Stories

St. Jude’s from Niceville, Florida collectively raised $5,000 for Episcopal Relief & Development’s with the intention to buy a well for an entire village. Read more to discover how St. Jude’s acted on faith to reach their fundrasing goal that will help to provide clean water and allow families to grow strong for the future.

Do you like to go deeper – get underneath the skin of things? Then this story is for you! Read this three-part conversation that happened between program officers Kellie McDaniel, Sara Delaney and Vanessa Pizer. The team reflects on an article that framed development issues from a scarcity worldview versus the asset-based worldview that Episcopal Relief & Development takes. As the conversation unfolds, interesting questions are raised and important differences are identified. 

2016 came and went, but it left us with lessons learned, progress measured, and disasters relieved and recovered. Take a look at the Top 10 Stories of 2016: read, review, and share tales of compassion, justice, community, and renewal.

In this blog, Esther Cohen shares her feelings about time speeding by and reflects on the growth of Episcopal Relief & Development.

In this blog Episcopal Relief & Development’s president Rob Radtke recognizes the humble yet dignified beginnings of the Holy Family during Christmas and looks to our partners to recognize the dignity in all that they do.

Enjoy this slide show of famous paintings of the Holy Family.