4 July 2017
Scotland hosts UK Anglican/Episcopal online meeting
Article from Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees Anglicans from across the UK contributed to an online meeting hosted by Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees and the Anglican Alliance earlier today (3 July 2017). The online meeting which was organised from Edinburgh included presentations on how Anglican and Episcopalian churches and agencies in the UK are working […]
23 June 2017
World Refugee Week Day 4: Focus on South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
This week, during World Refugee Week, the Anglican Alliance is showcasing examples where Anglican and Episcopal churches around the world are responding to refugees with practical assistance, welcoming refugees in to their communities and discovering mutual enrichment through this engagement. As today’s story about the refugees from South Sudan shows, church leaders are also often involved […]
22 June 2017
World Refugee Week Day 3: Focus on Cyprus
This week, during World Refugee Week, the Anglican Alliance is showcasing examples where Anglican and Episcopal churches around the world are responding to refugees with practical assistance, welcoming refugees in to their communities and discovering mutual enrichment through this engagement. Food: The International Language Last month in Cyprus a new initiative began at St Barnabas […]
21 June 2017
World Refugee Week Day 2: Focus on Canterbury, UK
This week, during World Refugee Week, the Anglican Alliance is showcasing examples where Anglican and Episcopal churches around the world are responding to refugees with practical assistance, welcoming refugees in to their communities and discovering mutual enrichment through this engagement. In the Diocese of Canterbury in the UK, the church has looked to engage local […]
9 May 2017
Meeting refugees in Jordan
This blog was written by Isobel Owen, Programme Officer at the Anglican Alliance, after a recent visit to Jordan. On a recent Anglican Alliance visit to Jordan, Janice Proud and I spent time with the local church to learn how they are working to help refugees with disabilities living in the refugee camps, and refugees […]
5 May 2017
Working together to support refugees
A recent UN panel, entitled ‘Finding a New Home: The Role of Faith-based Organizations in Refugee Assistance and Refugee Resettlement Work’, highlighted the work of the Church in interfaith efforts to support refugees and help them resettle. The panel was held on 13 April 2017 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The event […]
7 December 2016
Together We Can Do More: The Church and People with Disabilities
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2016, the Anglican Alliance’s Relief and Programmes Manager Dr Janice Proud shares on the work of the Church worldwide and what we can do to better promote inclusion: A key part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to leave no-one behind, so it is appropriate that the […]
18 October 2016
Anglican Alliance webinar: partnership key to Church’s refugee efforts
An webinar hosted by the Anglican Alliance saw participants engaging with presenters online to talk about how the Church can best respond to the current refugee crisis taking place across Europe. Watch a recording of the webinar here Partnership between the Church and other organisations was highlighted by all presenters as a key element of […]
15 October 2016
Young Afghan raises global plight of refugees at Anglican consultation in Europe
A young refugee, who fled Afghanistan to avoid being forced into jihadi conflict, has given a moving account of his life’s journey to a major Anglican consultation held this week in Germany. Aged just 15, ‘Binyamin’ (not his real name) fled to Europe, where he spent the next eight years being bounced from one country […]
10 October 2016
Anglican Alliance consultation builds relationship in Middle East
Representatives from Anglican churches and agencies across the Middle East gathered in Cyprus last month, for the first Anglican Alliance consultation in the region. The four day meeting, which took place from 19-22 September 2016, saw delegates sharing their top priorities for development, relief and advocacy, including the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis, increasing instability […]