Dioceses from across the Caribbean take part in disaster preparedness and resilience workshop

Anglicans from dioceses throughout the Caribbean are currently (Monday 11th to Friday 15th March 2019) participating in a “Pastors and Disasters” workshop in Grenada. The gathering is being hosted by the Province of the West Indies and facilitated by a team from the...

Taking action on plastic pollution

Creator God, out of the overflowing of your love you created all things with rich variety and great beauty and entrusted us with responsibility for them; grant that we might so value all that you have given into our care that we may strive to sustain its blessings for...

After the Fire – how the church is helping the community recover in Fort McMurray

In a recent news item we shared insights from Zimbabwe about what makes communities resilient and what resilience looks like at a local level. Here we share a story of community recovery and resilience from Canada. Whilst the context and nature of this disaster are...

Strengthening communities, strengthening resilience

Building resilience – strengthening the capacity of communities to survive shocks – is a key priority of the Anglican Alliance. But what makes communities resilient? What does resilience look like? What are its characteristics? Here, Janice Proud, the Anglican...

Protecting victims of modern slavery – join us in prayer and action this May

This month’s theme for Freedom Year is about recognising victims of modern slavery and reporting this to the appropriate agencies who can rescue them.  They also need protection from being re-trafficked. The first step to stopping human trafficking is to spot it. ...

First graduates from revised Agents of Change in Zambia and Zimbabwe

‘The most significant thing that has happened to me through my learning with Agents of Change is how to identify the need in the community and how to tackle it. I used to think that if there were a problem in the community others would do it. Now I know that it...