About CART

Christian African Relief Trust is run by local volunteers based in West Yorkshire. It relies entirely on voluntary contributions with no salaried staff.

Supporters are assured that supplies are only sent with minimal duty / overheads to registered charities or organizations that will faithfully oversee the distribution on the ground to the most needy and poor, especially children, regardless of caste or creed. CART demands feedback on how your donations have been distributed. The reports make very heart-warming and moving reading – see our Newletters page for more details.

Generous donations of blankets, clothing, bicycles, and computers, medical, scholastic and vocational training items are sorted and packed by individuals or groups. CART’s annual Harvest Appeal brings in dried and tinned foodstuffs.

As often as funds allow, a 40ft container is packed full to overflowing ready for dispatch from our Huddersfield warehouse. In 2006, CART sent 21 containers and ran other projects, at a cost of £100,000, in 14 different African countries and India. It now costs an average of £5500 to send a 40ft container. The takings from the on-site charity shop paid the costs of sending 7 of these containers. The cost of sending containers rises year on year, and CART needs to raise £120,000 each year to maintain our current programme. Remember that every penny donated goes directly towards transporting aid from the UK to Africa.

It costs about £10 to handle & dispatch a standard box to African destinations.

YOUR £10 donation can send:

  • ONE Box of clothing containing about 85 items; OR
  • ONE Box of food containing packets of pulses, pasta, rice, and tins; OR
  • ONE ‘Aquabox’ filled with water purifying and emergency aid.

YOUR £20 donation can send:

  • 2 wheelchairs OR
  • 2 mattresses OR
  • 2 bicycles OR
  • 2 First Aid boxes

As well as sending much needed aid to Africa, CART supports a number of projects that allow people living in Africa to improve their own situation.

Find out why Africa needs CART’s help >>>

Trustees:

G. G. Tompkins
G. R. Dawson
N. Fairclough
G. Stewart
V. J. Stewart
R. A. Whitehead
I. S. Wroe

Treasurer

A. F. Sims

Hon Trustees

G. S. Bates
R. Taylor