Charity information

 

  • made4aid is run by volunteers and is entirely non-profit-making, all proceeds will go to charity.
  • made4aid is a member of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations.  Our membership number is 11190.
  • money raised from sales, or donations, goes first to the made4aid paypal account, then into a CAF account where gift aid is added -  and from there to our designated charity or aid project.

Our designated Charity
Initially we will be sending money raised for relief work in the refugee camps in Darfur, which the UN has described as the "worst humanitarian crisis" in the world.  Although the situation in Darfur has largely dropped out of sight in terms of international news coverage, millions have been displaced, hundreds of thousands have died and thousands go on surviving with memories of loss and atrocity which most of us probably cannot imagine whilst facing a future of ongoing and desperate poverty and peril.

In January and February 2010, we also sent money for relief work in Haiti.

The crisis in Darfur
The following links give some information on the crisis in Darfur
Eyes on Darfur
A good overview with latest news and current projects
Save Darfur
A brief history of events in Darfur

Sending money to Darfur
We are sending money raised to the World Food Programme and designating it for work in the Darfur camps.
The total raised so far is updated regularly on the made4aid blog.

 

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