Combined Services Third World Fund
by Martina O'Leary
The Combined Services Third World Fund (CSTWF) operates on a voluntary basis in the Civil Service, An Post, eir, Vodafone and other state agencies.
Subscribers to the fund contribute between one and two cent of every €10 of pay or pension. Founded in 1980 by the trade unions representing workers in each of the sectors, the fund has made in excess of 1,800 development grants, and over 40 emergency aid grants, totalling €8m.
In 2016 the Combined Services Third World Fund (CSTWF) spent almost €270,000 on 42 projects in the developing world. According to the 2016 annual report the projects vary from the provision of safe water for communities to buying an X-ray machine for a hospital in Masaka.
If you would like to join the fund visit the website or see the 2016 annual report here.
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