CAFOD Harvest Family Fast Day – Friday
The CAFOD Harvest Family Fast Day takes place on Friday. This year CAFOD is asking us to use the Harvest Family Fast Day to support people like Daniel from Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. CAFOD writes that Daniel is carving his way to a better future:
When Daniel talks about carpentry, he does so with immense passion. He worked hard to master carpentry at a CAFOD-funded training programme, so he can support his family.
This Harvest, you can help young people like Daniel to learn new skills and fulfil their God-given potential. “We learnt to make cabinets, tables and chairs. I loved everything they taught us. If God helps and this work expands, I can do greater things.” - Daniel
Daniel is hard-working, resilient, and full of empathy. He really cares for the people around him and is determined to help his family.
Daniel who lives in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo grew up with real poverty. Daniel's family did not always have enough to eat, despite both of his parents working. There was no money to send him to school. As soon as he was old enough, he started looking for work so he could support his family to have food on the table. But without an education his opportunities for work were even more limited. “We grew up in a life that is not easy. It was a life of struggling all the time”
Thankfully, he encountered a group of young men putting on dusty overalls outside a workshop. They told him they were learning carpentry at a CAFOD-funded training centre. He joined the carpentry training programme and with the help of our local experts, he worked diligently for eight months to train as a carpenter.
Daniel is a young person full of hope who obtained an opportunity that is not given to many other young people in his situation.He had the chance to learn carpentry. He now has his own workshop. He is not only crafting beautiful doors, chairs and cabinets for happy customers, he is also carving a better future for himself and his family.
With your support, many young people will also have the opportunity to learn new skills.
£11 can buy a starter set of tools so trainee carpenters can go to work; £60 can provide training like carpentry and sewing for those who missed out on school so they can earn a living; £100 can pay the cost of renting a workshop for two months. Please be generous.
A basket will be at the back of the Church next weekend for you to donate to CAFOD. You can also use the Electronic Donation Station at St. Teilo’s to make a donation.
