Church restored and community empowered by Umoja process in Kenya

Revd Fedis Nyagah, Umoja Coordinator for the Council of African Provinces of Africa, June Nderitu, Anglican Alliance Regional Facilitator for Africa, and Fran Mate, International Programme Manager for Us (formerly USPG), recently visited St. Joseph’s Church Gikiiro,...

Emergency appeal from the Diocese of Jerusalem for the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza

Staff at the Al-Ahli hospital, an Anglican ministry located in Gaza City, have maintained around-the-clock care since the beginning of the crisis. They are now calling for help to provide urgent medical services and critical care to those injured, displaced and...

Mark Freedom Sunday on 19 October with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church worldwide

An estimated 29 million people worldwide are being kept in conditions of slavery. Marking the UN Anti-Trafficking Day on 30 July 2014, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Welby, said: “It beggars belief to think that, 200 years after William...

Episcopal Church of South Sudan & Sudan calls for global support to respond to catastrophic food crisis

Eight months after the conflict began, the situation in the country is still critical. According to the latest UN OCHA report, 1.1 million people are facing emergency levels of food insecurity and an estimated 3.8 million people will require assistance by the year...

Anglicans at International AIDS Conference to keep HIV at the top of global health agenda

Here Elijah FUNG, the Centre Manager at St. John’s Cathedral HIV Education Centre, reports on the 20th International AIDS Conference, which took place at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre from 20th-25th July 2014. ‘Stepping...

UNHCR publish guidance notes on working with faith-based communities in refugee response

Download: Partnership Note: On Faith-Based Organisations, Local Faith Communities and Faith Leaders The resource was launched at the UNHCR-NGO Consultations in Geneva, in June 2014, at a well-attended Side Event with speakers from the Anglican Communion, Islamic...