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We would like to ask you to Support Vulnerable Children in Africa Left Without Hope by Foreign Aid Cuts.
• • What This Appeal Is about
The Appeal is about supporting children, young people and families (CYPFs) in places in Africa where there is already high level of poverty, particularly in spaces where foreign or international aid has been withdrawn or cut in Africa, in countries like Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo and other African countries.
Foreign and international aid cuts can only adversely and severely impact those living in poverty in Africa, particularly children who used to depend on them and who have been left without hope. These children are bearing the consequences of international or foreign aid cuts.
• • Consequences of These Aid Cuts
Aid cuts are leading to
~ Reduced access to food, clean water, and healthcare
~ Disruptions to education programmes and support for vulnerable people, especially children
~ Increased risk of malnutrition and disease outbreaks
~ Increases in poverty and migration from affected areas
etc.
According to ‘savethechildren.org’ (1),
“More than 1.8 million children will miss out on learning due to foreign aid cuts impacting Save the Children’s education programmes in over 20 countries from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Syria to Tanzania… In the DRC, over 21,300 children in war-torn South Kivu have had lost access to learning materials and training for their teachers”.
Similarly, ‘oxfam.org.uk’ (2) argues that
“Economic projections show that cuts will mean 5.7 million more people across Africa will fall below extreme poverty levels in the coming year, a number expected to rocket to 19 million by 2030″.
These cuts are also impacting charities and non-governmental organisations working with the victims of aid cuts.
• • Impact on Charities and Voluntary Organisations
Because of the magnitude of these cuts, they left critical funding gaps in Africa. There are programme closures, reduced capacity and increased strain for many of these charities and organisations operating in Africa.
For instance, the United Nations Children’s Fund (3) recognises that
“We [UNICEF] are looking at a shortfall of more than 40 percent of dedicated emergency funding in East and Southern Africa alone”.
Likewise, Save The Children (4), acknowledges that
“The recent aid cuts could force us [Save The Children] to stop a lifesaving project delivering healthy nutrition, protection and water, sanitation and hygiene services that aim to support 1.2 million people in Ituri and North Kivu, some of the worst affected provinces [of the Democratic Republic of Congo]”.
• • There Is a Need to Support CYPFs
Aid cuts are contributing to a growing humanitarian crisis in African countries that used to receive international/foreign aid; a crisis with severe consequences on vulnerable people, especially poor CYPFs. Aid reductions are jeopardising hard-won progress made in the areas of poverty reduction, education, and healthcare.
• • What Does Supporting CYPFs Mean?
Supporting this Appeal means helping CYPFs to minimise and mitigate the impacts of aid cuts and withdraws on them. Your support will help to fund the life-saving humanitarian needs that the cut or withdrawn funds used to deal with as well as to cover emerging and urgent needs.
Your assistance is required to respond to CYPFs’ distress signals.
One can think of a child or young person without any dreams and expectations, what will be his/her future, especially in spaces (like eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo) where there is enduring deterioration of security conditions in conflict-affected areas and where funding has been cut.
Can you help this child? Yes or No!
• • If You Say Yes; then You Can Help That Child and other Children…
√ whose humanitarian programmes have been impacted by aid cuts
√ who need lifesaving humanitarian assistance
√ surviving hunger, conflict and natural disasters
√ without access to safe drinking water, food, healthcare and education
√ vulnerable to malnutrition, disease and poverty
√ frequenting shuttered health clinics
√ forced into early work or marriage
√ associated with armed forces and groups
√ vulnerable to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence
√ experiencing trauma
√ facing war, starvation and hopelessness
√ experiencing life-threatening malnutrition
etc.
• • What Your Support Can Bring
Your support will help these children…
√ dream for and expect a better life and future
√ overcome aid cuts and life events that could become a structural constraint and handicap for them
√ avoid endless insecurity that can create lifelong adverse impacts on them and young people
√ have their lives not being reduced back below the poverty line
√ not become the lost generation of foreign aid cuts
√ benefit from sexual and gender-based violence programmes for survivors of aid cuts amongst them
√ stay healthy and protected from diseases
√ have or rediscover hopes and expectations
etc.
Your support is badly needed to fund gaps that threaten vulnerable children’s survival in Africa.
CENFACS would be very grateful if you could be one of its supporters in helping Vulnerable Children in Africa Left Without Hope by Foreign Aid Cuts.
• • How Do You Support Them?
There are two ways of supporting, which are:
1) You could choose to directly support this Appeal via CENFACS to reach out to those CYPFs in dire need of help in Africa
2) You could help CENFACS’ Peace, Protection and Sustainability (PPS) Programme which includes this Appeal.
You can donate, pledge and make a gift declaration to support the delivery of CENFACS‘ PPS programme and/or this Appeal.
• • • Making a donation
You can make a donation of any amount to support this Summer 2025 Humanitarian Appeal.
• • • Making a pledge
You can make a pledge of any amount to support this Summer 2025 Humanitarian Appeal.
• • • Making a gift aid declaration
You can make a gift aid declaration to support this Summer 2025 Humanitarian Appeal.
All donations, pledges and gift aid declarations MUST be made payable to CENFACS (the Centre for Francophone African Development).
To avoid fundraising frauds and scams, CENFACS would like to ask to all potential funders and donors to contact us prior to making any donations, pledges and gift aid declarations.
• • How to Donate
You can donate
*over phone
*via email
*through text
*by filling the contact form on this site.
Please, be one of our supporters in freeing CYPF lives from distress and the adverse and unbearable impacts of foreign aid cuts.
You can avoid the lost generation of foreign aid cuts to happen in Africa.
Please DONATE, PLEDGE AND MAKE A GIFT AID DECLARATION for any amount as a way of supporting this Appeal.
To make further enquiries and or Support Vulnerable Children in Africa Left Without Hope by Foreign Aid Cuts; please contact CENFACS.
THIS RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN will end by 22 September 2025.
CENFACS will accept any support given during and beyond the duration of this campaign.
Please do not wait to donate as the needs are pressing and urgent NOW.
We look forward to your support to make helpful difference for the poor, vulnerable, neediest and distressed CYPFs in Africa.
Thank you for your generosity.
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• References
(1) https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2025-press-releases/aid-cuts-disrupt-education-1-8-million-children (accessed in June 2025)
(2) https://www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-releases/biggest-ever-aid-cut-by-g7-countries-a-death-sentence-for-millions-of-people-oxfam/ (accessed in June 2025)
(3) https://www.unicef.org/en/stories/global-aid-cuts-put-children-lives-at-risk (accessed in June 2025)
(4) https://www.savethechildren.net/stories/foreign-aid-cuts-real-impact-children-and-our-programmes#:~:text… (accessed in June 2025)
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How
you can further support CENFACS ▼
You can help by
● Sending a one-off voluntary giving ● Sending a yearly contribution to CENFACS ● Providing a legacy or donation ● Sponsoring a particular project, need, cause or programme ● Promoting particular events or publications or even activities
You can as well support with No Direct Cash Donations
Those who would like to support CENFACS by using other means than directly giving cash, they can consider the following.
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Give unwanted goods and items to CENFACS charity e-store (details about this way of supporting are given below)
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Sign up for a Gift Aid declaration
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Nominate CENFACS for a donation at charity fundraising and donation events
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Select CENFACS as your preferred charity for donation from advertising revenue
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Choose CENFACS as a donation recipient of some of the profits raised from online shopping
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Donate your unwanted and unused points and cashback to CENFACS as your chosen charity from your loyalty shopping rewards or good cause gift cards
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Name CENFACS as your favourite deserving cause from click online option “donate cashback to charities”
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Donate any unwanted excess points of your loyalty card from apps
The above is just the few examples of helping that one can think of to support CENFACS without they have to directly give cash.
Supporting by Donating Unwanted Goods and Products for CENFACS Charity e-Store ▼
You can donate unwanted and unneeded light and easily movable goods and products to CENFACS’ Charity e-Store to support good and deserving causes of poverty reduction.
After donating products or goods, these will be converted into cash to support good causes or our work. The cash converted can also be used to support CENFACS‘ work.
When thinking of donation, please ensure that your donation does not bear high costs for us to handle, otherwise the impact you want to create through your giving will be reduced or nullified.
Items to donate include:
Mobile phones, IT accessories, laptops, digital and communication devises, art and design objects, children gadgets and toys, and miscellaneous.
Notes for goods and products donors (Products Acceptance Policy):
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- We do not take electrical equipment and devises
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- Items donated need to be functioning, not requiring fixing, repair or testing prior to use
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- Products given must have environmentally-friendly contents and be sustainable
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- We do not accept heavy items such as books, metals and a heavy bag of clothing
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- We do not take items requiring large storage capacity as we are not a profit making organisation
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- We do not refund or give back the products donated as we expect products givers or donors to act in good faith and in the interest of poverty alleviation
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- We do not take stolen properties or items in dispute
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- We can arrange for collection if you live locally
Help us to convert your unwanted goods or products into cash to help reduce poverty.
To donate or enquire about your products donation, please contact CENFACS.
Thank you for your support!
