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April
The Language of Work and Partnership
Language is the April Focus of the PWRDF Family Calendar -- the languages of work and partnership. You can explore this important concern with your family at any time of the year.
Family Activity: Learn a greeting in the languages of our partners
Following are some words of greeting -- hello or good morning -- from some of the languages spoken in the countries where PWRDF partnerships are located. Try them out and see if you've heard them in your own community.
Arabic: Marhaba (Sudan, Middle East)
Bengali: Namaskar ( Bangladesh)
Burmese: Mingalarbar (Burma)
Cree: Tansi (Canada)
French: Salut (Burundi, Rwanda, DRC, Canada)
Kirundi: Mwaramutse (Burundi)
Mikmaq: Kwé (Canada)
Mohawk: kwe kwe (Canada)
Ojibwe: Boozhoo (Canada)
Pijin: Halo (Solomon Islands)
Portuguese: Olá (Brazil, Mozambique)
Sesotho: Dumela (South Africa)
Sinhala: A`yubowa (Sri Lanka)
Spanish: Hola (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru)
Swahili/ Kiswahili: Jambo (Kenya, Tanzania, DRC, Uganda, Mozambique)
Tagalog: Hoy(Philippines)
Tamil: Vanakkam( Sri Lanka)
Zulu: Sawubona (South Africa)
PWRDF has a long commitment to and involvement with other Canadian churches in our common call to work for peace with justice. In 2001, from a rich global heritage and a hopeful Canadian tradition, Canadian churches and religious organizations formed KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives. A faithful and decisive response to God's call for respect for the earth and justice for its people, KAIROS is dedicated to promoting human rights, justice and peace, viable human development, and solidarity. In KAIROS, the churches and religious organizations work together for justice, benefiting from collective discernment in responding wisely and faithfully to the signs of the times. KAIROS is building a strong faith-based movement for justice and peace. See the Kairos Network page to get involved. Join in this year's campaign: Re-energize: Time For A Carbon Sabbath.
Activity for ages 3-6: Crack the Code
Find the name of these organizations by replacing the symbol with the correct letter.
A=• C=+ D=∧ F=˜ I=º K=› O=‡ P=§ R=∨ S=* W=¢
§ ¢ ∨ ∧ ˜
› • ° ∨ ‡ *
+ ° ∧ •
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Activity for ages 6-10: Definition Match
PDF VERSION OF THIS ACTIVITY.
Find the definition that best matches the following words. Answers below.
A. Africa; B.Asia Pacific; C. Canada; D.CIDA; E. Communities; F.Conscience; G. Development; H. Emergency relief; I. Empathy; J.Fair Trade; K; Fairness; L. Indigenous; M.Justgeneration; N.Justice; O. Kairos; P.Latin America; Q.Partners;
R. Refugees; S.Sharing; T.Stewardship
2.To divide and distribute in fair portions.
3.To bring out the possibilities – to grow and mature.; Also a term used to describe how people can create a better life for themselves, their children and their communities.
4.The world’s second largest country, occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean.
5.The world’s second largest continent, surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. With more than 900 million people (as of 2005) in 61 territories.
6.The quality of right relationship.
7.The PWRDF Youth Initiative.
8.The international development agency of the government of Canada known as the Canadian International Development Agency
9.The careful management of something entrusted to one’s care.
10.The action of understanding, and being sensitive to the feelings and experience of another.
11.Territories in the Americas where the Spanish or Portuguese languages prevail: Mexico, most of Central and South America, plus Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean.
12. PWRDF relationships based on shared values, equity, accountability, autonomy, communication, inclusiveness, openness, transformation and solidarity.
13.Marked by honesty, free of favouritism and prejudice.
14.Having originated in a particular environment.
15. A term generally applies to East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia near the Pacific Ocean, plus the states in the ocean itself (Oceania).
16. A situation that happens suddenly, including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, drought, hurricanes and cyclones.These situations are often called 'natural disasters', but many situations are worsened by environmentally harmful human activity including climate change and deforestation.
17.A sense of what is good and fair together with a feeling to do what is right.
18.A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country
19.A group with common interests.
20.A dynamic church-based social justice movement.
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SWEET DEAL!
Share your collage with PWRDF and we send you a fair trade chocolate bar. More....
Activity for ages 10-15: News Collage
Collect Materials: Collect a week's worth of newspapers or a selection of news magazines. Look for the words in the Definitions Match exercise above and cut out the headlines related to these stories. Cut out the stories, all or in part. Find images and faces that go with these stories. Add a few of your own messages about how you feel about the world as it is and as you would like it to be. Add other bits and pieces to your stash from around the house -- candy wrapper, beads, buttons, etc.
Choose a form: You might choose to work on something flat -- piece of paper or cardboard, or find something 3 dimensional to work on -- a balloon, or a bottle.
Create: Add your words, images and bits and pieces using a glue that is clear when it dries. Add colour, or a glaze with colour over top and keep building until you're happy with your piece.
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Crack the Code: PWRDF, KAIROS, CIDA
Definitions: A-5;B-15;C-4;D-8;E-19;F-17;G-3;H-16;
I-10;J-1;K-13;L-14;M-7;N-6;O-20;P-11;Q-12;R-18;S-2;T-9)
Missing Words from Definitions : These words appear on the print version of the Family Calendar word search: Anglican PWRDF dignity respect
Can you put them in a sentence?
Hint: Can you identify where this sentence comes from: “Will you strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being?”
The baptism promise in the Book of Alternative Services page 159.
One sample sentence:
PWRDF is one way Anglicans act out their baptismal promise to strive for justice peace and to respect the dignity of every human being.
Come Out and Play: Count Around the World in 5 Languages. Diane Law
Count along in English, Spanish, German, French and Chinese while enjoying the bright, playful illustrations. Available from Parent Books.
