eat or drink. They are heading for a region already severely stretched by refugees escaping the civil war in Syria. Ciara Loughney, Christian Aid’s Dublin-based humanitarian officer, said: ‘This is a crisis on top of a crisis. Large numbers have fled to an area where there is already a serious need as a result of the Syrian conflict.
PLEASE DONATE €26/£21 could buy rice, vegetable oil,
beans, lentils, tomato paste and salt.
€53/£43 could provide a hygiene kit - as pictured above - with soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, wound disinfectant and bandages.
€74/£60 could afford a blanket,
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She said: ‘People cannot stay in a place where they are under threat. They have to flee their homes with nothing. They have nothing and they need basic items just to survive. ‘Because of donors such as Christian Aid we are able to respond.’
The Iraq Crisis Appeal is enabling Christian Aid partners in Iraq to respond to the growing crisis Please make your cheque/postal order payable to Christian Aid Ireland and post to:
Iraq Crisis Appeal Christian Aid, 96 Beechill Road Belfast BT8 7QN
or
Iraq Crisis Appeal Christian Aid, 16-17 Clanwilliam Tce Dublin 2
Include your name and address, and please do not send cash by post.
These phone numbers
For credit card donations, please telephone
are open 8am-8pm
Dublin (01) 901 5035 or Northern Ireland (028) 9592 2015
seven days a week.
Or visit christianaid.ie/emergencies
THANK YOU FOR CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
Donegal Supporters Conference The former Presbyterian Moderator Revd Dr Rob Craig with his wife Karen and Christian Aid’s Peter Byrne at the Donegal supporters’ conference. It was held in Letterkenny Presbyterian Church.
When Hero Anwar from Iraq, pictured here with Barbara McNeil, visited Ireland in May for our Peace Conference she volunteered to help with door-to-door collecting. Hero is now heavily involved with emergency work at home in Iraq - see page 5.
St Bart’s Parish lunch Parishioners of Saint Bartholomew’s Church in Dublin held a fundraising lunch during Christian Aid Week, raising €940. Helping out at the lunch were (from left) Barbara Bergin, Traudi Ferguson, John Slattery, and Patricia Williams.
The Armagh Christian Aid committee raised £7,000 for Christian Aid Week. The money also included donations raised during lunches held over the previous year.
Ready to Collect! Collectors from the First Carrickfergus and Joymount Presbyterian Churches were among the 11 participating churches in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, on the streets again this year. Pictured here are Elva Ritchie, Gillian Clarke, Robert Penney, and Mary Mathers. 6
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Giving away sausages! The Balmoral Show coincided with Christian Aid Week this year, so we got together with our friends at the Good Little Company to give away sausages to hungry visitors. Of course it was also an opportunity to tell passers-by all about Christian Aid, and all about the food security projects in Malawi funded by the Good Little Company through its donations with every packet of sausages they sell. The sausages, which are organic and from free range pigs, are made in Co Down and are available at Tescos in Northern Ireland.
Photos: Rosslyn Johnston
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Cover Story
A diverse group of Christian Aid supporters, from different churches throughout Ireland, travelled to Zimbabwe in March to see for themselves the work of six of our partners there. One of the travellers, Jane Burns from Athy, Co Kildare, has been speaking about two of the projects she saw.
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Before they started this business, the women were fulltime in their homes; now they are part of a mentoring scheme set up by Sylveria House in order to help other young people in the area and they have wonderful plans to expand this thriving business. Their enthusiasm for the business was infectious and I could really see that they were going places with the business which then had a knock-on effect on their whole extended family life. These young women really showed me that through a small start from a Christian Aid partner, huge things can be achieved.
Dress-making In Matabeleland South we met four young mothers who had set up a dress-making business with the help of Christian Aid's partner Sylveria House. Their business, 'The Busy Girls Dressmakers', is an impressive operation, based in their Chairperson's (Blessing) tiny little house. They make men's, women's and children's wear, school uniforms and bed linen. While we were with them they showed us their accounts and their business plans. 8
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Jane Burns shows off a dress she bought from ‘The Busy Girls Dressmakers’
Open Schools I was also particularly inspired by the work of Christian Aid's partner Open Schools Worldwide (OSW) in the Binga district. The Binga area is one of the most remote and poor districts situated in the Matabeleland North province of Zimbabwe. We visited two newly established school groups set up by OSW in the district. One group were sitting under a tree on wooden beams listening intently to their tutor, who was called Moses. They were in such a remote location that the jeeps we were travelling in could not access the area and we made the end of the journey across a small river on foot. The children in these groups have dropped out of the state school system mostly due to their inability to pay the annual compulsory fees. These children, mostly teenagers, were learning the very basics in numeracy and literacy. They attend classes on average 3 mornings per week and their enthusiasm to learn under such harsh conditions is something that will always stay with me.
However one of the most inspiring things I saw was a young boy, aged 15, who was called Intelligent writing his name on a blackboard. He was so proud to show us his writing and it soon became very evident why; three weeks before we arrived Intelligent could not write at all. These children all hold the same dreams and hopes as our own children here in Ireland, to be nurses, drivers, teachers, and so on, but the odds are so stacked against them. I feel that through Christian Aid's partner OSW these children are now getting a chance to become literate
Intelligent (15) demonstrates his newly acquired writing skills.
and that access to a basic education will enable them to achieve a better life for themselves. I have three children of my own aged 7, 10 and 12 and my husband works long hours. The decision to go to Zimbabwe was not taken lightly but after prayerful consideration I felt that this trip was something that I was called by God to do. I have always felt that as per verse 40 in Matthew 25 'whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine you did for me'. Since my return I have spoken about the schools projects that I saw in Zimbabwe in two primary schools, and I have bookings to speak in a further four schools in the coming weeks. Our children here are so eager to learn about life for children in Zimbabwe. It is my profound hope that through hearing of my experience in Zimbabwe some of the children in Irish schools will be inspired to act, to pray and to give to help these children who are so like them except for their circumstances. Despite times of great sadness during the trip, I came home from Zimbabwe with great hope.
I now realise that to say ‘we must live more simply so that others may simply live’ is not just a clever-sounding clichĂŠ; it points to a disturbing and uncomfortable reality. I am now much more thoughtful about spending on luxuries and I have gained a deeper understanding of the need to exercise a sense of responsibility with regard to the purchase and use of food.
Canon George Irwin from Lisburn was also clearly moved by his experience: Reflecting on this trip to Zimbabwe I feel a deep sense of gratitude that I have been privileged to be part of such a worthwhile exercise.
And thanks to having had the opportunity to visit projects supported by Christian Aid I feel I can speak with a greater degree of authority and credibility when I commend the work being carried out by this organisation in the name of Him whose manifesto began:
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. (Luke 4 : 18) Christian Aid Ireland
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Peace Conference
Building Peace Steps along the road Conflict and poverty go hand in hand. That’s why the theme of this year’s Christian Aid Week was ‘Living without fear’. And that’s why, as David Thomas writes, partners and guests from around Ireland and around the world gathered in Belfast one Tuesday morning in May to discuss the difficult issue of conflict.
villages, but instead of doing the work for the people she said that ‘you don’t say “we want to resolve your conflict” as people don’t like that. Instead you say “OK, we will do this project, but only if we can work on this together.” ’ Hero acknowledged that it was a difficult process, but by the end the three villages, each with a different ethnicity (Arab, Kurd and Turkmen), were sharing the water source and there was enough for everyone.
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Justice David Ford MLA opened the conference at the 174 Trust, a former church building in North Belfast. Mr Ford described the challenge facing Northern Ireland which, despite steps towards peace, 'didn't deal with the past in a comprehensive way'.
He said that Northern Ireland is ‘a long way short of where a society that proclaims to be Christian should be.’ This was a theme that was repeated throughout the conference. Sometimes there can appear to be peace, yet beneath the surface there are issues that have not been resolved. It reminded us how fragile peace can be and that there is a need to keep actively working for peace rather than becoming complacent.
Hero Anwar from Iraq with Bishop Trevor Williams
Hero Anwar works for Christian Aid’s partner REACH in Northern Iraq. She talked about the personal impact conflict had on her. When she was eight years old her father was taken away. And since her return home, Hero has been caught up in a new crisis (see Iraq Appeal on page 5).
Yacouba Kone is Christian Aid’s country manager in Mali. He described the recurring conflict since independence from France in 1960, particularly over the issues of land and natural resources. Yacouba said that ‘50% of Mali’s population is under 15 years old’ and he expressed the importance of ‘putting the youth first’. He felt that it was partly due to a lack of opportunities for young people that attracted them to extremism and violence, adding that politicians need to think about the causes of conflict and not only the consequences.
Hero gave examples of how meeting people’s needs can be a means of working towards peace. One of REACH’s projects was to improve the water supply for three
Bill Rolston, emeritus professor of the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University, talked about one potential method of dealing with the past, that is a ‘truth recovery
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Justice Minister David Ford MLA with Hero Anwar from Iraq, Colombian human rights lawyer Judith Maldonado, and Yacoube Kone, Christian Aid’s country manager in Mali, West Africa.
process’. He described some of the ways that other societies had tackled this issue, such as the Truth Commission pioneered in Latin America and also used in South Africa. He suggested that Northern Ireland is ‘no closer to truth recovery than we were a decade ago’ and asked, ‘so why not forget about it?’ Answering his own question, he continued, ‘perpetrators might have a vested interest in drawing a line in the sand, but victims don’t.’
During a break in the conference, Bishop Trevor Williams led everyone on a walk to a Peace Wall close to the 174 Trust in North Belfast. There he led prayers for peace at home and overseas.
Reflecting on the conference, the Chair of Christian Aid Ireland, Bishop Trevor Williams, said 'Some people have been asking what is Christian Aid doing dabbling around in the area of peace? Are we not about development and so on? ‘Well today we’ve seen that the two are absolutely related because if people are living in an area where there is terrible violence and insecurity, they’re driven off their land, they’re driven away from their homes, they’re driven away from the means by which they were gaining a livelihood. Suddenly they’ve become terribly poor, destitute and marginalised.
David Ford MLA with Christian Aid CEO Rosamond Bennett
The conference also heard an inspiring speech by the Executive Director of the Corrymeela Community, Colin Craig, who reminded everyone that often in situations of conflict there is an attitude of one group towards another that ‘more for you means less for me.’ He suggested that if we are to work towards peace we must consider how we can ensure that we change this to a mindset where ‘more for you can also mean more for me.’ Both Hero and Judith Maldonado, a human rights lawyer from Colombia, expressed the importance of peace not being enforced from the top down, but rather must be agreed on by everyone from the bottom up.
‘Today we heard stories from Iraq, we’ve heard stories from Mali and stories also from Colombia. Three areas where there’s constant violence and disruption, which is delaying and preventing nations, communities and individuals developing the way we would like. That is why Christian Aid in partnership with the people want to work with them for peace in their countries.’ All photographs on this page: Paul Moane/Aurora PA
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Campaigns One year ago the ‘Enough Food for Everyone IF’ campaign was in full flow. Over 200 organisations joined together to raise the issue of global hunger and its root causes as the G8 leaders met in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. The campaign succeeded in getting tax dodging well and truly on the agenda. But what has happened since? Actually, quite a bit.
Tax campaign -
IF one year on
Sorley McCaughey was seen on RTÉ TV’s ‘Oireachtas Report’ explaining Christian Aid’s position on international tax dodging to politicians in Leinster House. Image courtesy of the Houses of the Oireachtas
Tax in the UK
Tax in Ireland
Government plans for a new public register revealing the true owners of UK companies were announced in the Queen’s speech. This is something that was a measure that the UK committed to during the G8 and which Christian Aid subsequently campaigned for with over 17,000 postcards being sent to Vince Cable MP. Whilst this is a welcome step forward, it is important that the UK also takes responsibility to push its own Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, such as the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, to increase transparency regarding ownership of companies, trusts and foundations to help stop tax dodging.
In Dublin our Head of Policy Sorley McCaughey has been calling for the government to conduct a “spill-over analysis” to see what impact the Irish tax system has on other economies and particularly those in the developing world. In June, Sorley appeared before an Oireachtas Joint Sub-committee on Global Taxation. Sorley said, ‘It’s no longer acceptable for big companies to aggressively avoid tax, whether in Ireland or in developing countries. Ireland has a reputational problem and is already considered a tax conduit country’, for money heading offshore.
Become a Local Lobbyist There has been a brilliant response to our recruitment drive for Local Lobbyists. We now have 36 new supporters who have joined the Local Lobbyist scheme. They each receive up to four mailings a year containing a detailed briefing, which we ask them to share with their local politicians. They can do this either by making an appointment to meet with their politician or to write sending them on a copy of the briefing. We are already seeing the fruits of this as many of the new lobbyists have either met with or written to their political representatives, and we have
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received letters back confirming that local politicians have raised Christian Aid’s campaign issues with government ministers. This type of campaigning can have a huge impact as politicians become aware that their constituents care about justice for the poor. Rather than just hearing from charity workers they hear directly from the people they care most about, their voters!
If you would be interested in becoming a local lobbyist, please contact Dave Thomas dthomas@christian-aid.org
Our Finances
Income & Expenditure Where the money came from
These pie-charts illustrate where the money came from for Christian Aid Ireland in the financial year from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014, in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and how that money was spent. During the year €8,746k/£7,310k was raised. This compares to the previous year’s income figures of €8,089k/£6,824k, which reflects the commitment of Christian Aid Ireland supporters to meeting the needs of poor communities throughout the world.
Investment Income <1% Legacy Income 3% Charitable Trustees 1% Appeals 11% Denominational Appeals 7%
Christian Aid Week 9%
Regular Gifts 6% Church Partnerships 1% General Donations 10% Irish Aid 52%
How we allocated funds
Where the grants went
Governance <1%
Global & Domestic <1%
Fundraising 8%
Asia & Middle East 30%
Campaigning, Advocacy & Education 8% Emergencies 6% Long Term Development Projects 78%
Latin America & the Caribbean 21% Africa 49%
For every €/£1 we spent on fundraising this year we raised almost €/£13 to further our work. These figures are from the latest Annual Report for 2013-2014. It will be available online, with full detailed figures, once it has been approved by our auditors and the Board of Christian Aid Ireland. Christian Aid Ireland
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BELFAST MARATHON 2014 A record number of people, including seven relay teams and a large group of walkers, turned out for Christian Aid in this year’s Belfast Marathon. Thank you so much to everyone who took part, and also to everyone who cheered them on from the roadside and donated or raised money.
Christian Aid’s Caroline Knox with her husband Jeremy and friend Lisa Keays, happy to have made it all the way.
Michael Blythman 14 Christian Aid takes Irelanda breather to pose for the camera.
St Galls Church in Bangor put up an amazing three relay teams for Christian Aid. Here they can be seen in a publicity shot before the big run, channelling the spirits of Usain Bolt and Mo Farah!
A few of the many Christian Aid relay runners gathered under the umbrellas at the finishing line in Belfast’s Ormeau Park.
For a shorter stroll join us for the Laganside Walk on 21st September 2014 3pm If you’re interested in taking part next year, in this or any other sporting event in Ireland, please drop a line to eventsireland@christian-aid.org WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Sheepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head Hike Saturday 6 September 2014
Explore the heights and beautiful scenery of the Sheep's Head Way in West Cork with Christian Aid. We have two new scenic walks to cater for a whole range of walkers, fitness levels and families. The first route is a 14km hill walk that takes you up on to the spectacular Peakeen Ridge. This will involve crossing ground that can be very rugged and peaty at times. It should take about four and a half hours. The second easier route is an 8km, 2.5 hour hike with walkers taking in beautiful coastline and country pathways before heading back to the village. At the end of the walk refreshments will be provided in Kilcrohane Community Hall free of charge by local sponsor The Gourmet Grill.
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Registration Registration for all walkers is from 10:30am - 11am, in Kilcrohane Community Hall, Kilcrohane Village. There is no cost to participate, although walkers are asked to raise sponsorship.
For more information or to have registration and sponsorship forms sent to you directly, please contact Andrew Coleman on (023) 884 1468 or cork@christian-aid.org
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Strangford Sportive Saturday 4 October 2014 Delamont Country Park, County Down Choose from the 40km, 80km or 120km routes. Register today at: christianaid.ie/cycling Email: eventsireland@christian-aid.org Call: 028 9064 8133 (NI) or 048 9064 8133 (ROI) Event sponsored by:
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Republic of Ireland Charity number CHY 6998 Company number 426928