Welcome to Update - February 2022 |
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Working towards a truly just,
healthy and peaceful world.
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- PWRDF allocates $80K to Indigenous communities coping with COVID
- Response slows spread of COVID in India
- Sabbath Rest Learning Module draws a crowd
- Zoom panel brings together East Africa partners
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Voices of Hope can be shared in your parish as a bulletin insert, read as an announcement, or included in an e-blast. This month read about PWRDF support of protecting the Pàramos in Colombia.
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PWRDF responds to COVID in Indigenous communities with $80,000 in emergency grants |
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$30K to Algoma and Rupert’s Land
to support Mishamikoweesh
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Last Friday, a long-anticipated shipment of PPE arrived in Kingfisher Lake First Nation via airplane. It was the end of a busy seven days for the parish of St. Paul’s, Thunder Bay and its incumbent, Archdeacon Deborah Kraft, who stepped up to get emergency supplies to Bearskin Lake and Kingfisher Lake First Nations on behalf of PWRDF. |
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$50,000 to Northern Manitoba
In consultation with Archbishop Mark MacDonald and the Primate, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, PWRDF is forwarding an in-Canada emergency grant of $50,000 to support northern Indigenous communities.
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Response slows spread of COVID in India |
Being one of the most populous countries in the world, India has been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. India has faced numerous struggles including a massive shortage of oxygen tanks and hospital beds. |
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Sabbath Rest Learning Module draws a crowd |
Earlier this month PWRDF launched its “Sabbath Rest” Learning Module. It is the fourth in a series of five modules that make up Year One of PWRDF’s three-year Education Focus called “Creation Care: Climate Action.” |
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Planting a seed of hope
The latest Under the Sun is now available on Issuu or in your February Anglican Journal.
Click on the image at left to read or download.
The front page story focusses on our amazing Light for Every Birth project providing 50 rural health clinics in Mozambique with solar power. We’re pleased to say the solar suitcases are now being installed. Here are some photos!
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Solar suitcases have been installed in five health clinics in Calipo, Meserpane, Musseleque, Melule and Naculue! |
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PWRDF wants to hear from you!
Please share your fundraising success stories to inspire others and to spread the word about the good work you have done! Email Christine Hills and tell us about it. Many thanks to all of our donors.
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Thursday, February 3,
11 a.m. E.T.
Maintaining the Gains: People, Projects and Partnership in the Time of COVID-19
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In advance of International Development Week, PWRDF invites you to attend this exciting and informative panel discussion. For the past two years, PWRDF and the Government of Canada have supported partners in Burundi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Rwanda as they responded to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Designed to maintain the gains achieved through the four-year All Mothers and Children Count program, these projects have ensured vital COVID-19-related work could be carried out. In this panel discussion, PWRDF staff and partners will explore and share the impacts of COVID-19 through gathered data and real-life experiences. |
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The panel is also being live streamed on our YouTube channel. Click on the image above to go to the video link.
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Praying with PWRDF
All are welcome to join our online parish. Hundreds have prayed with us from across Canada.
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February 13 - Musu Taylor-Lewis, Director of Resources and Public Engagement, Canadian Foodgrains Bank
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February 27 – The Most Reverend Anne Germond, Bishop of the Diocese of Algoma and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical province of Ontario
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PWRDF coming to a church near you – virtually
PWRDF has joined scores of virtual worship services at parishes across the country. Staff can deliver a prerecorded sermon, or join live worship on Zoom or other platforms. To learn more or to book a virtual guest speaker, contact Public Engagement Officer Christine Hills.
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Check out our podcast
a just generation is a series of conversations with allies, educators and folks working to bring about equity and justice. Listen to the podcast
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Using the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) as a focal point, Social Justice inFocus strives to inspire young Anglicans ages 12-17 to bring action-based change to their own communities. With the help of local experts, guest writers and members of the PWRDF Youth Council, this carefully constructed resource provides an opportunity for youth to explore Climate Justice in-depth and learn how to, amplify their voices and empower them to work towards a truly just, healthy and peaceful world for all.
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Book your online
Mapping Exercise
PWRDF's Mapping the Ground We Stand On is now available as an online workshop. Click here to learn more, or to book your workshop, email Christine Hills.
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Climate Action resources available
for order
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PWRDF’s 2021 resources focus on UN Sustainable Development Goal #13, Climate Action. Our series of bulletin inserts highlight how PWRDF partners are taking climate action to improve food security, empower women, health, Indigenous communities, emergency response, refugees and displaced people and engaging youth.
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