We don’t post on Medium anymore. Please visit our blogs and stories for the latest updates: caid.org.uk/stories Christian Aid is an agency of our churches in Britain and Ireland and are mandated to work on relief, development and advocacy for poverty eradication. Our essential purpose is to expose the scandal of poverty, help in practical ways to root it out from the world and to challenge and change structures and systems that favour the rich and powerful over the poor and marginalised.