The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund

50th Anniversary Stories

We Have Good News and… Good News!

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50th Anniversary Stories, Featured, Refugees and Migrants Stories

(And we have a thank you or two!)  Those who visit the PWRDF website regularly will recall that we posted a story at the end …

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Dinner, with a Side of Development – postponed!

50th Anniversary Stories, Canada Stories, Featured

This event is postponed until further notice. The Diocese of Toronto will be celebrating PWRDF’s 50th Anniversary with a gala dinner on November 23.  Archbishop …

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PWRDF Images Brings 50 Years of History to Life

50th Anniversary Stories, Canada Stories, Featured

From footage of the Springhill Mine Disaster in 1958 which was the beginnings of the Primate’s World Relief Fund to images of the reconstruction effort …

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Access to health for Asian Migrant Women

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50th Anniversary Stories, Asia Pacific Stories, Canada Stories, Featured, Refugees and Migrants Stories, Women Stories

Migrant workers in Hong Kong face discrimination, marginalization, and greater risk of HIV infection due to their socio-cultural, economic, and political conditions.  Over 225,000 Asian …

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Hope in “The Most Dangerous City in the World”

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50th Anniversary Stories, Canada Stories, Featured, Latin America Caribbean Stories, Mexico Stories, Women Stories

Even before the current violence between drug cartels, police, and the military heated up in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (just across the Rio Grande from El …

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Camp… not just for kids anymore!

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50th Anniversary Stories, Africa Stories, Burundi Stories, Canada Stories, Canadian Indigenous Stories, Featured, Indigenous Stories, Youth Stories

 ”Live the Change you want to see in the World” was the theme of Justice Camp 2010.  80 “campers” gathered at McMaster University to worship, …

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Food for families and more

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50th Anniversary Stories, Asia Pacific Stories, Canada Stories, Featured, Solomon Islands

June 22 Story: Food for Families and More The Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean has an ideal climate for growing: no winter season, regular rain, rich …

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Hospice Services for AIDS Patients

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50th Anniversary Stories, Africa Stories, Featured, HIV/AIDS Stories

 HIV and AIDS is devastating communities throughout Sub-Saharan Africa; 21 million people live with HIV there.  The health sectors of several countries are overstretched.  PWRDF, …

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Indigenous Youth helping Indigenous Youth

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50th Anniversary Stories, Canada Stories, Canadian Indigenous Stories, Featured, Indigenous Stories

June 21 Story: Indigenous Youth helping Indigenous Youth  Who will know better than young people of the 49 First Nations communities in Ontario that make up the …

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Quest for Water

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50th Anniversary Stories, Asia Pacific Stories, Featured, Philippines, Water Stories

June 20 Story: Quest for Water Farmers in the community of Englanded, Philippines didn’t know when they approached the Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP) that they …

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