Right now, families across Aotearoa are dreading Christmas and don’t know how they will make it through.
Will you help one of them?
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Before reaching out to CAP for help, Katrina and Paul were doing their best but just couldn’t make ends meet. Katrina recalls sitting in her kitchen and working out that after paying their bills, they had just $30 left to feed their family for the week.
Thirty Dollars. To feed herself, her husband Paul, and their 10-year-old granddaughter in their care.
Katrina and Paul’s debt spiralled when Paul lost his job and his health deteriorated. Then Katrina’s work as a caregiver dried up too. Almost overnight their income was slashed – by more than half.
Then came the phone calls from debt collectors…
We stopped seeing friends. It cost too much, and it hurt too much.
“You feel whakama… seeing family and friends, trying to hide how much you’re struggling.” — Katrina
Each December, Katrina would go to the food bank in the week before Christmas, to collect her last food parcel for the year. That was Christmas dinner.
As we head into Christmas, more and more families are facing the same stress and pressure – doing the sums, and dreading December.
Will you please help one of them?
*$46 a month is what it takes to release each person in a household from money chaos. Secure online donations powered by Pushpay.
Secure online donations powered by Pushpay.
Another way to give: via bank direct debit or phone
It’s heartbreaking to hear how Katrina felt about Christmas, before getting CAP’s help. There was not enough to buy groceries, let alone pay for any extras to celebrate Christmas.
“Christmas was the hardest time. We’d have all the children home. I don’t know how we got through it.”
This Christmas, you can bring practical support – and hope – to another family like Katrina & Paul’s. Please give before December 15th so your gift is doubled! (Thanks to some generous supporters) you’ll bring twice as much help and hope this Christmas!
Here’s what your gift provides for a family:
- Free help right where they are in New Zealand, as a CAP Coach provides ongoing care and local practical support
- Relief from money pressures, as the CAP Team takes over things like creditor phone calls, and creates a plan for the family… a pathway out of their money chaos
- Advocacy for people trapped by unfair lending or complex situations
- A local church family to walk alongside them, right where they live, bringing the love of Jesus, practical support, friendship and prayer.
Today, more people than ever before are facing financial hardship. Families are struggling to cover basics like food and power – and the pressure of Christmas is a heavy burden.
Your gift today ensures the next person who calls for help won’t have to face money chaos alone.
And when you give this Christmas, you bring God’s love to a family who needs to know it more than words can say.
Just like Katrina.
After meeting with her CAP coaches (a couple from the local church who visited her home and prayed with her) Katrina said:
“I felt hopeful. They shared some success stories with us, so I thought, well, if these other people can do it, so can we.”
How wonderful! That’s the kind of new beginning your gift can bring for another family this Christmas.
Will you help another family like Katrina and Paul’s?
*$46 a month is what it takes to release each person in a household from money chaos. Secure online donations powered by Pushpay.
Another way to give: via bank direct debit or phone
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