PWRDF is the work of Canadian Anglicans who learn, act, give and pray for the realization of a world where there is enough for all.
Voices OF HOPE
These short stories are samples of the ‘voices’ that come out of PWRDF projects around the world. They are designed to provide a taste of the voices and lives that are touched by Anglicans in Canada through your support of PWRDF.
These stories used to be called Pew Bulletin Stories, mainly because that is where they often appeared. But these stories, these voices, are also being used as sermon illustrations or as Voices OF HOPE at various parish gatherings. They are also useful for bulletin boards or as case studies in workshops. Equally important are the prayers you offer publicly and in private for PWRDF partners around the world. PWRDF provides the hands, the eyes, the feet for Anglicans in Canada. This is your ministry and your mission across Canada and around the world. Voices OF HOPE rise up wherever PWRDF works in the world.
Voices OF HOPE (Pew Bulletin Stories)
March 2008 PDF
Kenya:Young women become auto mechanics
Uganda: Practical training transforms land
South Africa: Foster parents support HIV/AIDS families
Mexico: Planting seeds, seeking justice
Philippines: Music transforms lives on the sugar plantation
Hong Kong: When migrant workers lose their rights
Guatemala: Women play significant role in community life
Sri Lanka: When refugees become the teachers
Kenya: More chickens and more eggs
Brazil: Together on a 30-year journey
Mexico: Denominational boundaries fall in grief
Bangladesh: Teaching children born in brothels
Tanzania: Five villages receive clean water and medicine
Tanzania: Drama and music used in HIV and AIDS education
Tanzania: Farmers teach other how to improve techniques
December 2007 PDF
Canada: PWRDF assumes its membership at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Canada/Global: Calling on the Canadian government to engage in
constructive dialogue with Indigenous peoples
Burma: Villagers come together in protest and prayer for peace
India: PWRDF partner advocating for the safe return of refugees
Global: 2007 World AIDS Day focuses on Leadership
Cuba: PWRDF partner is the backbone for the community
Kenya: Home-based caregivers lead by example
July 2007 PDF
Pakistan: Training youth to help in reconstruction efforts after the 2005 earthquake
Kenya: Providing food security for drought affected communities
Philippines: Community theatre a vehicle for social justice promotion
Burundi: Helping returning refugees to re-settle
Canada: Fifth Continental Meeting of Indigenous Women of the Americas
Sri Lanka: Challenges in providing relief in times of conflict
Mexico: Sustainable community gardens
March 2007 PDF
Philippines: Stop the Political Killings!
South Africa: Women for Peace Community Development Program
Thai-Burma Border: Addressing Drug Abuse is Vital
Canada/Switzerland: Working Ecumenically to Respond to Worldwide Emergencies and Development
Tanzania: Goats Provide a Livelihood for People Living with HIV and AIDS in Masasi
Guatemala: Capacity Development for Women
Canada: “Leadership” chosen as theme for World AIDS Day
December 2006 PDF
Cuba: Building capacity for communities to take up ownership
Guatemala: "You are not Alone" Accompaniment Project
South Africa: Siyabonga! Thank You! from the women of Soweto
Sudan/Kenya: PWRDF partner works to alleviate the hardships in refugee camp
Burma: Karen ethnic women resist attacks by Burmese Regime
Canada: Advocating for the right to be educated in First Nations languages
Canada: Strengthening the PWRDF Refugee Network
October 2006 PDF
Burundi: Refugees in camps make HIV and AIDS priority
Philippines: Standing for the rights of small scale farm producers
China: Addressing the plight of Asian migrant workers
Mexico: Centre for Women's Human Rights
Kenya: HIV and AIDS program reaches out to Security Guards
Brazil: AIDS and the Church project
Sri Lanka: Call to end the escalating civil war in Sri Lanka
June 2006 PDF
Mexico: PWRDF partner K'inal Antzetik aims to reduce maternal mortality
Mozambique: Micro-credit union for women by women
Sri Lanka: Recognising the important role of women in the aftermath of the Tsunami
Canada: Indigenous People's AIDS Satellite
Global: Celebrate the indomitable spirit and courage of the world's refugees.
Kenya: Living positively with HIV and AIDS
Bangladesh: Rays of hope for the children of the brothels
December 2005 PDF
Success! Now move on (Tanzania)
Health, land and water in Nicaragua
Bringing together anthropology and missiology (Brazil)
Knowledge is power (AIDS Kenya, Tanzania)
Battling AIDS through nutrition (Kenya)
The healing power of love (South Africa)
Hearts for AIDS in Etwatwa (South Africa)
December 2004
Part 1 PDF
Live With Hope (Uganda)
Good News About Clean Water (Tanzania)
Best Women's Organization In Nampula (Mozambique)
Share-Raising A Cow Can Change A Life (Bangladesh)
Part 2 PDF
Weaving Sarees In Tangail (Bangladesh)
A Strategy For The Solomons (Solomon Islands)
Hammocks And Hens In Guatemala
Kleco, Kleco! Thank You! (British Columbia)
