Criteria

JEMT follow one fundamental principle in the distribution of unrestricted funds – the people on the ground know how best to utilize scarce resources.

As JMECA has been in existence for many years it has accumulated funds from many generous benefactors. In some cases the use for their donations is specified, for example for the maintenance of a certain church building or support for clergy, but often the use is left to the discretion of the administrators.

In 2010/11 a third of JMECA funds were unrestricted. This was distributed equally between the four Dioceses that make up the Province and then it is allocated locally at the bishops' discretion and they advise us which projects are being supported and how much has been allocated.

The remaining two-thirds of JMECA’s income is tied to a particular Diocese, institution or project and the administrators pass the amount on as designated. 

A small number of grant requests are received directly in the UK.  If the purpose corresponds to the aims of one of our funds we ask the Bishop in whose territory the project or work will take place, to confirm that he is in agreement before we make disbursement.

Here are examples of projects supported in 2010/11:

• Support for the Bishop’s School in Amman, Jordon

• Training of Clergy in Jerusalem

• Maintenance of cemeteries in Jerusalem

• Ordinand placement in Baghdad

• Doha Church building project

• Education in Egypt

• Emergency grant for refugee support in Egypt

• The SOAS Annual Christianity in Iraq Seminar

• Support for Shiraz, Iran.

The full list of 2010/11 grant allocations can be found in the annual accounts and further examples of how the donations were spent can be found under The work we support.