Ending hunger: Way forward on SDG 2

The world has committed to the  17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Goal 2 is on ending hunger, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture – a world which is healthy not hungry. How is the Anglican Communion responding? Sustainable...

Anglicans worldwide raise awareness on World AIDS Day 2016

Anglicans across the Communion are marking World AIDS Day on 1 December 2016 to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and help end the epidemic. Joining this year’s UNAIDS #HIVprevention campaign, Anglicans have held events and church services, released videos and shared photos...

Canadian Anglicans support maternal, newborn & child health in Africa & Canada

The Diocese of Toronto has made a $500,000 donation to Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) in support of maternal, newborn and child health in Africa and indigenous communities in Canada. The donation follows a diocese-led campaign called ‘Our Faith –...

Receivers to Givers: typhoon-affected communities give to others in Philippines

Communities affected by Typhoon Yolanda, which swept across the Philippines in 2013, have been rallying to provide relief to neighbouring islands after another super Typhoon hit the region in October this year. After Typhoon Yolanda destroyed much of Leyte and Samar...

Global consultation at the Vatican aims to enrich lives through sport

The first global conference on ‘Sport in the Service of Humanity’ took place at the Vatican last month, with 100 guests invited to discuss how sport can be used to enrich lives worldwide. Rev. Andy Bowerman, Co-Executive Director at the Anglican Alliance, attended the...