Does the charity vegfam still exist?

[Rory17]

I would like to donate to help the poor, but I don't want to fund charities that give non-vegan food to the poor. I also don't want to donate a charity that does animal projects like Send-A-Cow (I think that this is cruel and wrong). I would like to donate to a vegan-friendly, non-religious charity that helps the poor. However, I can't find a good website for Vegfam online (I used Goodsearch, my main search engine. For those of you who don't know Goodsearch, it is an American search engine that, if you sign up and select a cause, a penny is earned and donated to your cause every time you search, or something like that. I would recommend that you go on Goodsearch and check it out. Pick a vegan and animal-friendly cause, no kill shelters, and start earning! It would be good to meet someone else who also uses Goodsearch on here).
Best of luck.

 

[pjmhollett]

Apparently still there

 

[Brigitte Meszaros]

My Mum and Dad (Chris and Janet Aldous) set up Vegfam in 1963. In 1966they went overseas to complete some humanitarian aid in the Middle East hoping to go over to India. I was their baby in tow. Ruth Howard became Trustees in 1967 eventually taking over with son Frieden. Sadly Ruth died in the early 1990s and my Dad in 2020. I dont know whats become of the charity. I am desperately trying to find an article written about their humanitarian relief trip in 1966. I only have the title of the article not the publication. The article was called “The Hunger Situation in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Greece - A report of the findings of VEGFAM.' Anyone know where I can find it?

 

[Second Summer]

My Mum and Dad (Chris and Janet Aldous) set up Vegfam in 1963. In 1966they went overseas to complete some humanitarian aid in the Middle East hoping to go over to India. I was their baby in tow. Ruth Howard became Trustees in 1967 eventually taking over with son Frieden. Sadly Ruth died in the early 1990s and my Dad in 2020. I dont know whats become of the charity. I am desperately trying to find an article written about their humanitarian relief trip in 1966. I only have the title of the article not the publication. The article was called “The Hunger Situation in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Greece - A report of the findings of VEGFAM.' Anyone know where I can find it?

Apologies, I have only just seen your post.

That is really cool, you must have had an interesting childhood!

As for the article you're looking for, I don't know where you might find it, but perhaps you could try to get in touch with an organisation such as the Vegan Society, the Vegetarian Society or the International Vegetarian Union as they probably have offline archives where such articles may have been preserved.

Contact us

Contact details for media, Trademark and general enquiries.

www.vegansociety.com

Contact - Vegetarian Society

Contact Contact

vegsoc.org

Contacts - IVU - International Vegetarian Union

The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide.

ivu.org

Another place to start could be your local library.

 

[Second Summer]

However, I can't find a good website for Vegfam online

I dont know whats become of the charity.

It seems the charity no longer exists. The web pages are gone, and Vegfam has also been removed from the UK charities registry:

VEGFAM - Charity 232208

Charity details for VEGFAM - Charity 232208

register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk

 

[Plants4Hunger]

Sadly, they closed. My org, A Well-Fed World (which also supports plant-based hunger solutions), provided some funding and was more generally inspired by their great work. We have a very short page at vegfam.org awfw.org/vegfam. We'd be thrilled to include more historical or other details.

 

[Second Summer]

Sadly, they closed. My org, A Well-Fed World (which also supports plant-based hunger solutions), provided some funding and was more generally inspired by their great work. We have a very short page at vegfam.org awfw.org/vegfam. We'd be thrilled to include more historical or other details.

Hi @Plants4Hunger, that's amazing! Glad to see a new organisation with similar goals.