Last July, a lightning storm sparked wildfires in British Columbia that led to the evacuation of approximately 14,000 people. That included all 2,000 residents of […]
The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund
PWRDF is the Canadian Anglican response for emergency relief, refugees, development and justice. And it's making a difference in the world.
Indigenous Stories
Women at the heart and soul of PWRDF’s work
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
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 […]
Protecting the right to a cultural birth
Canada Stories, Canadian Indigenous Stories, Featured, Health, Indigenous Stories, Latin America Caribbean Stories, Maternal, Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Mexico Stories, Peru Stories, Reconciliation, Women Stories
In the remote Inuit community of Puvirnituq, Quebec, women in their 37th week of pregnancy used to have to fly to either Montreal or Moose Factory […]
WATCH: World of Gifts offers safe online shopping 24/7
Africa Stories, Asia Pacific Stories, Campaigns and Advocacy Stories, Canada Stories, Canadian Indigenous Stories, Food Security Stories, Global Stories, Health, Indigenous Stories, Latin America Caribbean Stories, Maternal, Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Newborn and Child Health, Public Engagement, PWRDF News Release, Refugees and Migrants Stories, Uncategorized, Women Stories
Not sure what to get that hard-to-buy-for person on your Christmas gift list? PWRDF hopes to make it easier with World of Gifts, the annual […]
PWRDF monitoring recovery efforts in Mexico
Emergency Response Stories, Featured, Indigenous Stories, Mexico Stories, PWRDF News Release, Uncategorized
Updated on October 19, 2017 On the anniversary of the 1985 earthquake that devastated Mexico City, the city again is reeling from a 7.1 magnitude […]
Mapping a future of reconciliation
Canada Stories, Canadian Indigenous Stories, Ecological Justice, Featured, Inclusion Stories, Indigenous Stories, Public Engagement, Reconciliation
It’s been almost two years since the completion of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Canadians of all stripes are coming to terms with […]
PWRDF Indigenous Community Development Coordinator visits UNB
Canada Stories, Canadian Indigenous Stories, Ecological Justice, Field Blog, Indigenous Stories, Maternal, Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Newborn and Child Health, Uncategorized, Water Stories, Women Stories
This story was originally posted on Diocese of Fredericton enews and is reposted here with permission. Ready to board his flight back to Toronto, Dr. […]
Language is our culture
Canadian Indigenous Stories, Indigenous Stories, Public Engagement, Stories by Region, Stories by Theme
Indigenous languages are threatened in First Nations communities across Canada, and the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal, is no exception. Only 100 people in a […]
The Women of Mankayan
Asia Pacific Stories, Indigenous Stories, Philippines, Stories by Region, Stories by Theme, Women Stories
In the mountains of Luzon, Philippines, near the community of Mankayan there is a barricade. For over four years, this barricade has been watched over, […]
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