What sort of projects are Christian Aid working with?
The Institute of Democracy and Work (IDET) is one of four organisations supported by Christian Aid which work with displaced people. IDET helps extended family and community groups to organise, settle and plan. It provides concrete, practical support in the form of start-up loans, advice and training to help people make a living, including making chairs and shoes and running local market stalls. Martiano Malpica is now the President of one of the associations of families that IDET work with. When asked what should be said to his partners back in the UK, he said: “Christian Aid and all its supporters should continue to have mercy on the people who are displaced. We are determined to become self-sustaining, but to get out of this critical situation we do need help from outside and we do need you and IDET to stand with us.
