April 1, 2008 Women’s issues key to peace in Sri Lanka: partner

Churches have played an important part in supporting human rights in Sri Lanka, where a drawn-out civil war has recently gained new energy, according to a former member of the board of the Primate’s World Relief and Development...

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April 1, 2008 PWRDF head raises no objection to union

Vote will not affect partners, says director

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March 1, 2008 Self-examination the goal of fund’s strategic plan

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has embarked on a three-year strategic plan that includes a “significant commitment to evaluation and learning,” said executive director Cheryl Curtis. Approved by the...

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March 1, 2008 PWRDF staff say yes to union

PWRDF staff say yes to union

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January 2, 2008 Young people give up (gasp!) iPods, food to raise money and awareness

Young Anglicans from the diocese of Huron recently spent a weekend learning how to use the least amount of energy – no iPods and cell phones, in particular – as part of “Off-the-Grid,” a new workshop in the youth initiative...

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December 17, 2007 Young people give up (gasp!)iPods, food to raise money and awareness

Young Anglicans from the diocese of Huron recently spent a weekend learning how to use the least amount of energy – no iPods and cell phones, in particular – as part of “Off the Grid,” a new workshop in the youth initiative program of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) designed to raise ecological awareness.

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December 1, 2007 Primate has new link to PWRDF

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has been elected president of the board of directors of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF). Although PWRDF is named after the primate (or the...

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October 1, 2007 Aid sent for Peru earthquake

Action by Churches Together (ACT) International sent $48,747 from its rapid response fund to aid people in remote and inaccessible rural areas of Peru affected by an 8.0 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 500 people and injured thousands on Aug. 15.

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October 1, 2007 The Darfur Response

The figures are startling for what has  been called “the forgotten war” – Darfur. The continuing conflict between the government of Sudan and the southern rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army began in 2004 and has,...

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October 1, 2007 Grin and bear it

A child displaced by fighting in Darfur, Sudan is weighed. The heights and weights of displaced children are carefully monitored at a nutrition and health centre in Kubum, which is sponsored by Action by Churches Together (ACT) International and Caritas. The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund is an ACT partner. Please see p. 2 for more photographs of the ACT-Caritas Darfur Emergency Response Operation.

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