In the Christmas time, groups of children sing carols throughout the whole Slovakia. The Carols spread joyful word about nativity of our Lord.  Our motto is “Lend a hand to children”. By doing so, the carol singers become a messengers of hope.

By the Good News project we intend to:

• Help children experience positive feelings about the birth of our Lord
• Provide to children content for meetings throughout an advent period of time
• Help to consolidate a parish fellowship, through the parish activities
• Help children to develop an awareness of universal Church because the Catholic Church is present in all parts of the World.
• Achieve a general consciousness of the fact, that there are still parts in the World, were children are suffering and must fight hard to survive.

Carol fund-raising campaign

Children, followed by their older friends, fund-raise money throughout caroling. The collection is used by Good News project to support developing projects in the third world.

Projects of Good News

Good News supports the developing projects in the African countries
Appointed for the weakest and most endangered (children, families in poverty, afflicted)
The projects are focused to satisfy basic human needs (drinkable water, education, human rights, health service)
The projects consider local necessities and culture, providing the long run perspectives.

The projects supported during the last 11 years were aimed to the following countries: Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda and Zambia

The partners of Good News project are

• Catholic parishes in Slovakia
• Chosen dioceses and parishes in Africa
• Missionary and monastic communities
• Non governmental organizations
• Pope’s missionary works
• Others
• The main project partner is Austrian Three Kings action (Dreikönigsaktion)

Developing Education
About the life of people in the impacted countries the Good News informs through:

Meetings with caroling children
Weekend courses for organizers in the parishes.
Activities to support knowledge to others about developing issues
Diverse materials published throughout the year

The public

The following campaigns are used to present the issues to the public:
Peace for Sudan (1998 – 1999)
Drawings and letters of children written for the leaders of both sides involved in the conflict during the civil war in Sudan
Global march against the children labour (1998)
A collection of finger prints as a symbol of solidarity with children in labour.
For the sake of the World without poverty (2005)
A campaign for satisfying the Milenium developing goals. This project is as well a part of global project: Make Poverty History

Honors
The Heart in the hand (1999)
The acknowledgement of Good News carolers in the category Voluntary deed of the year given by SAIA-SCTS under the auspices of the Slovak Republic president
The merit of: Human under threat (2004)
For help in the poor parts of the World