St Clement’s, Ewell
Welcome to St. Clement's CAFOD webpage
CAFOD is the official overseas development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
CAFOD's existence relies on volunteers in parishes who promote a wider understanding and support for its work.
We would be very happy to hear from anyone who would like to help support the work of CAFOD in the parish. Please contact Rev Graham Bamford 020 8393 5572 who will pass your details to the Parish contact
The CAFOD Team in St Clement’s Church undertakes the following tasks.
- Fundraising
The CAFOD team promotes the Lent and Harvest Fast Days annually. We also fundraise throughout the year for projects in specially chosen regions overseas. - Responding to emergencies
We enable the parish to respond to emergencies, by providing information received from CAFOD as new emergencies break. We keep parishioners informed of what CAFOD is doing, and offer them the opportunity to support the work. - Campaigning
We raise awareness of the latest CAFOD campaigns and encourage parish support for action each year. - Prayer and reflecting
We encourage prayer and reflection on the global implications of faith, through the use CAFOD materials, at mass and other liturgies and by passing on children's liturgy materials. - Working with young people
We develop links between CAFOD and St Clement’s Primary School, the parish Youth Group and Confirmation program. - Making news
We promote CAFOD’S work to the wider community by having articles printed in the diocesan newspaper and the local press, in a style that reflects CAFOD's vision, mission and values.
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Fundraising
Through the generosity of St Clement's Parish we have raised £10,131,79p supporting project in Africa through CAFODS Focus Africa appeal .
CAFOD have now introduced Connect2 an exciting new way to create solidarity across the world. When your parish joins, you'll hear directly from people in developing countries who are working hard, often against the odds, to improve their lives. This is their chance to tell you themselves, in their own words, about how your support is changing their lives. You'll get to know the local people and discover how our partners are making a difference.
St Clement's will be connecting up with the community ofMusha in Rwanda.
Rwanda
How does a country recover from the horror of genocide? In Musha, eastern Rwanda, the community is involved in trauma counselling, house rebuilding and skills training to help them live without fear.
Over the coming months and weeks we will be hearing more about the community of Musha in coming weeks and months, sharing with them their hopes and dreams as well as the struggles and challenges they face. We will provide regular updates about how CAFOD are helping to transform lives in that community.
We will be organising fundraising events and launching our connect2 challenge with a evening of music and entertainment provided by the Riotous Brothers . They wil be performing hits of the 60, 70 and there will also be the chance to participate in a musical quiz.
The evening promises to be great fun and a chance for everyone in the parish to come together to support the people of Musha .
So note the date in your diary!
9 October , 8pm -11pm tickets £5 for adult children free( please be aware that we will not be providing seperate entertainment for children and theri parents will be asked to supervise them on the eveening.
Futher information will be available shortly with tickets on sale form the 25 September.
If you would like to find out how you can get involved in the work of CAFOD in the parish please contact
CAFOD has increased its aid pledge to Pakistan, as the true scale of the disaster continues to emerge.
We have now pledged £750,000 in emergency funds to our partners, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Cordaid and Caritas Pakistan, to ensure help reaches those who need it most.
Donate to our Pakistan Appeal >>
The worst flooding in a generation has cut a swathe of destruction from the northern mountain regions to wheat fields in the south. More than 20 million people have now been affected by the upheaval brought by the heavy rains.
Hundreds of thousands have lost their homes, at least 1,600 people have been killed. Crops and livestock have been destroyed, and arterial roads and bridges have disappeared.
The destruction of key roads and bridges hampered early efforts to reach those in remote villages. Aid workers are now starting to reach those in desperate need that have been cut off from outside help for days.
Aid update
CRS has reached around 23,000 people with vital aid and emergency kits, including plastic sheeting, water purification tablets and other relief items. Our partners are also distributing food and clean drinking water, and will construct latrines and provide water treatment tablets and covered buckets so that people can access safe water, and oral rehydration salts for use in cases of diarrhoea. They will provide life saving drugs and emergency health care through mobile medical camps.
Thank you for reading this news and events briefing. The CAFOD team at St. Clement's welcome your comments, suggestions and feedback on all aspects of it's contents and production.
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307 Kingston Road
Ewell
Surrey
KT19 0BW