Home page of Christian Aid, Guernsey

An agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland, Christian Aid works wherever the need is greatest, irrespective of religion. It supports local organisations, which are best placed to understand local needs, as well as giving help on the ground through 16 overseas offices.

Christian Aid believes in strengthening people to find their own solutions to the problems they face. It strives for a new world transformed by an end to poverty and campaigns to change the rules that keep people poor.

Supported and sustained by the churches and driven by the Gospel, Christian Aid is inspired by the dream of a new earth where all people can secure a better and more just future. Christian Aid's purpose is to expose the scandal of poverty and to contribute to its eradication.

The organisation strives to be prophetic, challenging the systems and processes that work against the interests of those who are poor or marginalised. Christian Aid recognises that change will only come about as a movement is built of individuals who are committed to a better world for all, bringing their faith and talents, their energy, their influence, their gifts and their actions, to achieve what should surely be possible.

Activities, both fundraising and campaigning, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, are channeled through The Guernsey Council of Churches Christian Aid Committee. A hard-working and ecumenical committee that enjoys support from most churches and islanders in general.

Registered charity number 1105851

A young girl waits to have her breakfast in a village just outside Niamey, the capital of Niger, June 28, 2005. Thousands of children could soon starve to death in Niger unless rich countries send emergency food aid to avert a crisis.
Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly