Christian Aid Week supported
Quakers join in Christian Aid campaigns
Quakers throughout Britain are supporting Christian Aid Week (15-21 May) by raising funds and promoting campaigns on global poverty.
Friends in Amersham Meeting are running a daily ‘soup and cheese’ lunch, while Ealing Quakers are holding collections at their local railway station. Last week Christian Aid also challenged supporters to attempt to live on a pound a day.
Christian Aid emphasise that they work with partner organisations in the global south to achieve long-term change. They have challenged the UK government on issues including corporate tax avoidance and the war in Afghanistan.
‘The continued existence of extreme poverty in a world where so much else has been accomplished is an appalling indictment of our priorities,’ said the organisation’s director, Loretta Minghella. ‘To merely accept it as a fact of life diminishes us all as human beings.’
