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Empowering Communities for a Just World - PWRDF

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) of The Anglican Church of Canada works towards a truly just, healthy, and peaceful world through sustainable development, humanitarian response, refugees, global justice, and education/advocacy. Operating in 26 countries across Africa, Asia/Pacific, and Canadian Indigenous/Latin America-Caribbean regions, PWRDF focuses on economic empowerment through gender-based work, micro-credit, food security, and advocacy for debt cancellation, HIV/AIDS, indigenous land rights, and more. The organization collaborates with various partners and engages in youth empowerment initiatives.

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Empowering Communities for a Just World - PWRDF

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  1. The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) The Anglican Church of Canada

  2. A truly just, healthy, and peaceful world

  3. Areas of Focus • Sustainable Development • Humanitarian response • Refugees • Global Justice • Education/Advocacy

  4. Geographic Regions 26 countries, 99 partners • Africa • Asia/Pacific • Canadian Indigenous/Latin America-Caribbean

  5. Relief Work • Member of ACT Alliance • Work with Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) • Founding member of Canadian Churches in Action (CCA)

  6. Recent Relief Work • Japan (through CWS and NSKK) • Pakistan (ACT Alliance) • Canada (dioceses) • Chile (ACT Alliance) • Haiti (ACT Alliance, Diocese of Haiti) • Kenya (CFGB) • Tanzania (CFGB) • Somalia and Ethiopia (ACT Alliance)

  7. Economic Empowerment • PWRDF approaches economic empowerment primarily through: • Gender-based work • Micro-credit • Food security

  8. Microcredit • OIKOCredit membership • Supporting micro-credit in: • Mozambique (Caixa) • India (CASA, OfERR) • Sri Lanka (OfERR, MONLAR)

  9. Advocacy • Debt cancellation • HIV/AIDS • Mining • Indigenous land rights • Climate change • MDGs • Refugees • Human rights

  10. Advocacy Partners • Anglican Church of Canada • Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) • Canadian Ecumenical Anti-Racism Network (CEARN) • Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance • KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives

  11. Youth Empowerment • PWRDF Youth Council • Youth Exchange with Diocese of Bujumbura • Living Justice Confirmation Resource • 50 Leaders program

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