Jersey Christian Aid Group
The Christian Aid Group in Jersey is a sub-committee of Christians Together in Jersey (www.ctj.org.je) and involves some 300 volunteers. All funds raised are transferred to the main Christian Aid organisation (‘CA’) in UK who use it for a wide range of projects
Supported and sustained by the churches, driven by the Gospel, CA is inspired by the dream of a new earth where all people can secure a better and more just future. CA’s purpose is to expose the scandal of poverty, contribute to its eradication, and be prophetic in challenging the systems, structures and processes that work against the interests of those who have been made poor or marginalised.
CA recognises that such change will only come about as a movement is built, of people 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. CA's vision and values are:
- to strive for a new earth transformed by an end to poverty
- to help promote the dignity and basic rights of everyone
- to provide the resources which enable people to raise their quality of life
- to work with poor and marginalised communities struggling for justice and to support them as they tell their stories, so that no one can plead ignorance
- to empower people to reform the systems that keep them poor
- to ask questions and take the risks which spotlight the causes of poverty
- to capture the hearts of young and old, poor and rich, in a global movement which changes the course of history
- to work with our partners in the Church and people of other faiths and beliefs, and all those who side with the poor
- to be inspired by the Gospel of good news to the poor, which promises a fulfilling life for all and the hope of a new earth
CA is a movement of people working together to make a difference for the poor of the world today. The organisation depends on the unpaid work of many thousands of volunteers who organise Christian Aid Week, carry out local fundraising initiatives large and small, and who campaign to change the systems that keep people poor. In Christian Aid Week an estimated 600 volunteers collect from door to door, organised by the Jersey Christian Aid Group. Such groups of local collectors and supporters are vital to the success and efforts of CA.
Chairman - Mr. Ed Le Quesne
Tel: 730131
Email: edleq@jerseymail.co.uk
Secretary - Mrs Mary Jordan
Tel: 742668
Email: maryjordan8@yahoo.co.uk
Treasurer - Priscilla Kent
Tel: 729569
E-mail: kentperm@yahoo.co.uk