History of Christian Aid

After world war two (1940s) British and Irish church leaders met, determined to do everything they could to help European refugees who had lost everything. They gave themselves the name of Christian reconstruction in Europe. Their aim was to help all people no matter what their faith or culture was.. Christian Reconstruction became the department of the British Council of Churches and renamed the Interchurch aid. In a decade it raised £29000!! Janet Lacey became president in 1952, she wanted to fight poverty all over the world. Thats when Christian aid (interchurch) expanded to work in Africa and Asia. They were involved in the Voluntary Service Overseas an organisation sending voulunteers to work in the developing world. Christian Aid became christian aid in 1957 when there was the first christian aid week.