ജൂൺ 18 ന് ചർച്ച് ഇൻ നീഡ് സംഘടന പുറത്തിറക്കിയ സാമ്പത്തിക റിപ്പോർട്ട് പ്രകാരം, 2024 ൽ 137 രാജ്യങ്ങളിലെ ക്രൈസ്തവരെ പിന്തുണയ്ക്കുന്ന ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് പദ്ധതികൾക്കായി എയ്ഡ് ടു ദി ചർച്ച് ഇൻ നീഡ് (ACN) 150 മില്യൺ ഡോളറിലധികം ചെലവഴിച്ചു. ഉക്രൈനിലെയും മിഡിൽ ഈസ്റ്റിലെയും ആഫ്രിക്കയിലെയും രാജ്യങ്ങളിലെ ക്രൈസ്തവർക്കുള്ള സഹായവും ഇതിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു.

കത്തോലിക്കാ സെമിനാരി വിദ്യാർഥികൾ, പുരോഹിതന്മാർ, സാധാരണക്കാർ എന്നിവരുടെ വിശ്വാസ രൂപീകരണത്തെയും അവർ പിന്തുണച്ചു വരുന്നു. കൂടാതെ സഭയുടെ സേവനത്തിനായി ഗതാഗത, നിർമ്മാണ ചെലവുകൾക്ക് ധനസഹായം നൽകി. ജർമ്മനി ആസ്ഥാനമായി പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന, സംഭാവനകളാൽ പിന്തുണയ്ക്കപ്പെടുന്നതും സർക്കാർ ധനസഹായം സ്വീകരിക്കാത്തതുമായ എ സി എൻ, ഏകദേശം 80% ഫണ്ടുകളും മിഷനുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചെലവുകൾക്കായി നേരിട്ട് ചെലവഴിച്ചതായി റിപ്പോർട്ട് ചെയ്തു. 7% ൽ കൂടുതൽ ഭരണപരമായ ചെലവുകൾക്കായി ചെലവഴിച്ചു, ഏകദേശം 13% പരസ്യത്തിനായി ചെലവഴിച്ചു.

23 വ്യത്യസ്ത രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള 360,000 ൽ അധികം ദാതാക്കളിൽ നിന്ന് എ സി എൻ ഫണ്ട് സ്വീകരിച്ചു. റിപ്പോർട്ട് പ്രകാരം, മിഷനുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചെലവുകളുടെ ഏകദേശം 85% ആഗോളതലത്തിൽ 5,335 സഹായ പദ്ധതികളെ പിന്തുണച്ചിരുന്നു. മിഷനുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ഫണ്ടിംഗിന്റെ ബാക്കി 15% ക്രിസ്ത്യൻ സാഹിത്യ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരണം,ക്രൈസ്തവർക്കുവേണ്ടി വാദിക്കൽ, കത്തോലിക്കാ വിശ്വാസം പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കൽ, പീഡിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ക്രൈസ്തവരുടെ പ്രതിരോധം തുടങ്ങിയ പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങളെ സംഘടന പിന്തുണച്ചു.
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ACN’s accounts for 2024 once again reflect the generosity of the foundation’s benefactors from all over the world, to help suffering Christians and the Church in Need. Ukraine, Lebanon, and India were the countries that received the most aid in 2024, while Africa was the continent that received the most support.

The international pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) received a total of $150.4 million in donations and legacies in 2024 – a sign of the enduring trust and generosity of its benefactors worldwide. This value, along with $2.4 million of reserves from the previous year, allowed the foundation to fund activities worth $152.8 million.

The generosity of almost 360,000 benefactors in the 23 countries where ACN has national offices, among others, allowed ACN to fund 5,335 projects in 137 countries. They also continue to allow ACN to function without any financial support from governments and thus keep its independence.

In a message to benefactors, the Executive President of ACN International, Regina Lynch, states: “Thanks to your generosity, ACN has been able to bring hope to hundreds of thousands of our brothers and sisters in faith, who face daily challenges such as persecution or wars or sheer poverty. Many of you experience your own hardships, but still, you have answered God’s call to bring hope to others. At the heart of every project is the desire to help the Church to be an instrument of God’s message of love for all people.”

A total of 79.8 percent of these funds went directly to mission-related expenses. Within this amount, 84.7 percent went to aid projects, allowing the foundation to fund 5,335 projects out of the 7,296 requests received from all over the world. The remaining 15.3 percent of the mission-related expenses, or $18.7 million, went to activities related to information work, proclaiming the faith and the defense of persecuted Christians, including the publishing of religious literature, as well as prayer campaigns and advocacy for the rights and interests of persecuted and suffering Christians. Administrative expenditure accounted for 7.5 percent and advertising a further 12.7 percent, both essential to the functioning of the charity.

Aid with a global reach

The country that received the most aid from ACN in 2024 was Ukraine ($9.1 million), for the third year in a row. Lebanon ($7.4 million) came next, followed by India ($6.7 million).

“Ukraine was again the single country receiving the greatest proportion of our assistance, which has increasingly focused on counseling and supporting those suffering from trauma. At the same time, we are continuing to help priests and religious with basic support for their life and ministry, helping to train seminarians and providing transport to help them carry out their pastoral ministry, and also assisting with essential heating for the winter,” Lynch says.

At the regional level, Africa received the most support, with almost a third of resources, or 30.2 percent, set aside for projects in the continent. Among the main beneficiary countries in this region are Nigeria and Burkina Faso.

“Our help for Africa accounted for the largest slice of our project aid last year. The Church in Africa is growing rapidly and is blessed with large numbers of priestly and religious vocations. Africa suffers not only from deep poverty but also increasingly from violent Islamic jihadist terror in a growing number of countries. To give just one example, in Burkina Faso alone, our aid has increased threefold over the past four years as a result,” Lynch explains.

A further 18.7 percent of ACN funds in 2024 went to Asia-Oceania, the second highest amount per region, especially to India, which in addition to being the country to receive the third-most support from ACN in 2024, is also the country where the foundation provides the largest number of scholarships and Mass stipends.

The Middle East, with 17.5 percent of aid, was the region which received the third-highest amount of support, with Lebanon, Syria, and the Holy Land being the primary beneficiaries, after the escalation of the armed conflicts. Latin America and Europe received 16.8 percent and 15.9 percent of the total aid each. The remaining 0.9 percent went to other regions.

Thousands of projects of concrete help

The charity provided almost 1.85 million Mass stipends to 42,252 priests in 2024, the highest number ever in ACN’s history. Statistically, this means that one in every 10 priests in the world received support from ACN and that every 17 seconds, a Mass was celebrated somewhere around the world for the intentions of ACN benefactors.

ACN also supported the formation of almost 10,000 seminarians during 2024, which accounts for one in every 11 seminarians in the world. Most of these, 5,305, were in Africa, which is now home to highest number of priestly vocations in the world, followed by Latin America with 1,824 seminarians helped by ACN, Asia with 1,752, and Europe with 1,080, of which 700 are in Ukraine.

Support for the formation of priests, religious, and laypeople represented 28.2 percent of all the support, whereas Mass stipends for priests and subsistence aid for women religious amounted to 23.9 percent.

Given the high costs of construction projects, this type of aid is at the top of the list, with a little under a quarter of the aid provided (23.6 percent). In 2024, there were just over 750 construction projects.

ACN also directed 10.5 percent of its aid to transportation, providing 1,141 vehicles to help pastoral agents carry out their missions, including 474 automobiles, 388 bicycles, 264 motorcycles, 11 boats, three buses, and one lorry.

Emergency aid accounted for around 10.7 percent of expenses, a similar percentage as in the previous year.
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