February Web Features Highlight Friends in Florida and Partners in Guatemala
This month’s Friends of Episcopal Relief & Development celebrates the “Give a Goat” Coffee House put on by the youth group at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Marco Island, Florida. The event featured live music, a variety of goat milk products and an appearance by a real baby goat. It raised enough money to purchase eight goats for families in need through Episcopal Relief & Development’s Gifts for Life catalog.
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop calls for focus on Millennium Development Goals during Lent 2012
[February 16, 2012] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori invites a focus on the Millennium Development Goals for Lent 2012.
Congregations to Commemorate Episcopal Relief & Development Sunday on February 26
Congregations around the Episcopal Church are invited to commemorate Episcopal Relief & Development Sunday on February 26. At the 2009 General Convention, Lent was designated as a time to remember and support the organization’s work worldwide. Many congregations will do so on the first Sunday in Lent, though the day may be observed on any other Sunday during Lent or throughout the year. Resources and more information are available online through www.er-d.org/Lent/.
NetsforLife®: Impacting Lives in Conflict
Dec 08, 2011 | by Cletus Asare
As Program Support and Logistics Officer for NetsforLife®, Episcopal Relief & Development's malaria prevention partnership, I work closely with Dr. Stephen Dzisi, our Technical Director, to respond to project design and implementation issues for partners in 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.