name: Christian Aid
text: Christian Aid is an agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland.
  
  Christian Aid began in 1945 as Christian Reconciliation in Europe, responding to the needs of refugees and churches in Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War. In 1949 it became an integral part of the British Council of Churches (now CTBI) as the Department for the Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Service, becoming involved with world refugee settlement and justice issues. It worked closely with the World Council of Churches and the churches in the newly independent countries in the South. 
  
  In 1964 the organisation changed its name to Christian Aid after its best known source of income, Christian Aid Week, which began in 1957. Since the reorganisation of the Council of Churches in 1991, Christian Aid has been a separate legal entity, but remains in close relationship with it. 
  
  Since its inception Christian Aid has worked on long term development projects â€œwhere the need is greatestâ€.  Today it works in over 60 of the world's poorest countries.
  
  http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/