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Anglicans from Brazil and Canada have joined community and church leaders from five countries in renewing a commitment to root theology in standing with vulnerable populations to protect the integrity of God’s Creation. 

On International Day for Disaster Reduction the Anglican Alliance are pleased to share a blog post from Episcopal Relief & Development gathering experiences from an Anglican international panel of experts on using the Pastors and Disasters toolkit. 

The Anglican Church in Ethiopia is continuing to assist refugees fleeing the conflict in South Sudan, according to reports last month from the Rt Revd Grant LeMarquand, Area Bishop for the Horn of Africa in the Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa.

The Anglican Church continues to respond to needs in the wake of Tropical Storm Erika on the Caribbean island of Dominica on 27 August, the Anglican Alliance has learned from the Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean & Aruba.

The General Secretary of Anglican Church of Tanzania shared his concern that parts of Tanzania have a food crisis looming, when he recently visited the Anglican Alliance office. He is eager that the Church should prepare for upcoming food shortages now.

Anglicans in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are supporting communities as they return to daily life in the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak that killed nearly 11,300 people, the Anglican Alliance has learned from church leaders in the region.

From 2-23 October 2015, church and community members from San Joaquin in California are cycling through the diocese to raise awareness about how people can network to challenge human trafficking.

As world leaders adopt Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations post-2015 agenda summit today, faith leaders are urging their communities to play their part to ensure that the Goals move from policy to action to transform the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable while also tackling climate change.

The refugee crisis is top of the agenda as the Anglican Alliance holds its first-ever European regional consultation in Wales this week.

The Anglican Alliance is encouraging the Provinces of the Communion to join in the call for the ambitious implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in all countries, for all people.

Based on articles by Matt Gardner for the Anglican Church of Canada and Diana Swift for Anglican Journal .
Canadian Anglicans were among both evacuees and responders as wildfires across Western Canada in the past months devastated huge swathes of forest and forced over 12,000 people from their homes.

Update 17 August 2015: According to UN OCHA, as of 14 August, more than 1.3 million people have been critically affected by monsoonal floods and landslides, and nearly 300,000 households have been or remain displaced. At least 106 people have died.