The McCabe Educational Trust (MET) was set up in 1991 to give structure to our support for the Christian communities that we meet on pilgrimage. We are humbled at the way pilgrims have responded, and to date the MET has distributed more than four million pounds in grants.

Getting to know the Living Stones of the Holy Land is an integral part of every McCabe itinerary. A pilgrimage might include Sunday worship with a local congregation, a visit to the Jeel al Amal Boys Home and lunch at the Bethlehem Rehabilitation Centre. Our visits give encouragement and practical assistance to a community which now numbers less than 3% of the population of the Holy Land.

In the Holy Land, we support the Jeel al Amal Boys Home in Bethany and the Al Shurooq Blind School in Bethlehem with regular, sustainable grants. Further afield, our third joint partner projects are Dr Graham’s Homes in India and Dadhuwa school in Nepal.

However, in light of the recent and ongoing events in Israel, we have paused all pilgrimages to the Holy Land. We will not be operating tours there for the foreseeable future. The safety and well-being of our travellers are – and always will be – our top priorities.

We are closely monitoring official guidance and will resume travel only when it is safe, responsible and spiritually appropriate to do so.

We will continue to support our Holy Land projects during this uncertain time.

We invite all travellers to become partners in this work. A optional donation to the MET’s work is added to each invoice and all money raised is given in full to the projects the MET supports.

This is a voluntary scheme and nobody is put under any pressure to participate.

The McCabe Educational Trust is a registered charity with an independent Board of Directors. No deductions are made for the charity’s administration as all running costs are paid by McCabe Pilgrimages.

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McCabe Educational Trust
12 Wyatt Drive London SW13 8AA

Email: alistair-mccabe@outlook.com

Trustees: Prebendary Brian Leathard (chair)  Canon Iain Paton (secretary), The Revd Kevin Dunne, Mr Stuart Lynch, The Very Revd Geoffrey Marshall, Mrs Joanna Spalding, Mr Andy Webster, Mr Alistair McCabe, Mrs Natasha Nahhas.

Company number: 2741092 Charity number: 1020058

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