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DEC Myanmar Earthquake Appeal

A serious earthquake has hit Myanmar with the impact likely to be devastating. Through the Church, we can provide emergency help.

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Support Lent Family Fast Day in your parish

The decision by the government to reduce overseas development assistance from 0.5% to 0.3% means that, in some of the most vulnerable places on earth, more people will die and many more will lose their livelihoods.

But with your parish's support for our Lent Fast Day Appeal you can share hope with these communities and stand with them in solidarity against the impact of this cut.

We have partners making a difference right now across the world, committed to working wherever the need is greatest.

Partners like Wakera, helping women in Kenya to adapt to a changing climate. When drought hit, he shared his expertise and provided mothers like Lokho with the tools and seeds they needed to grow food for their families.

Lent Family Fast Day was on Friday 14 March but it's not too late to get involved! Your parish's support will help mums like Lokho to grow food in harsh climates, building safety nets for their families.

Three ways to pay in your Fast Day collection

Pay in your parish's collection using our online form. Once you have entered your card details and submitted, you will be asked to input your parish details.

Send a signed cheque payable to 'CAFOD' to CAFOD, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7JB.

Make sure to include your parish details and to mark it for 'Lent Family Fast Day' so we can send you a proper thank you. Please include any Gift Aid declarations and direct debit forms. You can use the Freepost envelope provided in your Fast Day pack.

Please don't send cash in the post – we don’t want your vital donations to get lost!

N.B. Please send personal cheques from parishioners as soon as possible

Transfer your Family Fast Day collection to the account details below.

Account name: CAFOD 
Account number: 11769410 
Sort Code: 16-00-30 
Bank: Royal Bank of Scotland

Please include your parish details as the payment reference and send an email to dpt@cafod.org.uk to confirm the amount, date of remittance and to mark it for Lent Family Fast Day.

5 ways your parish can get involved this Lent

1. Hold a Fast Day collection - Hand out our green Fast Day envelopes as people come into church and share CAFOD's Family Fast Day with your parish by putting up our Lent poster and reading our short talk at Mass. You'll be amazed by the difference your parish can make!

2. Big Lent Walk - As a parish or school, on your own or with friends, sign up to take part in the Big Lent Walk and walk 200km in 40 days to help fight global poverty.

3. Simple parish lunch - Come together as a parish community to share a simple lunch and raise vital funds for communities living in poverty around the world. Find recipes for simple soups, stews and curries for your parish lunch.

4. Make a Jubilee pledge - Share our newsletter announcement and invite parishioners to make a monthly donation to share hope with communities around the world in the Year of Jubilee.

5. Pray with us - sign up to receive our weekly Gospel reflections for ways to give, act and pray with us this Lent.

Try our new virtual envelope

Try our new virtual envelope which allows you to make your Fast Day donation online and link it to your parish. Share the link cafod.org.uk/envelope in your parish newsletter or on social media so parishioners who no longer carry cash can still make their Fast Day donation.

We also have a new poster featuring a large QR code. Place them by entrances and exits to the church for parishioners to scan and they will be taken to the virtual envelope where they can make their Fast Day donation.

Fast Day resources for your parish

Visit the CAFOD shop to order posters, prayer cards and collection envelopes or you can download resources straight onto your computer below.

Download our Lent prayer video to share with your parish.

This Lent, you can also share Lokho’s story with your parish in this series of short films!