Stories
Explore our Stories of Lasting Change. Each one is filled with hope, transformation and love from communities and our partners, staff and volunteers around the globe. See what’s possible when compassion drives action. Subscribe below to stay connected!
Finding Support After Fleeing Ukraine
Anna, Dmitry and Kristina, three teenage university students, lived in the suburbs of Mariupol in Ukraine. As soldiers filled the streets and parked their tanks, they also began to loot apartments. A friend recommended they go to a refugee support center in Budapest, which an Episcopal Relief & Development partner was running through the ACT Alliance. They traveled by train and, after five days, found a place to stay in Budapest, Hungary. There, they were provided food, shelter and emergency supplies.
By Episcopal Relief & Development
Partnering to Create More Equal Relationships in Burundi
Offering Love & Kindness for 2024
As we enter 2024, Episcopal Relief & Development President & CEO Rob Radtke, reflects on growing up in a rectory and asks what greater gift we can offer each other this coming year than love and kindness.
By Rob Radtke
Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Lasting Change
What can a Taylor Swift and Beyoncé concert teach us about creating lasting change in the world? Teri Lawvner, Chair of the Episcopal Relief & Development Board, shares her reflections and insights.
By Teri Lawver
Grateful at Thanksgiving
Josephine Hicks thanks her family for their contributions to faith, education, and public health while highlighting Episcopal Relief & Development’s impactful community work this Thanksgiving.
By Josephine Hicks
Celebrating 15 Years of Shared Ministry
In 2007, two young boys from St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Bethesda, Maryland, collected coins from students during Sunday School for Episcopal Relief & Development’s Gifts for Life campaign. Fifteen years later, the church celebrates the ongoing efforts and their nearly a quarter-million-dollar contribution.
By Courtney Moore
