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Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011

Partners in Zambia and Friends in Wyoming Fight Malaria with NetsforLife®

April 19, 2011 April 25 is World Malaria Day – a day to remember the nearly 1 million people who die each year from this disease. This month, Episcopal Relief & Development’s two web series, the Power of Partnerships and Friends of Episcopal Relief & Development, highlight grassroots efforts 

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Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011

Episcopal Relief & Development Partner Facilitates Ecumenical Response to Disaster in Central Washington

April 19, 2011 On February 12, a catastrophic fire destroyed 20 homes and damaged 100 more in the small rural town of White Swan, located on the Yakama Indian Reservation in central Washington State. Eighty-mile-per-hour winds that day caused a chimney fire in one home to spread through the scrub and dry brush that makes up the

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Thursday, Apr 14, 2011

Japan Update: Greater Coordination Among Japanese Dioceses Aids Relief Efforts

Latest News:4/15: Updated statistics, damage to church buildings, response to immediate needs (ACNS) April 14, 2011 The situation in Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has grown worse in recent weeks. An additional 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the country on April 7, and on April 12, the crisis

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Thursday, Apr 07, 2011

Joint Statement from the Episcopal Church and Episcopal Relief & Development for World Malaria Day on April 25

One of the most important initiatives in which the Episcopal Church has participated over the last five years is NetsforLife®, a program partnership for malaria prevention in 17 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. As the world prepares to commemorate World Malaria Day on April 25, we call on the Church

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Tuesday, Mar 29, 2011

Japan Update: Food Aid for Nursing Homes

Latest News:3/31: Japan archbishop visits devastated Sendai, issues message to Anglican Communion (ENS) March 29, 2011 More than two weeks ago, on March 11, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast near the Japanese town of Sendai, causing a tsunami that devastated large areas of the country’s 

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Thursday, Mar 24, 2011

Prayers and Support for New Zealand

Episcopal Relief & Development has opened the New Zealand Earthquake Response Fund to collect donations from those wishing to contribute to the appeal launched by the archbishops and bishops of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The appeal is being organized through the Anglican Missions 

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