Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development AID (Cordaid), The Netherlands
Cordaid provides funds for the following Medair country programme:
- D.R. Congo
About Cordaid
Cordaid has more than 90 years’ experience and expertise in emergency aid and structural poverty eradication. It is one of the largest international development organisations with a network of almost a thousand partner organisations in 36 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Cordaid’s counterpart organisations work on various themes, including participation, emergency aid and reconstruction, health and well-being, and entrepreneurship. Each year around 170 million euros are spent on initiatives in the South, of which over 30 million euros are available for emergency aid. A small part is spent in the Netherlands on lobbying, public support and consciousness-raising.
Cordaid has a strong support base in the Dutch community, with some 370,000 contributors who support Cordaid financially, as well as the commitment of volunteers who collect clothing, organise meetings in their towns or parishes and assist in organising festivals.
People and organisations that set up their own projects can also count on Cordaid’s support. This large-scale commitment is of vital importance to Cordaid, and expresses the organisations’s solidarity with people. Cordaid stands in the long tradition of Mensen in Nood (Caritas Netherlands), Memisa Medicus Mundi, the Dutch Bishop’s Lenten Campaign (Vastenaktie) and Cebemo.
Cordaid’s history goes back to the beginning of the last century when the organisations were active in the area of shelter and (missionary) care for refugees, in providing direct aid in the event of disasters, in medical care, and in the direct improvement of the social and economic position of poor people.
Supported by broad layers of the Dutch population, Cordaid was able to support the work of hundreds of Dutch priests, nuns, brothers, and volunteers in their care for the whole of humanity. Conditions have changed over the years. The missionaries have handed over their work to local organisations, which has resulted in a huge expansion in Cordaid’s partner network.
Note: Most Information for this page was sourced from Cordaid’s website at: www.cordaid.nl.
