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Friday, Feb 14, 2014

This is a Gift

“This is a gift.” That is what the 27-year-old Omar Isaias Lazo said to me in late August about the agriculture and environmental exchange program run by our partner, the Council of Protestant Churches (CEPAD), in Nicaragua. 

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Friday, Feb 14, 2014

A Young Doctor and Her Small Team are Making Things Better in El Salvador

Recently, I became involved in a lengthy discussion of health care. But it had nothing to do with the current back-and-forth in this country. 

 

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Friday, Feb 14, 2014

A Living Bank

Greetings from Bolgatanga!

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Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014

Taking the Long View on Disaster Recovery

When Typhoon Haiyan struck, a colleague and I were packing our bags for a visit with our partners in the Philippines.

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Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014

South Sudan Church Responds ‘Wholeheartedly’ to Crisis

Episcopal Relief & Development is working with its partners in South Sudan as they respond to the humanitarian needs of people displaced by the current crisis.  

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Thursday, Feb 06, 2014

Church Agencies Unite to Support South Sudan Relief and Recovery

The Sudanese Development and Relief Agency (SUDRA), the humanitarian wing of the Episcopal Church in South Sudan & Sudan (ECSSS), is supplying food, water and medical care to people displaced by the conflict currently enveloping the world’s newest nation.

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