As we draw close to the anniversary of the March 15
terror attacks, it is timely that we provide our donors and
supporters with an update as to our progress distributing
the Our People, Our City Fund to support the next of kin,
bullet wounded and wider Muslim communities.
The
Christchurch Foundation began engagement with those most
impacted, and the wider community, on the 29th of June 2019.
We began once Victim Support had concluded their
distributions. Raf Manji lead a comprehensive and iterative
project over a three month period. This involved over a
hundred meetings as well as many emails and phone calls.
Our distribution framework was developed using the
information we received from the communities and
international best practice. More details about this can
been found on our website.
As of March 5th we have
distributed $9.27M of the $11M we have received. The
attached document provides more detail.
We continue to
collect funds for both our Education Fund and the Community
Support Fund. Once the final distributions are made from
the Victim’s Fund, it will be closed.
This morning Raf
Manji was interviewed on RadioNZ about our progress. You
can listen to this interview by clicking here.
We’d like to thank you all for
your generosity and support over the last 11 months.
https://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/2003/CF_Funds_Distribution_Update_March_2020.pdf
