Projects

Every year the Bishops’ Appeal is able to give away a significant amount of money, thanks to the generosity of parishes and individual members of the Church of Ireland.

In the first few months of 2025 grants have been awarded to projects in Nepal, Uganda, Egypt, the Philippines, Zimbabwe and DRC.

Here is just a snap-shot of some of the projects we supported in 2024:

  • Projects in DRC and Malawi in partnerships with Christian Aid providing humanitarian assistance for displaced people
  • Tearfund Ireland working with M’Lup Russey in Cambodia to improve care for orphans and vulnerable children.
  • ‘I AM A GIRL’ supporting two schools in eastern Uganda with vital health and hygiene interventions to boost the numbers of girls staying in school and completing their completion.
  • Supporting people in a very rural area of Madagascar who had previously largely been charcoal producers to pursue a more environmentally friendly silk production sustainable businesses through a grant to Feed the Minds.
  • Supporting a school in Afghanistan by helping to build a security fence
  • Supporting survivors of domestic abuse and violence in South America through the work of International Justice Mission
  • Mother-to- Mother project in Baringo Kenya with Self Help Africa
  • Mothers’ Union literacy project in Burundi
  • A project with The Leprosy Mission to improve the health, wellbeing, social inclusion & financial resilience of people in Bangladesh from remote, forgotten, ‘leprosy hotspots’ of extreme poverty.
  • Providing funding under the Harman Scholarship for CMSI to bring over someone from Egypt to spend time visiting the Church of Ireland in 2025