Microcredit

Realizing women’s full potential in Uganda

June 13, 2018 | By Mike Ziemerink

Odeta will be harvesting this rice in June 2018.

Odeta is a 23-year-old mother of two living in the Kyankwanzi District of Uganda. She was forced to drop out of school because she was […]

Women at the heart and soul of PWRDF’s work

March 5, 2018 | By Janice Biehn

Emergency Response Stories, Featured, Financial Development Stories, Food Security Stories, Global Stories, Health, Indigenous Stories, Maternal, Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Microcredit, Newborn and Child Health, Uncategorized, Women Stories

In honour of International Women’s Day, Thursday, March 8, PWRDF has assembled a collection of stories from the last year that celebrate the women we […]

From surviving to thriving: How investing in Guatemalan women continues to reap dividends

March 4, 2018 | By Jeannethe Lara

Featured, Financial Development Stories, Food Security Stories, Guatemala Stories, Health, Inclusion Stories, Indigenous Stories, Latin America Caribbean Stories, Microcredit, Refugees and Migrants Stories, Uncategorized, Women Stories

Jeannethe Lara is a Development Program Coordinator for PWRDF. Mirsa Araceli Chinchilla Godoy was born in Josefinos, Guatemala in 1981. Just three months later as […]

Riders and walkers for refuge meet fundraising goal

November 2, 2017 | By Cheryl Denomy

Canada Stories, Featured, Microcredit, Mozambique Stories, Public Engagement, PWRDF Events, PWRDF News Release, Women Stories

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of Canada, leads the Toronto team on its ride.

On Saturday, September 30, 52 friends of PWRDF strapped on their bicycle helmets (or their walking shoes) in locations from coast to coast to coast […]

Order online at your convenience

October 27, 2017 | By Janice Biehn

Featured, Food Security Stories, Microcredit, Public Engagement, Uncategorized, Women Stories

It’s easy with the World of Gifts guide. For $50 you can support women in Guatemala become more empowered in their communities. For $25 you […]

Ride for Refuge beneficiary gives women a chance to thrive

August 9, 2017 | By Janice Biehn

Africa Stories, Canada Stories, Featured, Microcredit, Mozambique Stories, PWRDF Events, Uncategorized, Women Stories

Elisa Mateus (far right) serves up a tasty plate.

The mouth-watering scent of fresh baking wafts out of the living room of Elisa Mateus, as the Mozambican entrepreneur happily serves lunch to a hungry […]

PWRDF strikes a match for entrepreneurial women

July 19, 2017 | By Janice Biehn

Featured, Local Heroes, Microcredit, Mozambique Stories, Public Engagement, PWRDF Events, PWRDF News Release, Uncategorized, Women Stories

Maria Júlio Moreira used her CCM Pemba loan to start a small restaurant.

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor to The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), every dollar raised by participants in Ride for […]

PWRDF and Diocese of Masasi: a 20-year success story

June 13, 2017 | By Janice Biehn

Africa Stories, Featured, Food Security Stories, Health, Maternal, Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Microcredit, Newborn and Child Health, Tanzania Stories, Uncategorized

Farmer and community leader Joyce Mtauka.

In May, Anglican Journal staff writer André Forget travelled with a delegation of PWRDF volunteers to Tanzania, to see first-hand the impact of 20 years […]

International Women’s Day March 8

March 8, 2017 | By Janice Biehn

Maternal, Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Microcredit, Newborn and Child Health, Refugees and Migrants Stories, Uncategorized, Water Stories, Women Stories, Youth Stories

PWRDF is committed to gender equality, #5 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Check out some of our success stories of women making a […]

Empowering Women: A Key to Success

March 8, 2016 | By Simon Chambers

Asia Pacific Stories, India, Microcredit, Refugees and Migrants Stories, Sri Lanka, Stories by Region, Stories by Theme, Women Stories

Members of an OfERR supported Self-Help Group in Sri Lanka work together in a milk collective, pooling their milk and getting a better rate from the merchants who buy the milk. Photo: Simon Chambers

The Organisation for Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation (OfERR) is an organization of Tamil refugees supporting Tamil refugees both in India and those who have and continue […]