Meal-a-Day Fund

The Christadelphian Meal-a-Day Fund (CMaD) is an international family of charities founded by the Christadelphians.[1] Its stated intent is, as a practical witness to the Christadelphian faith, 'to share the blessings we receive from God to help those who are in real need in the less developed parts of the world'.[2] It seeks 'to facilitate personal and community dignity through sustainable, ‘down to earth’ local projects' which:[2]

The charity focuses primarily on developing countries.[2]

Some major projects

Other projects

Aside from the major, long term projects, the fund has made significant one-off donations to other causes,[3] e.g., Tree Aid (which plants trees in Africa 'to reduce poverty and protect the environment'[4]), Village Water (providing wells and a programme of hygiene education to rural Zambian villages[5]), WhizzKids United (an Africaid-run HIV/AIDS education programme using football to teach lessons about health[6]) and others.

History

The Christadelphian Meal-a-Day fund was founded in Tamworth, UK in 1976. The name was inspired by a speech of Henry Kissinger's, in which he said everyone on earth should have at least one meal a day.[1]

In 1999, representatives also started working in Australia to raise awareness and funding for projects in Nepal, Thailand, India, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and Zambia.[1] A revised, three-region structure was introduced in 2007, with aid for Europe, the Middle East and Africa being managed by the UK committee, aid for Asia-Pacific managed by an Australian committee, and that for North and Latin America and the Caribbean by a committee based in the United States and Canada.[1]

Fundraising

CMaD has a number fundraising channels, including donations from individuals, group donations from church collections, legacies, gift aid,[7] sponsorship,[8] and the sale of various items, such as greeting cards, tea towels and t-shirts.[9] In recent years, in the region of £750,000 per annum has been raised by CMaD UK, around 60% of which is currently used on long term projects that rely largely, or solely, on CMaD funding.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 About us on meal-a-day.asia (accessed 28/12/12)
  2. 1 2 3 CMaD's mission on meal-a-day.org
  3. CMaD UK's Projects on meal-a-day.org
  4. What we do on treeaid.org.uk (accessed 27/12/2012)
  5. What we do on villagewater.org (accessed 27/12/20012)
  6. About us on whizzkidsunited.org (accessed 27/12/2012)
  7. Donate on meal-a-day.org (accessed 28/12/2012)
  8. Fundraising on meal-a-day.org (accessed 28/12/2012)
  9. Merchandise on meal-a-day.org (accessed 28/12/2012)
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