Help & projects
What churches need to help their people
Churches in Cuba say what is needed and for whom. Institutions, inside and outside Cuba, commit to help, and every project ends with its report.
Our promise
0%
commission. Ever.
What an institution gives reaches the church in full. VID charges no commission and no fees, to anyone, and never handles the money: it goes directly, the way they agree.
- No commission or fees, for churches or institutions
- VID never receives or hands out the money
- Every project, with its report
How it works
A circle that closes
Every report builds trust for the next one: that is why it is a circle.
- 1
The church says what it needs
What is needed, for whom and how much.What is needed, for whom and how much. The team checks that the church is real.
- 2
An institution commits
To all that is missing or to part of it.To all that is missing or to part of it, in money or in kind.
- 3
They agree how, directly
The money never goes through VID.VID puts them in touch. The money goes from one to the other: never through VID.
- 4
The church shares the progress
What arrives, with photos.What arrives and how it is going, with photos.
- 5
The report closes the circle
For those who helped and for everyone.What was done, with photos: for those who helped and for everyone.
and round again, with the trust earned
EmergencyExample
Emergency in Guantánamo
Churches are collecting help for families who lost everything. This is what they are asking for.
Drinking water400 litres to go
Rice and beans22 sacks to go
Children’s clothes35 pieces to go
The board
The needs, right now
4 open needs in 4 provinces · These are examples, to show how it will look.
Everything arrives in full: 0% commission
- ExampleEmergencyOpenGuantánamo
Water and food after the rains
A church in Imías
Needed: Drinking water, food that keeps and children’s clothes.
49% covered
- ExampleOpenSantiago de Cuba
Fixing the dining hall roof
A church in Palma Soriano
Needed: Roof tiles, beams and two weeks of labour.
480 of 800 USD320 USD to go
Some needs are for institutions only
Medicines, church repairs and what a church prefers not to make public. Only institutions verified by the team can see them.
Sign in as an institution- ExampleUnder wayHolguín
Lunch for older people living alone
A church in Mayarí
Needed: Rice, beans and oil for sixty lunches a day.
3 of 6 months3 months to go
- ExampleUnder wayLa Habana
After-school lessons for children
A church in Marianao
Needed: Notebooks, a blackboard and a snack every afternoon.
450 of 600 USD150 USD to go
What we have done togetherExample
Every project ends with its report
- projects completed
- 3
- provinces with projects
- 6
- needs open now
- 4
- commission, always
- 0%
The latest reports
- Completed · Sep 5· Matanzas
School bags for the new year
A church in Pedro Betancourt
What was done: Eighty school bags were handed out on the first day of school.
With the support of una iglesia de Tampa
See the report - Completed · Aug 2· Villa Clara
Medicines for the elderly ward
A church in Placetas
What was done: Three months of treatment for the twenty-two older people on the ward.
With the support of una fundación de Madrid
See the report - Completed · Jul 20· Guantánamo
A well for the neighbourhood
A church in Baracoa
What was done: The neighbourhood has had water every day since July.
With the support of una parroquia de Toronto
See the report
School bags for the new year
A church in Pedro Betancourt
What was done: Eighty school bags were handed out on the first day of school.
With the support of una iglesia de Tampa
1 of 3 · tap the report to see the next one
Sister churches
Walking with a church all year
Its projects, its progress and its reports: directly and with no commission.Beyond a single project, a church or foundation abroad can walk with a church in Cuba: its projects, its progress and its reports, always directly and with no commission.
Supporting institutions
With their support
The institutions that support churches in Cuba will appear here, if they wish.
Support VID
VID takes no commission. It lives on those who support it.
Everything given to churches arrives in full. VID stays free for all of them, and grows, thanks to those who support it: their support is separate and goes to the team and the platform.
What your support makes possible
- Paying the team that verifies churches and follows every project better
- Improving the services VID offers churches and institutions
- Doing more and better work: verifying, connecting people and following every gift
- What helps us mostEvery monthKnowing what we can count on lets us plan: a small gift every month is worth more than a big one once.
- OnceA one-off gift, whenever you can.
- As an institutionSponsor VID and appear in “With the support of”.
This support is for VID; what goes to churches is always separate and in full.
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