Aid agency Trócaire has doubled its money thanks to UK Government funding meaning they have £4 million to tackle issues including millions of people facing starvation in East Africa.
The Irish charity has announced it has received UK Aid Match funding which matches pound for pound the money raised through donations in Northern Ireland. So £2 million raised during this year’s Lenten Appeal has been doubled to £4 million.
The appeal, which ran from March to May, focused on the daily challenges faced by people in Zimbabwe to provide food, water and education for their families due to drought caused by climate change and the effects of Covid-19.
