1158 Australian Salesian Missions raises $3m for overseas aid projects
austra L asia 1158
Australian Salesian Missions raises $3m for overseas
aid projects
MELBOURNE: 9th June 2005 -- Not including the
Tsunami Relief activities of Australian Salesian Missions Overseas Aid
Fund (ASMOAF), just under 3 million dollars was raised in 2004,
according to the annual report of the Fund. Of that amount more
than two and a half million dollars was disbursed during 2004, the
remainder, apart from a small administrative amount, was then disbursed in early 2005.
People readily understand the term 'Salesian
Missions' as identifying the work done by the Salesians of Don Bosco in
well over 100 nations throughout the world. ASMOAF regularly
advertises its activities, and all grants and donations are directed to
ASMOAF as a registered fund. ASMOAF then works with partners and
partner projects throughout the Salesian world.
A breakdown of funds distributed for various
designated purposes indicates that ASMOAF is active not only in the
Pacific (Samoa, PNG, Solomon Islands and Fiji where there are Salesian
works) but the length and breadth of Africa, from Ethiopia to
Swaziland, Central America, South America and Yemen, North of the
Sahara.
It can be noted that in 2004 ASMOAF collection of
funds was completely free of Government or other grants, and an
absolute minimum of resources goes to the administration of the
programme. Donors can always be guaranteed, then, that their
'dollar' goes precisely where they want it to go. This fine
record of ASMOAF no doubt encouraged many donors in late December and
January of this year to use ASMOAF as their channel for assisting
people affected by the Asian Tsunami - but that will be another report.
VOCABULARY
disburse: to distribute funds
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