Africa Listed as Top Beneficiary of 2022 Aid to the Church in Need Donations

In 2022, ACN raised almost €13 million more than in 2021.

The foundation has expressed gratitude to its benefactors for raising the donations, saying, “This amount reflects the unparalleled generosity of the institution's more than 364,000 individual benefactors and allows it to feed the Church that suffers in so many countries around the world.”

ACN funded 5,702 projects in various countries in the world with donations the foundation received from its benefactors in the 23 countries where the institution is present.

The charity foundation has been working tirelessly to promote solidarity with the Church in regions where her presence and activities are most threatened.

“Religious persecution and extreme poverty, visible in so many countries, call for constant aid that has not stopped growing. ACN benefactors around the world continue to ensure that this suffering Church receives the help it needs most,” reads the ACN report.

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The foundation’s projects include the support of the construction of churches and church institutions, support of the formation of Seminarians, and donations to Priests serving in hardship areas.

The foundation reports that over the past year, 972 building projects have been supported, more than a third of them for churches or chapels.

In many African countries, the foundation has also facilitated the mobility of pastoral caregivers, especially in places that have poor accessibility.

For these, ACN distributed 1,253 vehicles, including 564 cars, 252 motorcycles, 16 boats, 11 buses, and 4 trucks, as well as 406 bicycles.

The Foundation has also supported the livelihoods of more than 40,000 Priests through Mass stipends, and some 21,000 Religious Sisters, as well as almost 14,000 Seminarians.

Over the past year, the ACN Foundation has also supported projects in the area of information and evangelization, including the publication of religious literature, prayer campaigns, and the defense of persecuted Christians.

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