Dear friend,

As you read this letter, millions of families around the world are living in extreme poverty. Many are struggling to earn a living so do not have enough money to meet their basic needs such as food, housing and clothing.

This Lent your school can help to change this.

All your little actions will make a really big difference to people living in poverty.

Your support will mean that CAFOD partners around the world can train more people like Florence (see below) to set up small businesses and earn a living. With training and support, Florence has created a thriving business selling fish, so she can buy the things her family needs and send her children to school. Not only that, she has taught others in her community how to do the same.

So how will your school help Turn little fish into Big fish this Lent?

Organise your own fishy fundraiser on or around Lent Fast Day on 10 March. It could be as simple as:

Dressing up in fish hats or costumes for the day.

Pay to join in.

Holding a fish fair with dodge-the-sponge or hook-

the-fish games and fish cake sales.

‘Scaling up’and making the BIGGEST fish you

can out of coins.

“I was interested in f sh farming because it’s a business

that I knew would help me to make a living.” FLORENCE, ZAMBIA

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Please join together with your school or youth group this Lent and Turn little fish into Big fish. Whatever you are able to raise will make a big difference, helping the poorest communities around the world to feed their families and make a living.

Thank you for joining us this Lent to support people transforming their communities, one fish at a time!

Yours faithfully,

CAFOD Education Team

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Once you’ve collected all the donations, please complete this form and send it to us in the return envelope provided with a cheque (made payable to CAFOD) for the full amount you raised.

Your details (in case we need to contact you):

Name of sender :

Daytime tel no:

We enclose our donation amount of

£ (made payable to CAFOD)

Please return this form in the enclosed envelope. You can also post it to Freepost RSHJ-KJBY-YXLT, CAFOD, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB.cafod.org.uk Tel: 020 7095 5682 CAF3475R63307

School details:

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LENT FAST DAY RETURN FORM - 2017

Straightaway Contact my local CAFOD volunteer centre to book an assembly or workshop: cafod.org.uk/local

Before 3 March Order collection boxes, envelopes and stickers from: cafod.org.uk/primary

Before 10 March Decide what date to celebrate Lent Fast Day and plan it using CAFOD’s resources: cafod.org.uk/primary

Throughout LentUse CAFOD’s educational, liturgical and fundraising resources: cafod.org.uk/primary

On or around 10 MarchShare photos and stories of the day. Email schools@cafod.org.uk and tag @CAFOD, #BigFish on Twitter and Instagram.

As soon as possible Return the money we raise, using the form below.

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£1 buys 26 starter fsh (500 are needed for one pond)

£20 buys materials to construct one fsh pond

£186 trains one person to construct and manage a pond

Lent Fast Day checklist

What your money can buy:

Meet Bob the fish in our great new animation.

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