Right now, families across Aotearoa are dreading Christmas – not knowing how they’ll make it through.
Will you help the next New Zealander in need?
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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 calculating that after paying their bills…they had $30 left to feed their family for the week: to feed herself; to feed her husband; and their beloved 10-year-old granddaughter in their care.
Katrina & Paul’s debt spiralled when Paul lost his job, and his health deteriorated. Katrina’s work as a caregiver dried up too. It meant that almost overnight, their income was slashed by more than half.
Next came the phone calls from debt collectors…
“We stopped seeing friends. It cost too much, and it hurt too much.”
“I felt whakama (embarrassed) – seeing family, friends… trying to hide our struggling.” — Katrina
Every December before working with CAP, Katrina would visit a food bank the week before Christmas to collect her last food parcel for the year. And that would be Christmas dinner.
Friend, sadly, in the lead-in to Christmas, more and more families are facing this same stress – 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.
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It’s heartbreaking to hear how Katrina felt about Christmas, before accessing CAP’s free help. There wasn’t enough to buy groceries – let alone pay for any extras to celebrate Christmas.
“Christmas was our hardest time. We’d have all the children home. I don’t know how we got through it.”
But this Christmas, you can bring support and the practical love of God to another family like Katrina & Paul’s. Please give before 15 December, 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 whānau:
- Free support, right where they are in NZ — as a CAP Coach visits their home and provides ongoing care and local practical support.
- Relief from money pressure. The CAP Team takes over things like creditor phone calls, and creates a plan for the family… a pathway out of debt.
- A local church family will walk alongside them, allowing people to encounter the love of Jesus, practical support, friendship and prayer.
- Advocacy for people trapped by unfair lending or complex situations.
What a special gift to give this Christmas! And all this care and support is FREE for as long as it takes for a family to become free from hardship.
💸 CAP creates a way for NZers like Paul & Katrina to repay their debt using their own income — enabling them to grow money skills along the way! (It’s always clients who do the hard work – CAP never pays a dollar of their debt).
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Today, more New Zealanders than ever before are facing financial hardship, fretting about the most basic essentials like power and kai. The pressure of Christmas adds a heavier burden.
Your gift today ensures the next person who calls for help won’t have to face money chaos alone.
You’ll enable people to encounter God’s love, in practical ways. It means more than words can say.
When Katrina first met her CAP coaches (a couple from a 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 will bring for another family this Christmas.
Will you give a new beginning to the next family like Katrina & 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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