Bishops' Appeal Committee
Thanks from Fields of Life!
I AM GIRL – last year Bishops’ Appeal supported a project in Uganda through our partner agency Fields of Life working on the ground.
CEO Tony Gaston filmed a brief report during a visit to Uganda in late September 2023, showing a school where a grant from Bishops’ Appeal is reducing the barriers to the education of adolescent girls.
Bishops’ Appeal is the Church of Ireland’s World Aid and Development Programme. It was set up by the Bishops of the Church in 1972 in response to the commands in the Bible to bring good news to the poor and relief to the suffering. A registered charity in the Republic of Ireland (20019068)
and in Northern Ireland (101325).
Girls often missed school for several days each month during menstruation, simply because they did not have access to a clear source of water, soap and a safe, private girls’ latrine to wash in. Thanks to the generous support that you have given to Bishops’ Appeal, we have together been able to make a difference to Ugandan girls through the I AM GIRL project.
