Time of Fast (TOF)

Purpose and Objectives
The Time of Fast (TOF) is an annual International Y's Men's fund raising programme which began as monetary assistance made available to areas of developing countries by arrangement with the World Alliance of YMCAs (WA).

TOF is now a popular programme where Y’s Men members all over the world, traditionally give up at least one meal (usually during the month of February) and donate the cost of that meal to the TOF fund which in turn makes the money raised in this way available to projects sponsored by both Y’s Men and the YMCAs all over the world. Since its inception in 1972 to date, TOF has raised about US$ 4 million for development projects and disaster relief.

Projects
A TOF project should primarily:

  • deal directly with people,
  • improve the receiver's quality of life,
  • be of the self-help variety, with ongoing results,
  • have the endorsement of the YMCA of the country in which the project is located.

Brief TOF History (38.5 KB)
Guidelines for the "Time of Fast" (TOF) programme  (20 KB)
Implementing Rules and Guidelines for the "Unified Global Project" (UGP)   (14 KB) 

Click here for examples of Time of Fast Projects

Youth TOF

Lots of promotional material available for download:

Programmes

 Y's Men International Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
Last modified:  10 February 2008