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Pakistan Floods
Pakistan’s deadliest floods in decades killed an estimated 1,500 people, overwhelming government efforts to provide aid. You can help!
Pakistan’s deadliest floods in decades killed an estimated 1,500 people, overwhelming government efforts to provide aid, officials and relief workers said. In addition, more than 11,000 became homeless when flood waters washed away their homes during the last week of July. Rescue teams have be organized in the flooded areas of Noroshara, Dera Ismail Khan, Muzafaghar, Ali Ghalh, Gilgit, and Shandoor, in Phakhtuan Khuah Province and in Biltistan. Food is the number one need and secondary are tents.
1. Food supplies including cooked food and food supplies in high urgent need including flour, oil, potatoes, water bottles, powdered milk for children, and water cleaning tablets. Providing food for a family is estimated to be $9/day. Over 11,000 families are need of food.
2. Tents to protect families from the weather. Emergency tents can be purchased for $262.
The Anglican Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) is assessing the situation and working with our partners to respond with assistance.
ARDF provided over $40,000 in emergency relief funds immediately following the massive earthquake in Pakistan on October 8,2005. Over 800 individuals received shelter and 16,000 received three months’ food supply. Please consider once again reaching out to our brothers and sisters in Pakistan.
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URGENT - Please Donate to the Chile Relief Fund
8.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Chile. Your donations are needed!
A deadly 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Chile in the early morning hours of February 27, collapsing buildings, shattering major bridges and highways across a long swath of the country. The quake was centered roughly 200 miles southwest of the capital Santiago near the country’s second largest city of Concepcion where injured people were lying in the streets or on stretchers. Many roads were destroyed, making it difficult for medical care to arrive. Tsunami warnings were issued along the entire Pacific basin.
The Anglican Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) is assessing the situation and working with our partners to respond with assistance to the victims.
You can help Chile now. Please give generously. Click here to donate:
Checks can be sent to:
The Anglican Relief and Development Fund
PO Box 3830
Pittsburgh, PA 15230-3830
...with the words “Chile Earthquake” in the memo line.
90% of funds donated to the ARDF Chile Relief Fund will be used for relief and development recovery work in Chile with 10% used for administrative costs including the PayPal fees.
2010 Projects
These are the 2010 projects for which we are currently seeking funding. If you wish to learn more about how to support this year’s projects, please visit our Donate section.
Ethiopia - Evangelism, Education and Tribal Peace Project
Bolivia - Microfinance Project Helps Alleviate Poverty
Kenya - Preventing the Spread of Malaria
Sudan - Suffering People Learn New Farming Techniques
Ethiopia - Evangelism, Education and Tribal Peace Project
Amount: $109,447
Ministry Partner: Church Mission Society (CMS) - Ireland
This project is to build a region mission center in the Gamble region of Ethiopia under the direction of Bishop Andrew Proud and Archbishop Mouneer Anis. An executive committee of local leaders will oversee construction and recruitment of staff. When completed, the center will be the only equipped community information and resource center for 253,000 people. Students will use the resource center, mothers will take part in Bible literacy and family health education and sports activities will be held for youth from different tribes. The Center will be used for church leadership training, Bible literacy classes, conflict resolution conferences, health education training , and vocational training.
Bolivia - Microfinance Project Helps Alleviate Poverty
Amount: $36,590
Ministry Partner: Five Talents International
This project in partnership with Five Talents focuses on savings and credit groups in outlying rural areas. Five Talents staff will train and mentor small groups, encouraging them to save money and form a credit association. Their capacity to save and borrow will be built and strengthened with business skills training. This is a continuation of a previous project where 21 groups have been formed and the repayment rate is 100 percent! The members are borrowing from each other’s savings and the community social capital has been effective in preventing defaults.
Kenya - Preventing the Spread of Malaria
Amount: $46,128
Ministry Partner: Anglican Diocese of Maseno West
The Anglican Diocese of Maseno West Kenya, in collaboration with local medical workers, will train volunteer community-based healthcare workers and form school health clubs in order to prevent malaria. The diocese will also distribute insecticide-treated mosquito nets and teach pregnant women and nursing mothers ways to prevent malaria. This project expands a 2007 program by the Diocese of Maseno in which 89 community healthcare providers were trained to teach malaria prevention to 3, 825 people.
Sudan - Suffering People Learn New Farming Techniques
Amount: $97,213
Ministry Partner: Anglican Diocese of Yambio
In partnership with local government, ministries, the Anglican Church of Sudan will train local people in the Diocese of Yambio in new agricultural techniques that will move them from subsistence to self-sufficient farming. Participating farmers will receive tools and crops to help grow corn, sesame, sorghum, ground nuts, cassava and rice. Most of the tools and materials will be bought and transported from Kampala. The Diocese will teach the farmers new agricultural techniques. Each family is expected to earn at least $350 a year in household income, in addition to the food they consume. They will also be taught the biblical concept of stewardship in weekly Bible studies.
World Mission Day 2010
Download Archbishop Duncan’s Letter, Speakers’ Notes, Participant Worksheet, Mission Day Liturgy and more.
At the Anglican Church in North America Council Meeting in December 2009, Archbishop Robert Duncan announced the first World Mission Day for the new province. He said “The coming together of the Anglican Church in North America presents an unparalleled opportunity for us to begin our life together with new patterns and commitments to spread the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Therefore, I am asking that the Last Sunday after Epiphany be observed each year as World Mission Sunday. In 2010 that day will be Sunday, February 14. On that day I am asking all ACNA churches to highlight this call to world mission through prayers, testimonies, stewardship and education.” In Acts 1:8 Jesus said, “And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth.” This is each Christian’s call to engage in world mission.
In response to this call, The Anglican Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) would like to share with you resources developed by Mr. David Peet, Ascension & St. Mark’s Church, Diocese of Fort Worth for use in your parish to support ARDF on World Mission Sunday.
David has prepared Speaker Notes, a World Mission Meeting Flyer, and a World Mission Meeting Participant Worksheet for parishes that would like to utilize these resources to introduce ARDF to congregations on World Mission Sunday. Please check our website for additional information and materials on ARDF. Other Mission Sunday resources available for parishes are a Liturgy for World Mission prepared by New Wineskins and Litany and Prayers of the People prepared by the World Mission Committee, Diocese of Fort Worth.
ARDF is committed to live the words in Matthew 25:40 “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me” We ask for your prayers for our mission’s success. And, we ask you to continue providing practical help, solid hope and the Word of God to cherished members of our Father’s family living an ocean or more away.
Your contributions this Mission Sunday will be used to support our current projects in Sudan, Ethiopia, Bolivia, and Kenya. Contributions are also still being accepted for Haiti Hurricane relief and redevelopment.
We are asking you to support ARDF with your financial contributions on Sunday, February 14. Thank you for your partnership in proclaiming the gospel with both word and deed throughout the world. For more information (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Executive Director The Anglican Relief and Development Fund.
Download these Mission Day 2010 Resources:
Letter from Archbishop Duncan on World Mission Day [PDF]
World Mission Meeting Flyer [PDF]
World Mission Day Participant Worksheet [PDF]
Liturgy for World Mission Sunday [PDF]
Litany and Prayers of the People [PDF]
URGENT - Donations Needed for Malawi Earthquake Relief
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has left over 5,000 households in urgent need of food, water and shelter.
Aid is urgently needed to assist earthquake survivors in the northern District of Karonga, after last Sunday’s quake, which measured 6.2 on the Richter Scale. Approximately 5,000 households remain in urgent need of humanitarian aid for food, water and shelter. This letter was sent by Canon Leslie Mtekateka:
Since the 6th December 2009 Karonga which lies on the northern tip of Malawi in Central Africa, has been hit countless tremors. The strength and frequency of these tremors has been increasing. On the first day the tremors started, we experienced 13 waves of tremors with the greatest scaled at 5.9. A few housed were destroyed but many developed a lot of cracks. We had a two day recess then some more waves came with the latest big one being the one that that hit us on 20th December at 1:19 am local time and was scaled at 6.2. The epicentre was right here in Karonga. This was more destructive as most buildings were already weak. No more wall hangings everything is on the floor.
It is difficult to describe the ordeal. It was like you are in a small plane going through a big storm, or in a small boat on a very rough sea. I too thought the world was coming to an end! Though Karonga lies in the Great Rift Valley area, the recent tremors have caused a lot of shock and panicking because we have never experienced such a scenario in remembered or documented history. What makes it more frightening is the fact that the waves seem to be on going. These tremors have caused unprecedented destruction to infrastructure and property. More than 4000 households are badly affected. Churches, school blocks are also destroyed. It is only due to God’s mercy that only four deaths, of a child, a man and two women, have been reported. The hospital is full with patients flooding even the corridors.
As of yesterday the number of casualties reached 287 with 151 going though theatre treatment. When the tremors started to hit there was great panicking at the hospital as both patients, some with IV drips on them, and medical personnel scrambled to leave the buildings. The child died because he was on an oxygen machine and the earthquake disturbed the oxygen supply and no one was available to attend to him. Sometimes the tremors come so close to each other, just within a space of few minutes. Most people are sleeping outside their houses but we are caught in a dilemma as it is the rainy season and the rains have started raining heavily. We were fortunate only during the first week as it was not raining. Thus why the last tremor caused a lot of injuries especially women and children for people had gone back into their houses running away from the rains.
Many buildings have collapsed and those that remain standing have very wide cracks and are on the verge of collapsing. Sleeping in a house now is like trying to commit suicide. Therefore provision of tends or shifting shelters is very ideal. The other threatening factor is the deep cracks on the ground that extends for miles in different areas. In several places hot springs have emerged bring both dark and silver grey fine soils. Some speculate that a volcano may erupt in future.
We are not yet told by the geologist what this means. 15 miles from the town here, are two cracks that follow the two adjacent rivers up stream. All the twelve villages –about 1000 households, in between are being repatriated to higher ground as the land seems to be sinking. And the longest crack is that runs for more than 10 miles parallel to the lake about two miles from the shore passing through the town here. The president has just declared this District a disaster area.
This letter comes to you, therefore as an appeal for humanitarian support to alleviated the untold misery and suffering among the people. We need to assist people have safe shelters like tents or tarpaulin shelters with blankets and mosquito nets. Being in the rainy season especially pregnant women and children are very much vulnerable, we food supplies, medicine, survival kits etc. Should you be able to assist us you can send the aid through our partner diocese- Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth with whom we already do communicate. Please find attached pictures for you to appreciate the distraction
Yours faithfully,
Canon Leslie Mtekateka
Bishop-Elect - Diocese of Northern Malawi
Thank You!
Thank you for your generous donation to the Malawi Earthquake Fund!
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2009 projects
These are our projects which were funded in 2009. If you wish to learn more about how to support this year’s projects, please visit our Donate section.
Democratic Republic of Congo - Community School Project
India - Community Transformation in North Bangalore
Brazil - Project Transforms the Lives of Pregnant Women
Kenya - Growing Faith in the Fields of Kenya
Kenya - Displaced People Return Home
Tanzania - Medical Clinic Provides Quality Healthcare
Democratic Republic of Congo - Community School Project
Amount: $61,271
Implementor: Anglican Diocese of Bukavu
Decades of violent conflicts in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have destabilized thousands of communities and destroyed education, health, and transportation infrastructure. Churches operate 70% of schools and health facilities in DRC and are a cornerstone in the country’s rebuilding process. This 18-month grant will repair and expand the Lwanwa primary school, located in Walungu district of Bukavu, DRC, which serves seven villages with a population of 7000. The completed school will allow for an increase in student enrollment, improve teacher retention, and provide safe, clean facilities for classes, vaccinations, national examinations, community events, and a place for God’s Word to be shared. 514 people will be impacted by the use of the school’s facilities; 2624 people will hear the Word of God.
India - Community Transformation in North Bangalore
Amount: $22,400
Implementor: Divya Shanthi Christian Association (DSCA)
With a population of 6 million people, Bangalore is the 3rd largest city in India and is referred to as India’s “Silicon Valley” because of its high concentration of information technology industries and its temperate climate. Excluded from the booming economy, though, are an estimated 1.35 million people, or 25% of the city’s population, who live in large slum communities and lack access to basic needs such as education, health care, and income-generating opportunities. With this 12-month grant, DSCA will address the root causes and results of poverty in seven marginalized communities in northern Bangalore. 30,000 people will receive healthcare, 2500 children will have increased access to education and ministry, and 2100 heads of households will be helped through income-generation training.
Brazil - Project Transforms the Lives of Pregnant Women
Amount: $90,195
Implementor: Holy Spirit Anglican Parish
The rapidly growing church in Brazil is becoming an important social network that is dealing with the effects of domestic violence, street violence, teen pregnancies, and other societal problems. In Recife, one of the most violent cities in Brazil where rampant poverty exists, Holy Spirit Anglican Parish serves a large community of the economically and spiritually poor. Many pregnant young women have little enthusiasm about giving birth and consider abortion an option to pregnancy. With this grant, the Parish will prepare 150 pregnant young women and their families for a new baby through pre- and post-natal care, income generation skill-building, and evangelism. This is the second project of its type that ARDF is granting to Holy Spirit Anglican Parish. The first, granted two years ago, successfully resulted in 720 lives being changed.
Kenya - Growing Faith in the Fields of Kenya
Amount: $39,200
Implementor: The Anglican Church of Kenya and Planting Faith Ministries
Although the land in Kenya offers great agricultural potential, more than half the nation’s 31.3 million people live in poverty. About 75% of the country’s poorest people live in rural areas. With most people unable to afford to continue their education beyond primary school, they are limited to lives of labor and poverty. The Anglican Church of Kenya and Planting Faith Ministries are reaching out to farmers in four dioceses with loans and business training so they can grow sunflowers and aloe vera, increasing family household income so families are able to afford school fees, provide for better meals, pay their medical bills, and save money. All training is based on godly business practices and includes discipleship and evangelism. 1200 farmers and family members will be impacted by this project.
Kenya - Displaced People Return Home
Amount: $97,814
Implementor: The Diocese of Eldoret, Anglican Church of Kenya
The disputed Kenyan election in December 2007 sparked a violent rampage that left 300,000 Kenyans displaced from their homes and villages. Although the government has begun resettlement, tens of thousands of internally displaced people remain in temporary transit shelters. Many of these rural shelters lack basic services such as adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities and access to schools and health services. These dire conditions, coupled with mental trauma from the riots and the bleak prospect for the future, have left people in urgent need of care. Through this grant, the Diocese of Eldoret will provide 1000 families with counseling, access to education, and an opportunity to rebuild their economic base. The Diocese will walk alongside communities through the mediation process between receiving communities and internally displaced people, to help resolve remaining issues and improve the transition on both sides. All work is built on the Gospel and includes evangelism and hearing the Word of God. Grant may be less than indicated depending on current need.
Tanzania - Medical Clinic Provides Quality Healthcare
Amount: $64,025
Implementor: Shinyanga Diocese, Anglican Church of Tanzania
Tanzania’s Shinyanga province is a drought-prone region plagued with poverty and lacking basic services. People often suffer and die from common preventable diseases, such as malaria, diarrhea, parasites, malnutrition, and cholera. Tanzania’s infant mortality rate is 68 per 1,000 live births; more than 19% of children are underweight and 32% are stunted in some districts of Tanzania. Shinyanga Diocese runs St. Mary’s clinic, the only health facility in the area. It is under-funded and lacking in resources, yet serves a population of more than 130,000. This investment will enable Shinyanga Diocese to improve the quality of healthcare and serve more people by completing a critical maternity wing, purchase medical equipment, and renovate a lodge for medical missionaries. Patients at the improved facility will hear the Word of God. 6000 people will benefit from treatment and care in the improved facilities; an additional 150 mothers and infants gain access to medical care.
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Do you have an idea for a project that supports our brothers and sisters in the Global South? Would your project both expand of the Kingdom of God through the proclamation of the Gospel, and change in the daily lives of program beneficiaries?
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In 2009, our priority areas are:
- Child soldiers, especially in northern Uganda and West Africa
- Geographic areas of emphasis: West Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sudan
- Famine
- Children and youth at risk
- Water and sanitation
- Malaria
- Islamic population exposure to the Gospel
- Education
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Pittsburgh, PA 15230-3830
All gifts are used as designated. However, in the unlikely event that a project becomes overfunded, your gift will be applied to a similar project in need or where needed the most.
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"Mission Is Central to Anglicanism"
Measuring Results
The Anglican Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) is committed to only funding programs that show measurable, demonstrable progress. We do not support large international projects with results that can’t be measured. Instead we search out local ventures in the Global South with high impact results that provide permanent life changes. Regrettably, we cannot share all of our Project Results Reports because of the sensitivity of many of our projects. Below is a sample of results reports from Tanzania, Brazil, Burundi, Philippines, and Kenya. [All files in PDF format - will open in new window/tab]
- Clean Water and AIDS Care in Tanzania
- Churches Reach Out to Help Poor, Pregnant Brazilian Women
- Rescuing Starving Burundians
- Filipino Women Break Cycles of Poverty
- Malawi Farmers Learn to Make Better Use of Their Land
We welcome you to contact us if you have any further questions about how we measure results.
2007 Projects
These are our projects which were funded in 2007. If you wish to learn more about how to support this year’s projects, please visit our Donate section.
Increased Income and Improved Living Conditions for Burundian
Empowering Ugandans to Halt the Spread of HIV
Congolese Women Learn Skills to Support Their Families
Malaria Education and netting for Kenyan Mothers & Children
Sudanese Clergy Get Training in Discipleship and Evangelism
Sierra Leonean Students Receive a Vocational Education
Reconciling Refugees in Sudan with Farming and HIV Prevention
New Churches and Bible Study for Flood-Ravaged Argentines
Malawian Farmers Learn to Make Better Use of Their Land
Free HIV Tests for Rural Tanzanians
Churches Reach Out to Help Poor, Pregnant Brazilian Women
AIDS Education for Ugandans
Drought-Prone Tanzanians Receive Needed Water and Food Relief
Diocese Provides Daycare for Brazilian Children and Families
Raising Up Lay Leaders From Throughout India
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Increased Income and Improved Living Conditions for Burundians
ID: 1-13XL6-1006
Amount: $51,100
Implementor: Diocese of Makamba, Anglican Church of Burundi
In war-scarred and poverty-stricken Burundi, women and girls spend hours a day processing cassava and corn by hand or walking many miles to grinding mills. Farmers in remote areas are often forced to sell their crops at low prices because they lack efficient means to process them. With this project, the Diocese of Makamba will install 20 grinding mills in remote areas of Makamba province, improving the living conditions of tens of thousands of people. $51,100
Empowering Ugandans to Halt the Spread of HIV
ID: 1-13MPC-1006
Amount: $35,000
Implementor: Central Buganda Diocese, Anglican Church of Uganda
The spread of HIV in Uganda’s Central Buganda Diocese has been fueled by misconceptions, poverty and limited access to food and clean water. This project brings HIV prevention education through evangelism, as well as cleans water and food security, to those in need. Beneficiaries will improve school attendance and achievement, improve household nutrition and income and revitalize the community’s commitment to a Christian way of life.
Congolese Women Learn Skills to Support Their Families
ID: 1-13PIW-1006
Amount: $42,056
Implementor: Diocese of Kisangani, Congo
Between 1996 and 2004, Eastern Congo’s Oriental province suffered as 3.5 million Congolese died as a result of war, famine and disease; another 1.8 million were internally displaced and more than 300,000 refugees fled to surrounding countries. Since a peace accord was signed and a transitional government was installed, thousands of people have started to return, but women and children have been left vulnerable. This grant enables widows and single mothers to start income-generating projects so they can raise living standards for their loved ones.
Malaria Education and Netting for Kenyan Mothers and Children
ID: 1-107V8-1006
Amount: $32,050
Implementor: Diocese of Maseno, Kenya
Malaria is a top cause of illness and death in rural Siaya, Kenya. This grant enables the diocese to educate thousands of pregnant women, nursing mothers, and students about malaria prevention techniques and distribute insecticide-treated mosquito nets. As a result, illnesses during pregnancy and miscarriages will be reduced. Children will be able to attend school more often due to improved health and the child mortality rate will drop.
Sudanese Clergy Get Training in Discipleship and Evangelism
ID: 1-ZRYP-0706
Amount: $55,100
Implementor: Carlile College, Church Army Africa, Kenya
Christianity is blossoming in Southern Sudan, but the proportion of educated church leaders is not keeping pace. Carlile College, part of Nairobi, Kenya-based Church Army Africa, has developed training materials for eight clergy in a local context, taking into consideration environment, language and culture. Training focuses on holistic discipleship strategy and the hands-on experience of the eight students during their four years of the program will spread exponentially throughout the region’s churches.
Sierra Leonean Students Receive a Vocational Education
ID: 1-VN7M-0906
Amount: $69,866
Implementor: Bo Anglican Diocese, Sierra Leone
In Bo, Sierra Leone’s second-largest city, demand for education is rising and competition for the few secondary school slots forces many students to drop out after primary school. Through this project, vocational skills training will keep students off the streets and give them marketable skills they can use to support themselves.
Reconciling Refugees in Sudan With Farming and HIV Prevention
ID: 1-NW4L-0906
Amount: $54,400
Implementor: Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) Sudan
In poverty-stricken Southern Sudan, the confluence of returning refugees and ex-fighters with the raging fight against HIV means Sudanese must address immediate as well as long-term concerns. This grant enables Maridi diocese leaders to encourage people toward peace and reconciliation, while helping with resettlement, restored farming capabilities and HIV prevention.
New Churches and Bible Study for Flood-Ravaged Argentines
ID: 1-1045Y-0906
Amount: $56,400
Implementor: Anglican Diocese of Northern Argentina, Argentina
Floods in early 2006 displaced 10 communities of northern Argentina’s indigenous Wichi people, destroying their homes and church buildings. This project builds and furnishes 10 churches, replaces lost Bibles and provides materials and equipment for outreach and discipleship. Hundreds of youth and adults will receive discipleship training and many will come to Christ.
Malawian Farmers Learn to Make Better Use of Their Land
ID: 1-1062C-0906
Amount: $31,448
Implementor: Anglican Diocese of Northern Malawi, Malawi
Malawi has some of the worst food shortages and malnutrition problems in sub-Saharan Africa, with 55% of rural people suffering chronic food shortages and only 14% having adequate food supplies. Drought and other environmental and economic factors are making impoverished farmers even poorer. At the Chiwowa Chisala Agricultural Demonstration Training Center, ADNM teaches farmers to use basic technology and small-scale, local approaches to improve land management and water systems to boost agricultural output.
Free HIV Tests for Rural Tanzanians
ID: 1-LVKZ
Amount: $21,100
Implementor: St. Luke’s Dispensary
Despite high HIV infection rates, impoverished, rural residents of Mpwapwa, Tanzania, lack access to counseling and testing services due to costs and questions about confidentiality through government agencies. This project enables residents to learn how to avoid contracting or spreading the disease, while enabling families to care for their infected loved ones. The Anglican Church is strategically positioned to help in this role due to its presence in villages and its ability to provide hope to people dying from AIDS. 1,480 people will be impacted through this project.
Churches Reach Out to Help Poor, Pregnant Brazilian Women
ID: 1-103XU
Amount: $56,910
Holy Spirit Anglican Parish
Many young, pregnant women of Recife and Jaboatao dos Guararapes and their families are spiritually poor and live in unhealthy conditions. Many have little enthusiasm about giving birth and consider abortion an option to pregnancy. Holy Spirit Anglican Parish will expand its evangelical and social mission to poor pregnant women and their families, working through Hope Anglican Mission, Betel Mission, and Saint Paul Parish, all affiliated with the Anglican Diocese of Recife. This outreach program focuses on prenatal care, dental care, and better family relationships. In addition, this program will encourage Bible studies that can draw the family together and closer to Christ. 720 people will be impacted, some in multiple ways.
AIDS Education for Ugandans
ID: 1-NVDD
Amount: $34,500
Diocese of Kinkizi
Because AIDS is believed to be a curse in many parts of Uganda, educating people about the disease is a challenge. The Diocese of Kinkizi seeks to fight the virus by building on the organization’s successful adolescent sexual and reproductive health program and by encouraging all people to seek HIV counseling and testing. Volunteers are mobilized and trained to counsel and care for people living with AIDS, while community care aides and peer educators are equipped to provide HIV education. The program design and plan matches the needs of the area and the project leader has a skilled team to implement the project. 11,270 people will be impacted, some in multiple ways.
Drought-Prone Tanzanians Receive Needed Water and Food Relief
ID: 1-XZAN
Amount: $79,210
The Anglican Diocese of Tabora
In drought-prone regions of Tanzania, the Anglican Diocese of Tabora is involved in various community development projects focusing on water, health, environmental sanitation, environmental conservation and relief services. These programs are implemented at the grass-roots level and serve marginalized, economically impoverished people. This project is a follow-up project to the relief project funded by ARDF in April 2006 and will mitigate a variety of food-security threats and bring measurable, sustainable results. Clean water and improved hygiene practices will prevent debilitating and deadly diseases. Access to water also establishes stable communities where people can settle and contribute to local development. As people learn proper techniques for managing soil and livestock, cattle and poultry will be healthier, nutritional value of food sources will increase and people’s health will improve. The Diocese of Tabora will bring a holistic program to rural areas that have not received much support from the government. Through this project 9,500 people will be impacted, some in multiple ways. .
Diocese Provides Daycare for Brazilian Children and Families
ID: 1-X14Q
Amount: $66,000
Implementor: Anglican Diocese of Recife
Two parish daycare centers have been operating in Olinda and Recife, Brazil, under the auspices of the Diocese of Recife, for more than 20 years, but without a systematic plan to help families. People in these two cities are poor and fall prey to the physical and emotional problems associated with poverty. Few organizations are trying to meet the need for daycare because it is an expensive proposition, yet it is essential for children to have a place to be cared for so their parents can earn money, and in these two poor cities there is a waiting list of daycare services. This project expands daycare opportunities for young children and helps families reduce conflict and violence toward children through spiritual counseling and improved economic conditions. 572 people will be impacted, some in multiple ways.
Raising Up Lay Leaders From Throughout India
ID: 1-107QO
Amount: $41,139
Scripture Applied Leadership Training (SALT) Institute
The growing number of Indian Christians has resulted in a serious shortage of trained leaders capable of instructing believers in doctrine, leading Bible studies, and being effective Gospel witnesses to the unchurched and those of other faiths. This grant enables SALT Institute (affiliated with the Church of South India) to construct and operate a hostel to serve as a residential training facility. The training will involve a month-long residential program that equips church leaders from throughout India to return to their home churches and raise up lay leaders. After the funding period, about 1,000 trainers and lay leaders will benefit from this program annually.
2008 Projects
These are our projects which were funded in 2008. If you wish to learn more about how to support this year’s projects, please visit our Donate section.
Nigeria - Widows Hear the Gospel
Democratic Republic of Congo - Building a House of Worship
Uganda - Health Center Builds Surgical Ward
Kenya - Community Learns a Christ-like Response to AIDS
Uganda - At Risk Girls Educated in a Safe Environment
Democratic Republic of Congo - Youth Training Programs
Sudan - Primary Teacher Training
Ghana - Supplies Help Flood Victims Recover
Rwanda - Batma Pygmies Learn to be Self-Sufficient
Nigeria - Widows Hear the Gospel
Amount: $25,060
Implementor: Anglican Diocese of Abuja, Widows Fellowship
A widow in Nigeria has lost not only her husband but, in many cases, her rights. Widows are often exiled from their homes and left in dire poverty. The Widows Fellowship will fund the construction of a Training Center on a church compound. With the funds from this project, the Training Center will be equipped with sewing and embroidery machines and provided other training materials. Widows will participate in discipleship programs and learn business skills to become financially self-sustaining.
Democratic Republic of Congo - Building a House of Worship
Amount: $60,000
Implementor: Kinshasa Diocese, DRC Anglican Church
When members of the Anglican Church fled from the war-ravaged eastern region of the DRC, they sought refuge in the west. However, the church in Kinshasa lacks a building and currently holds services beneath a tree. The diocese owns land, but needs funding to construct a church building. These funds will allow for the construction of adequate space to support the church and its pastoral and evangelistic outreach programs allowing the community to unite with believers who already gather there regularly.
Uganda - Health Center Builds Surgical Ward
Amount: $66,650
Implementor: Azur Christian Health Center
The Azur Christian Health Center provides quality medical care relieving pressure on the local government hospital. The center recently added a 16-bed maternity ward and has a committed Christian staff that provides patients with the saving message of Christ. This project will provide funds to build a new surgical ward with eight beds, while surgical equipment will be donated by hospitals in the United Sates and the United Kingdom. This holistic project will provide patients with much needed physical and spiritual care.
Kenya - Community Learns a Christ-like Response to AIDS
Amount: $52,404
Implementor: Diocese of Mumias, Anglican Church of Kenya
Like other sub-Saharan countries, Kenya has been hard hit by AIDS. People living with the disease are often ostracized, even while they suffer physical and emotional devastation. Through this project, the Diocese of Mumias will preserve the community through support for those living with HIV, education to prevent new infections and campaigns to dismantle the myths about the disease. Volunteers and clergy members will be trained to care for, counsel and accept people living with HIV and minister to AIDS orphans.
Uganda - At Risk Girls Educated in a Safe Environment
Amount: $46,034
Implementor: Women of Purpose Ministry, Church of Uganda
Female genital mutilation is widespread in northeastern Uganda and usually occurs when girls are 12 or 13 years old. Also, because girls have to walk long distances to school, many are raped along the roadways. The Women of Purpose Ministry will expand their secondary school by constructing a dormitory for about 200 girls who will attend St. Peter’s Secondary School in Sebei Diocese. The boarding school will provide a safe haven for girls and provide quality education with a foundation in biblical values.
Democratic Republic of Congo - Youth Training Programs
Amount: $15,605
Implementor: Church of Congo
The Church of Congo in the DRC is developing an educational program which aims to sensitize, envision and equip the nation’s young people with the tools to contribute to grass roots development and reconciliation. Based on a recently published book by Judy Acheson (Provincial Youth Worker and CMS Mission partner, this project will equip young people across the Church’s nine dioceses through workshops with skills to engage in community development and reconciliation.
Sudan - Primary Teacher Training
Amount: $18,475
Implementor: Khartoum Diocese, Episcopal Church of Sudan
Sudan, and especially the southern part of the country, has one of the lowest educational enrollment rates in the world. As part of the wider Episcopal Church of Sudan’s Teacher Training and School Development Program, this project will provide training to primary school teachers in Sudan to help alleviate the critical shortage of well-equipped teachers. 40 primary school teachers will be trained during the 10 week training course in Khartoum.
Ghana - Supplies Help Flood Victims Recover
Amount: $50,000
Implementor: Diocese of Tamale, Anglican Church of Ghana
Severe flooding in West Africa has displaced 275,000 people in Ghana. Declared a disaster zone, Northern Ghana was most affected with 51,000 impacted and more than 25 deaths. With this grant, the Diocese will help 5,588 people in 928 vulnerable families with emergency food, medication to combat malaria and cholera and spiritual comfort.
Rwanda - Batma Pygmies Learn to be Self-Sufficient
Amount: $32,131
Implementor: Kigali Diocese, Anglican Church of Rwanda
Traditionally hunter-gathers, the marginalized Batwa tribe of Twandan pygmies will learn farming techniques as a result of this project. The skills they learn will help them to become self-sufficient and aid their integration into the encroaching society. As part of the project, the Kigali Diocese will hold Bible studies and daily morning worship services to help the Batwas engage with the Word of God.
2006 Projects
Kenyan Christians Provide Safe Water and Famine Relief
Tanzanian Church Helps Famine Victims
Reducing Substance Abuse in Kenya
Rwandan Widows Earn a Living
Center Serves Needy Egyptians
Training Church Leaders in Sudan
Micro Loans for Indians in Slums
Bible Studies for Egyptian Youth
Holistic Ministry Center Serves Rural Pakistanis
Bolstering Christian Missions in Kenya
Rescuing Starving Burundians
Tanzanian Farmers Earn Income
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Kenyan Christians Provide Safe Water and Famine Relief
ID: 1-SZWV
Amount: $70,000
Implementor: Anglican Church of Kenya
Severe drought since 2004 has led to famine in many parts of Kenya. The Anglican Church of Kenya will provide potable water to thousands of people affected by famine in West Pokot and Baringo districts and give supplementary food to 1,050 malnourished children.
Tanzanian Church Helps Famine Victims
ID: 1-UD2Z
Amount: $65,655
Implementor: Tabora Diocese, Anglican Church of Tanzania
Food stocks have dwindled in Tanzania as a result of drought. The Anglican Church of Tanzania, Tabora Diocese, will help starving families through this period by providing them with emergency food relief This food will enable children to return to school instead of spending their days searching for sources of nourishment or working to pay for food.
Reducing Substance Abuse in Kenya
ID: 1-UHM7
Amount: $25,450
Implementor: Substance Abuse Rehabilitation and HIV/AIDS Network (SARAH Network)
Drug and alcohol abuse is growing rapidly in Kenya, with youth the most vulnerable. SARAH Network will provide training in substance abuse prevention for teachers, church leaders, and prison and probation officers. A range of tactics will be used, including education, helping addicts quit, supporting addicts’ families, and sharing the Word of God. This broad, wide-ranging strategy confronts the complex problem of substance abuse, which one Kenyan expert calls a disaster worse than HIV/AIDS and famine combined. An estimated 3,850 people will be impacted, some in multiple ways.
Rwandan Widows Earn a Living
ID: 1-SHEK
Amount: $68,273
Implementor: Kigeme Diocese of the Eglise Episcopale au Rwanda (Episcopal Church of Rwanda)
The Rwandan genocide of 1994 resulted in the deaths of up to 1 million people. People are struggling to survive after losing family members, animals, and sources of income. Most households are headed by women and orphans who lack basic necessities like food and clothing. As a region, Gikongoro province has very poor soil and farmers don’t have the farm animals that would provide manure and improve the soil to fight hunger and poverty. This indigenous, church based project gives families opportunities to improve their incomes and earn a living from the land. It teaches them to use agriculture and credit to fight hunger and poverty at the grassroots level through the lending of farm animals that produce manure and the receipt of loans and training that can be used to start businesses. 4,596 people will be impacted.
Center Serves Needy Egyptians
ID: 1-TQZV
Amount: $44,740
Implementor: The Episcopal Diocese of Egypt
Just outside Alexandria on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, the suburb of Ras El Souda is experiencing unprecedented growth. But while construction is booming, many residents remain mired in poverty. Intervening now can help steer this rapidly growing, but impoverished, community toward positive development that benefits all residents. This diocesan-based project will help to equip a new community center that will allow the diocese to expand programs in adult literacy, childhood education, after-school tutoring, health awareness, and healthcare provisions. 1,934 people will be impacted, some in multiple ways.
Training Church Leaders in Sudan
ID: 1-SZYW
Amount: $23,508
Implementor: Good Shepherd Leadership Training Center
The Church in southern Sudan is in desperate need of knowledgeable and skilled church leaders. The Good Shepherd Leadership Training Center will organize training sessions for hundreds of local church leaders and women and youth in southern Sudan and northern Kenya. Sudanese pastors take short courses there in leadership skills, pastoral counseling, and theological studies, taught by the faculty of Christian universities in Africa as well as by visiting teams from the United States.
Micro Loans for Indians in Slums
ID: 1-UGMP
Amount: $34,711
Implementor: Mar Thoma Social Action (MTSA)
Teeming humanity in appallingly squalid conditions throughout the urban communities in New Delhi, India makes for some of the densest and most overwhelming poverty in the world. The situation is made worse by an ever increasing number of economically destitute people from India’s rural areas arriving in the city daily. MTSA is the social institution of the Mar Thoma Church, a church whose roots are founded in Anglicanism and who is in full communion with the Church of North India and the Church of South India. Despite local law that prohibits public evangelism, MTSA has taken a vested interest in the lives of the people in these communities and is committed to spreading the Good News of Christ through their actions. Through past experiences, MTSA has implemented various interventions, including microfinance programs in which beneficiaries are allowed to help themselves. This program is targeting specific slums and equipping women with micro loans and skills training to start income-generating activities to take ownership of their future. An estimated, 1,000 people will be impacted, some in multiple ways.
Bible Studies for Egyptian Youth
ID: 1-PQ3K
Amount: $56,000
Implementor: WORDirect (Gospel Light Worldwide)
Christ-centered Bible instruction in the form of a first-ever standardized religious education curriculum is being introduced to thousands of Anglican Church and Coptic Orthodox children in Egypt. This initiative, which has the endorsement and financial support of both the Anglican and Coptic church leadership, has the potential to bring renewal among Christians in the country by strategically serving the next generation of believers. It also provides an opportunity for these two churches to work together in a country that is predominantly Muslim. This program, in conjunction with the support of the Anglican and Coptic churches, supports the development and publishing of student books, teacher material, and teacher training in a curriculum that has been widely praised and used in other parts of the world. An estimated 6,047 people will be impacted.
Holistic Ministry Center Serves Rural Pakistanis
ID: 1-OAE4
Amount: $16,750
Implementor: Diocese of Hyderabad, Pakistan
The Diocese of Hyderabad will create a holistic outreach center to share the Gospel and build a community of believers. It will strengthen the local church and create a long-term development effort in this region. This project is based upon other holistic ministries the Diocese has successfully completed in similar circumstances. The outreach center will become a permanent base of operations for community development, providing rural people with education and access to medical care. An estimated 250 people Will be impacted, some in multiple ways.
Bolstering Christian Missions in Kenya
ID: 1-P3EJ
Amount: $18,500
Implementor: Anglican Church of Kenya
While the Christian Church in Northern Kenya is growing, clergy, missionaries, and other Christian leaders lack adequate training for helping others grow in their faith. Young people face difficult life circumstances and lack guidance and support. Through this initiative, ACK will provide local leaders with training and organized opportunities to reach out to other community members and youth with forums to learn more about the Gospel and wise decision making. ACK uses a proven approach to training local evangelists and clergy to reach people in remote areas of Northern Kenya with a locals-reaching-locals method, as the region remains a difficult place for foreign missionaries to earn trust and rapport.
Rescuing Starving Burundians
ID: 1-114EE
Amount:$42,219
Diocese of Muyinga, Anglican Church, Burundi
Severe drought in Burundi during 2005 and 2006 has brought about an emergency famine that killed hundreds and affected many thousands of people. The famine is famine that killed hundreds and affected many thousands of people. The famine is made worse by an ongoing refugee crisis and a steady repatriation plan, resulting in more people coming back to ravaged lands. The Diocese of Muyinga, backed by the Anglican Church in Burundi, seeks to directly alleviate starvation and disease in the parts of Burundi worst hit by the drought, through food and spiritual relief. The Anglican Church has a track record of implementing relief projects in Burundi since the civil war broke out in 1994. This project will expand a program to intervene in food relief efforts, resulting I immediate health and nutritional benefits to 5,000 people.
Tanzanian Farmers Earn Income
ID: 1-SL9V
Amount: $47,900
Anglican Diocese of Western Tanganyika
In Tanzania’s least-developed and second-poorest region, this grant enables the church to expand its program of providing high-yield beans and dairy cows, so people in farm families can take steps toward meeting their basic needs and becoming self-reliant. As beneficiaries repay in like-kind, the organization passes on the resources to additional families, transforming lives for years. 4,160 people will be impacted, some in multiple ways.
2005 Projects
Guesthouse Profits Help AIDS Orphans
Basic Healthcare Reaches Remote Myanmarese
Building Leaders Among Unreached Chinese
Remote Villagers Learn Livelihood Skills in Malaysia
Training and New Well Help Malawians Avoid Famine
AIDS Prevention and Job Skills for Ugandan Youth
Ugandan Diocese Expands Support for AIDS Orphans
HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Rural Ghana
Poor Brazilian Children Gain Hope for the Future
Preventing the Spread of Malaria in Ethiopia
Microloans Help to Break Cycle of Poverty in Peru
Kenyan Christians Provide Safe Water and Famine Relief
Tanzanian Church Helps Famine Victims
Sudanese Believers Boost Food Supplies
School for Christian Survivors in Indonesia
Poultry Farm Boosts Income and Shares the Word in Togo
Christian Hospital Treats Underserved Egyptians
AIDS Prevention and Improved Health in Nigeria
Rural Indians Gain Health Education, Medical Care
Clean Water, AIDS Testing, and Salvation for Kenyans
Guesthouse Profits Help AIDS Orphans
ID: 1-I7US-0505
Amount: $39,333
Implementor: Anglican Diocese of Central Zambia
The collapse of the copper mining industry has left Zambia’s economy in shambles. Nearly one in five adults is HIV-positive and the ranks of AIDS orphans are growing. Meanwhile the coffers of the Anglican Diocese of Central Zambia are diminishing. To generate its own funds, the diocese is building a guesthouse and will use profits to expand a program to keep 985 orphans in school and ensure they have adequate healthcare. The enterprise will enable the diocese to support its programs for the long-term, without depending on external contributions. This project enables the church to step forward and help some of the world’s most vulnerable children - African AIDS orphans - by establishing practical and sustainable support.
Basic Healthcare Reaches Remote Myanmarese
ID: 1-GZUA-0405
Amount: $38,000
Implementor: The United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG)
Formerly known as Burma, Myanmar is a nation blessed with precious jewels, oil and teak forests. Yet, despite its natural abundance, many of its people are economically poor, malnourished and sick, driven from their homes or isolated by protracted political turmoil. This effort in the remote Anglican dioceses of Sittwe and Toungoo builds on an earlier project by training an additional 110 community healthcare workers who will treat 55,000 villagers and advise them on preventive care and nutrition. In addition, two medical dispensaries will be stocked with pharmaceuticals and supplies and 5,192 people will benefit from plastic toilet pans and mosquito netting that will stop the spread of disease.
Building Leaders Among Unreached Chinese
ID: 1-HOOF-0605
Amount: $48,500
Implementor: Anglican Frontier Missions
The Hani in China are one of the world’s least-reached people groups. They live in small, impoverished villages along remote mountain ranges. Most Hani are illiterate and the Bible has never been translated into their language. Hani who become Christians face persecution. This project builds on successful training of 300 local Christian leaders to share the Gospel by building effective home-church ministries and planting about 80 house churches. The project also translates 50 Bible stories and 30 songs into Hani. The project prepares the Hani to take responsibility for their churches, reducing the need for foreign missionaries and outside funding. This grant will result in an estimated 800 people coming to Christ.
Remote Villagers Learn Livelihood Skills in Malaysia
ID: 1-GK5K-0405
Amount: $20,390
Implementer: Anglican Village Ministries
Embattled for control over forest resources and facing abject poverty, the marginalized Orang Asli people subsist as hunters and gatherers in rural Malaysia. They lack skills in farming, animal husbandry or business. They cannot easily participate in their society’s push toward economic development. This project equips 120 Asli household heads and their family members with skills to become self-sufficient through small businesses. Participants also will receive medical aid and 100 preschool age children will learn to read and write. About 150 Asli will come to know Christ more deeply.
Training and New Well Help Malawians Avoid Famine
ID: 1-GW1K-0405
Amount: $34,520
Implementer: Anglican Diocese of Northern Malawi
Frequent food shortages debilitate impoverished rural families in Malawi, where half of children younger than 5 suffer from protein deficiencies. Families struggle with inadequate farming techniques, while a lack of clean water increases their chances of contracting easily preventable diseases. This project trains 224 farmers in modern agricultural techniques, improving food supplies and nutrition for a total of 2,240 people. A new borehole well will bring clean, safe water to 1,000 people, further improving health conditions and reducing the time villagers take to fetch river water.
AIDS Prevention and Job Skills for Ugandan Youth
ID: 1-H2LP-0605
Amount: $36,014
Implementer: Kyangyenyi Parish
While Uganda has had success fighting HIV/AIDS in recent years, many orphans, vulnerable children and infected people still desperately need help. Poor health and lack of job skills trap them in a cycle of severe poverty. In this project, Kyangyenyi Parish - part of the Anglican Church of Uganda’s West Ankole Diocese in Bushenyi - expands its ministry to provide children with vocational training and HIV/AIDS prevention and care services. As a result, 1,500 people will receive HIV/AIDS counseling and testing, 950 family members will benefit from higher household income after 190 youth learn vocational skills and find jobs. In addition, 423 people will adopt healthy behaviors to avoid contracting the disease; at least 300 people will come to Christ and join discipleship groups. More than 200 church members will begin visiting and supporting families affected by HIV/AIDS and more than 200 infected people will receive counseling and care.
Ugandan Diocese Expands Support for AIDS Orphans
ID: 1-J9TR-0905
Amount: $49,412
Implementer: North Kigezi Diocese, Anglican Church of Uganda
Uganda, one of the African nations hit earliest and hardest by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, suffers from the consequences of years of economic instability and civil war. While the country has successfully battled the disease and countered rising prevalence rates, rural villages dependent on subsistence farming still lack viable healthcare and social services. In this project, North Kigezi Diocese in southwestern Uganda addresses the needs of hundreds of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and war. This grant will result in 1,500 people benefiting from higher household income, 600 orphans and 240 of their guardians learning to raise livestock, 600 orphans improving their academic performance and coping and social skills, 126 church and community leaders and trainers supporting families with AIDS orphans and an estimated 435 adults and children coming to Christ and being discipled in church-based fellowship groups.
HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Rural Ghana
ID: 1-KDKX-1005
Amount: $16,689
Implementer: Save Life
Despite its natural resources, Ghana is heavily dependent on international aid and more than 60 percent of its people depend on subsistence farming. The government and community-based organizations have boosted awareness about HIV/AIDS, but these efforts have not translated into widespread behavioral change. In addition, rural communities in western Ghana lack adequate social and health services to fight the disease and stigma surrounding it. This project mobilizes Anglican church leaders, youth, and other community members to join the fight in halting the spread of HIV/AIDS. This grant will result in 7,500 people learning about the risks of the disease, 4,000 youth committing to premarital sexual abstinence, 400 adults committing to one sexual partner, and 150 people being tested.
Poor Brazilian Children Gain Hope for the Future
ID: 1-M7UR-1005
Amount: $25,000
Implementer: Living Waters Anglican Parish
Thousands of people live in the garbage dumps of Brazil’s northern city of Olinda and subsist on food they find there. Children cannot attend school because they must sort through waste to earn income for their families. Living Water Anglican Parish will educate dump workers and residents about health, the Gospel and life skills. By renovating its church building and establishing more services, the church will be able to help 200 children participate in educational programs and improve their life skills, 300 residents experience improved health, 200 people strengthen family relationships, and 95 people grow in faith. This holistic, church-based project reaches the neediest residents of Olinda and the indigenous leadership ensures that this project will meet the strongest local needs.
Preventing the Spread of Malaria in Ethiopia
ID: 1-P2SS-1005
Amount: $34,820
Implementer: St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
Though malaria is medically treatable, it kills tens of thousands of Ethiopians each year because they lack adequate healthcare. Meanwhile, erratic weather patterns and other factors have caused an increase in malaria in this region. St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will partner with a training agency to host seminars for 120 women on preventing the spread of malaria and treating the disease with herbal medicines; these women will also receive insecticide-treated mosquito nets. 5,000 people will learn malaria prevention techniques as each of the newly trained women passes on her knowledge to approximately 40 people. This project, by an international congregation of expatriates living and working in Addis Ababa and surrounding areas, focuses on one of the most pressing needs in Ethiopia, the need to help people improve their health and prevent the further spread of malaria.
Microloans Help to Break Cycle of Poverty in Peru
ID: 1-LCR9-1005
Amount: $20,000
Implementer: Anglican Diocese of Peru
In Peru, the Anglican Church provides many social programs. Due to financial instability, however, families continue to live in poverty and social isolation. A few local programs are providing people with microloans to begin or improve businesses, but the Anglican Church in Peru is the only organization also providing training and other services to help people escape cycles of poverty. In this project, the church works in association with the Ecumenical Church Loan Fund to help 200 families receive microloans to expand their businesses. An estimated 400 people take steps toward Christ by joining a church or taking part in discipleship training.
Kenyan Christians Provide Safe Water and Famine Relief
Amount: $70,000
Implementer: Anglican Church of Kenya
Severe drought since 2004 has led to famine in many parts of Kenya. The Anglican Church of Kenya will provide potable water to thousands of people affected by famine in West Pokot and Baringo districts and give supplementary food to 1,050 malnourished children.
Tanzanian Church Helps Famine Victims
Amount: $65,655
Implementer: Tabora Diocese, Anglican Church of Tanzania
Food stocks have dwindled in Tanzania as a result of drought. The Anglican Church of Tanzania, Tabora Diocese, will help starving families through this period by providing them with emergency food relief. This food will enable children to return to school instead of spending their days searching for sources of nourishment or working to pay for food.
Sudanese Believers Boost Food Supplies
Amount: $30,810
Implementer: Ayod Christian Mission for Agriculture, Sudan
After years of war, southern Sudanese are struggling to secure adequate food supplies. Meanwhile, the Church has faced oppression and many people have fled to neighboring nations. The goal of this project is to rebuild the Church and the capacity of Sudanese in this region. ACMA, part of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, is training 3,400 people to improve crop yields and nutrition. In addition, 125 orphans and children separated from their parents due to war will benefit from improved health and literacy skills.
School for Christian Survivors in Indonesia
Amount: $70,400
Implementer: Lembaga Harapan Sejahtera (LHS, Prosperous Hope Agency)
The island of Nias where the project is located has a large Christian population. LHS is constructing a school that will serve 220 students from Kindergarten to sixth grade and will reach parents, families and the entire community with preventive adult education and counseling programs. Church planted with an estimated 40 members.
Poultry Farm Boosts Income and Shares the Word in Togo
Amount: $26,565
Implementer: Anglican Mission Togo (AMT)
One-quarter of Togo’s people practice voodoo and tribal religions and another one-quarter are Muslim. Although one-half of the population is Christian, the rate of conversion to Islam is growing. Many Togolese have yet to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. In response, AMT is starting a poultry farm to sell eggs to women at reduce rates, who will then resell them at a profit. The income will raise the standard of living for 200 women and 1,200 of their family members as they buy more and better food and medicine and pay school fees for their children. Through AMT, an estimated 175 of the women will have opportunities to learn about the Gospel.
Christian Hospital Treats Underserved Egyptians
Amount: $35,000
Implementer: Episcopal Church of Egypt
For over 100 years, the Episcopal Church of Egypt has provided quality healthcare services regardless of patients’ religion or economic status. Local leaders have invited the church to establish a new hospital in the fast-growing industrial city of Sadaat. It will treat 20,000 people yearly, deliver hundreds of babies and provide preventive health education, Christian healthcare providers will share the Gospel in this Muslim region.
AIDS Prevention and Improved Health in Nigeria
Amount: $34,578
Implementer: Gospel Health and Development Services (GHADS), Jos Diocese, Nigeria
Nigeria, African’s most populous country, faces disaster if the spread of HIV/AIDS is not halted. In 2001 at least 3.2 million Nigerians had AIDS and 1.8 million children had been orphaned. Through four general medical care clinics, GHADS has been a significant, committed source in the struggle against HIV/AIDS. In this project, GHADS will renovate two rural clinics and add lab facilities. 5,000 people will receive HIB/AIDS testing and Counseling: 1,000 women will learn basic health care, hygiene methods, and prenatal care to better care for their families and reduce the infant mortality.
Rural Indians Gain Health Education, Medical Care
Amount: $30,000
Implementer: Memorial Hospital, Church of North India
India is home to one-third of the worlds economically poor. Memorial Hospital is a proven Gospel witness in this Muslim-dominated community by bringing medical care and health education to the poorest of the poor living in squalid conditions. This project will provide healthcare for 9,660 villagers through health awareness camps and centers and will vaccinate 1,500 children. It will establish four new community health centers, also training 10 community health coordinators, and will upgrade six health centers in 10 villages. While 5,000 women receive direct assistance during childbirth from 50 trained midwives, 4,000 people will increase their awareness regarding health and lifestyle issues.
Clean Water, AIDS Testing, and Salvation for Kenyans
Amount: $44,887
Implementer: Anglican Church of Kenya, Machakos Diocese
In Kenya’s drought-plagued Machakos Diocese impoverished families lack clean water, resulting in waterborne diseases and failing crops. Inadequate information about farming techniques and HIV/AIDS compound their problems. This grant enables the diocese to construct community wells, improving healthcare of 18,000 people. About 1,800 heads of households will learn water management and small-scale farming skills to increase income and improve nutrition for their families. 1,300 people will receive HIV/AIDS education, and 140 will seek counseling and testing. The diocese will share the Good News and lead an estimated 270 people to Christ as it educates.
What We Do
Since the Fund’s inception in September 2004, ARDF, by God’s grace, has been working directly with the spiritually vibrant, but resource-poor Anglican Churches of the Global South.
Generous contributions have provided over $3.5 million in funding for 90 relief and development projects. This generosity has changed the lives of over 500,000 people in 31 different countries, and has strengthened our partnership with Anglicans world-wide.
A new round of projects has recently been approved by our Trustees, and are in need of funding. Read about them here.
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2009 Leadership
Global South Trustees
Honorary Chair
The Baronness Caroline Cox
President
The Most Rev. Robert William Duncan
Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America and Bishop of Pittsburgh
Trustees
The Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Anis
Archbishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and The Middle East
The Most Rev. Dr. John Chew
Province of South East Asia and Bishop of Singapore
The Most Rev. Justice Akrofi
Archbishop of West Africa and Bishop of Accra
The Most Rev. Gregory James Venables
Presiding Bishop of the Southern Cone and Bishop of Argentina
North America Leadership Trustees
Chairman
Mr. Bill Deiss
The Falls Church
Falls Church, Virginia
Treasurer
Mr. Tom Hay
St. Stephen’s
Sewickley, PA
Secretary
The Rev. Greg Brewer
Calvary/St. George’s
Manhattan, NY
Trustees
The Rev. Dr. Peter Moore
St. Michael’s
Charleston, SC
The Rev. David Short
St. John’s (Shaughnessy)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Mr. William Roemer
St. Stephen’s
Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Mr. Brad Root
Fox Chapel
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mr. Claus Lenk
Toronto, Ontario
Mrs. Gail Michaels
All Saints
Pawleys Island, SC
Mr. Dennis Ward
St. Andrew’s
Fort Worth, TX
The Rev. D.O. Smart
Christ Church
Overland Park, KS
The ARDF Difference
Our Mission
We will work within the worldwide Anglican Communion to maximize life change in some of the most challenging parts of the world by
- Mutually crossing cultural and economic boundaries
- Focusing on Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East
- Supporting holistic, community based projects that incorporate evangelism
- Striving to use the highest quality project research and outcome evaluation available
- Providing a spiritually-enriching, thoughtful and satisfying giving experience for our donors.
Agia learned how to read and write at the Ras El Sonda Community Development Center. These skills have helped her in running her baking business.
Our Vision
Through the love of Jesus Christ, ARDF strives to connect those who can provide with those who need through a holistic, high impact, and proven community development approach so that believers are strengthened and encouraged, lives are rescued and made whole, and Christ is glorified.
Our Values
Life Change
The world is full of charitable organizations which work to meet the needs of the less fortunate throughout the world, and many of them do. But the question is do they do it efficiently, providing the greatest life changing impact per dollar donated and showing the results to you the donors?
Measurable Results
The Anglican Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) answers the above question with a resounding “Yes” and that is what separates ARDF from other funds. We don’t support large international projects with results that can’t be measured. Instead we search out local ventures in the Global South with high impact results that provide permanent life changes. Read more…
Objectivity
Our standards for project funding are kept objective due largely to our partnership with independent philanthropic research service firms, who analyze each project expenditure with an investment mindset.
Local Knowledge = Sustained Impact
ARDF’s unique personal connection with many dioceses and their leaders in the Global South allows us to discover, evaluate and fund projects which can target specific people and problems, not broad segments and ideas. The result is that lives are dramatically improved for the long term. ARDF doesn’t provide just food for sustenance; we supply boats for fishing in the Tsunami hit areas and sponsor education for villages in farming in Africa so lifestyles and standards of living are dramatically altered.