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Double your donation to CRESS in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023
CRESS are taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise £12,600 in just 1 week! Funds will be used to support South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda.
CRESS has set up 74 Savings groups in rural Northern Uganda with 1669 registered members, 75% of whom are women. Savings groups act like a community bank. Refugees put their money in and can then ask for loans for business or family needs. They repay back over time with interest. Groups are also encouraged to create projects to raise funds together. Big Give will enable our yearly savings conferences where groups are trained students inspired and ideas are shared. We hope also to run an inspirational conference for the children whose education is supported by CRESS sponsors.
Donations to our Big Give Christmas Challenge will be generously matched by our supporters & The Together Fund meaning your money will support twice as many refugees.
Isaac Soro, Savings Officer in Uganda sent a recent case study:
“At 32 years old, Maneno, married with four children, joined the Ajunyafe Rich Savings Group in March 2021. She acknowledges the life-changing impact of the program, stating that her ability to start a business and increase her savings enabled her to send her brother back to school and invest in livestock"
Caroline Lamb, CRESS Founder and CEO says:
"We have been so impressed with the take-up and reports of the ever growing numbers of Savings Group members and their success stories. We hope you will support this, our first Big Give Challenge, and enable us to bring together and inspire the members to further success in their small businesses which enable them to be more self-sufficient, feed, clothe, house, educate their families and pay for health care."
How can you get involved?
- Visit BigGive.org. and make a donation from November 28th and December 5th
- Set a reminder and add our campaign page https://tinyurl.com/cress-big-give-2023 (or use the QR code) to it so you remember not to miss your chance to double your donation this Christmas!
