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R-11Report to General Synod

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund

Introduction

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund is a response by Canadian Anglicans to the Gospel call to bear witness to God’s healing love in a broken world.

Inspired by the vision of a spirit filled community of hope, PWRDF walks together with partners in Canada and overseas to share in the creation of a more just and peaceful world.

In joy and struggle, the Primate’s Fund engages in development work, responds to emergencies, works to protect refugees and educates and advocates for change.

“Give Us a Thirst for Justice”

The following people served on the

PWRDF Committee 1996-1998

Stephen ToopeChairperson,

Diocese of MontrealRosie Hyde

Diocese of TorontoStewart Payne

Diocese of Western Newfoundland

Warren DeaconDiocese of CaribooDouglas FentonDiocese of New

WestminsterDirk Rinehart

Diocese of KootenayPhilip Barnett

Diocese of Rupert’s Land

Marion SaundersArmed Forces OrdinariatePenelope Cummine

Diocese of KeewatinRod McDowell

Diocese of NiagaraJames Merrett

Diocese of QuebecEsther Wesley

Diocese of MoosoneeMonica McKay

Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples

Jean MacliingPhilippines

Anivaldo PadilhaBrazil

Khumo NtlhaSouth Africa

Report to General SynodPrimate’s World Relief and Development FundMay 1998

This phrase summed up the PWRDF Strategic Plan for 1996 to 1998. The plan identified five priority goals:

Ø deepen theological reflectionØ strengthen partnerships with dioceses and parishesØ improve advocacy work on justice issuesØ support community based development workØ undertake organizational development.

PWRDF responded to emergency and refugee situations in thirty four countries and supported development work in twenty eight countries.1). Partnerships with Dioceses and Parishes

Over the past triennium PWRDF has worked to strengthen partnerships with parishes and dioceses. The goal was to enable parishes to see the ministry of PWRDF as an extension of outreach beyond the borders of their parish. PWRDF undertook a number of initiatives.

The Offering Envelope Program invited parishes to include PWRDF in their parish stewardship programs by including twelve PWRDF envelopes in their regular offering boxes. Over 500 parishes are participating in this program and finding that both awareness of, and contributions to, PWRDF are increasing.

PWRDF made efforts to improve communications with parishes by encouraging the appointment of parish representatives for PWRDF and by distributing a newsletter entitled “Under the Sun”. There are PWRDF parish representatives in over 900 parishes and the newsletter has been well received across the country.

This network of volunteers is vital to the ministry of PWRDF. In addition to the parish representatives 40 individuals serve as diocesan or area PWRDF coordinators. There are 25 Diocesan Refugee Coordinators as well as the support provided to PWRDF by parish envelope secretaries and treasurers. These volunteers are the lifeline of PWRDF. The Refugee Coordinators met together in Vancouver in 1995. The PWRDF diocesan coordinators gathered for a national “Making the Connections” Conference in 1996. In 1997, the refugee and diocesan network coordinators met together regionally in St. John’s, Montreal, Winnipeg and at Sorrento in British Columbia.

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Report to General SynodPrimate’s World Relief and Development Fund

May 1998

While fundraising is important, the PWRDF takes seriously the mandate given to it in 1974 to implement a development education program for the Anglican Church of Canada. Each year PWRDF produced educational resources including resources for worship, a Sunday school and youth resource as well as adult bible study/learning kits. In 1996 PWRDF distributed resources focusing on the Philippines. In 1997 the educational theme focused on the ecumenical theme “In Solidarity with Uprooted People”.

Actions of advocacy or solidarity with partners overseas is an important way that Canadian Anglicans can express their partnership. Over the triennium PWRDF encouraged people in parishes to express their concerns about landmines, Cuba, Kenya, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), North Korea, the Sudan, the Head Tax on immigrants and refugees and the decrease in levels of Canadian Official Development Assistance.

PWRDF appointed a staff person as diocesan liaison for each diocese. As part of a pilot project to base staff regionally, a staff person was appointed to work more closely with the six dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and another person was appointed to work with the Diocese of Toronto.

In the Diocese of Huron, the Huron Hunger Fund continues to be the expression of PWRDF in the diocese and in the Diocese of Toronto, PWRDF became a partner in the FaithWorks campaign.

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Disbursement by Type of Program

Other4%

Women in Development

12%

Meeting Basic Human

Need32%

Environment2%Economic

Alternatives8%

Capacity Building and

Training20%

Human Rights & Democratic Development

22%

2). Response to Disasters and Refugees

Natural disasters and civil conflict mean that there are 17 million refugees and 24 million people uprooted from their homes and displaced within their countries. PWRDF continued to respond to their needs through support for

PWRDF Supported Emergency

Response and Refugees in:

AngolaKenya

MozambiqueLiberiaMalawi

Sierra LeoneSomalia

South AfricaTanzaniaBurundiRwanda

ZaireSudan

PalestineIraqIran

Costa RicaMexicoCuba

GuatemalaNicaraguaMontserrat

BurmaNorth Korea

IndiaChina

VietnamSri Lanka

BangladeshThailand

Papua New Guinea

ChechnyaAlbaniaCanada

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emergency response and programs which respond to the needs of refugees. PWRDF response to emergencies is facilitated by Action by Churches Together (ACT) which was established in 1995 as a joint effort of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Lutheran World Federation (LWF). PWRDF also provided support to strengthen prevention and disaster preparedness programs.

The African continent carries the heaviest burden of disasters and refugee producing conflicts. PWRDF continued to respond to the needs of refugees from Rwanda, Burundi and the Sudan as well as internally displaced people in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

In Latin America Guatemalan refugees returned from Mexico but conflicts in Colombia and Peru continue to produce internally displaced people.

In Asia, PWRDF supported refugee programs for Sri Lankan refugees in India and Burmese refugees in Thailand.

In Canada, the PWRDF Refugee network facilitated responses to refugees by Canadian Anglicans including the sponsorship of refugees to settle in Canada. For example parishes in the Diocese of Rupert’s Land sponsored a refugee family from Rwanda and the refugee network in the Diocese of Qu’Appelle raised funds to support this sponsorship. Another response to refugee concerns is to promote actions of solidarity with refugees. Over the last triennium, following a resolution at the 1995 General Synod, individuals wrote letters to the government expressing opposition to government regulations imposing a “Head Tax” of $975 on refugees.

3). International Development

At the heart of the ministry of PWRDF are partnerships focused on promoting global peace and justice -- partnerships between people and communities in and within Canada and with people and communities overseas. PWRDF makes financial and human resources available to support the relief and development initiatives of partners, to strengthen these partnerships and to promote knowledgeable actions of solidarity and advocacy. PWRDF’s partners contribute their skills and capacities to the work they undertake in their communities and to PWRDF’s work in Canada.

Relief and Development Program

Canada6%

Global10%

Emergency & Refugees

20%

Africa &Middle East

28%

Asia & the Pacif ic20%

Latin America and the

Caribbean16%

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3.1 Africa

1994 was a year of great joy -- the elections in South Africa and tremendous tragedy -- the genocide in Rwanda. Since then, PWRDF has continued in partnership with organizations committed to peace-building. In South Africa the focus of efforts was on community peace building and healing of memories after years of communal and racial violence. In Rwanda and Burundi the focus was on repatriation and reconciliation efforts between Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups. Support was provided to peace initiatives in Mozambique.

A constant component of the work in Africa has been to strengthen efforts to promote Gender and Development awareness. In East Africa two of the Anglican churches have developed Gender and Development Desks for their community development programs. The partners supported by PWRDF in the Sudan and in Ethiopia have also promoted Gender and Development in their programming.

Working in partnership means strengthening the capacity of partners to undertake development work. Resources from PWRDF have been used for training programs and staff development for many of our partners in Africa.

Much of PWRDF support went to the integrated community development programs of partners in Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and the Sudan.

3.2 Asia and the Pacific

PWRDF supported partners in:

KenyaUganda

TanzaniaSouth AfricaMozambique

BurundiRwanda

Democratic Republic of Congo

EthiopiaSudan

Middle East

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A critical struggle in Asia is the struggle about economic models. The Philippines and Sri Lanka considers themselves to be one of the Asian economic “Tigers” following the example of Korea and Malaysia but these economies have been showing signs of wear and tear. Job losses, devaluation of currencies and high inflation have all been part of efforts to salvage the model of newly industrialized countries (NICs). PWRDF and partners in the region have gathered around the meetings of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) held in Manila in 1996 and Vancouver in 1997. Their message has been that people, not markets, should dictate government policies.

New governments in both Sri Lanka and the Philippines were welcomed with optimism but over the years this has turned to disappointment. In Sri Lanka the civil conflict between Tamil and Sinhala populations has been waged on military fronts. PWRDF has supported partners’ efforts at peace and reconciliation as well as ongoing community development projects.

In the Philippines, PWRDF continues to work in partnership with the Philippines Advisory Group -- an expression of partnership in which PWRDF’s partners in the region gather to provide direction for PWRDF’s work in the Philippines and discuss how they might help PWRDF’s work in Canada. PWRDF financial support continues for community development work, innovative programs of disaster preparedness and social justice groups.

PWRDF continues to support work in Bangladesh and over the past triennium began to phase out support to programs in China, Burma and India in an effort to focus PWRDF attention and resources in a way that makes a difference rather than being spread too thin.

3.3 Latin America and the Caribbean


BangladeshBurmaIndia

Sri LankaPhilippinesHong Kong

Fiji Solomon Islands

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In the Latin American region most military governments have been replaced by civilian governments but the new governments have done little to improve the lives of the poorest of the population. In fact, in many ways, they are worse off. The globalization of economies and free trade has resulted in the poor become poorer and more marginalized. They are increasing distant from the decision-making processes that affect their lives. Mexico is a case in point where the gap between the rich and the poor is growing and violence in society has become endemic.

In Central America, PWRDF has supported peace building initiatives in El Salvador and Guatemala as well as the efforts of partner organizations to develop sustainable alternatives in health care and income generation. Special attention has been given to programs supporting indigenous women, especially in Guatemala and Mexico where they are victims of multi layered violence.

A strong focus for PWRDF has been Brazil -- not one of the world’s poorest countries but a society in which the face of poverty is desperate indeed. Street children, indigenous people and poor rural women have all borne the burden of a society which favours the rich and the powerful. PWRDF’s partners have developed programs to reach out to the poor and the marginalized and strengthen their participation in society.

Due to the significant role played by Cuba’s Protestant churches in opening up new areas of community participation, PWRDF’s support to ecumenical partners in Cuba has become important for housing, health and agricultural programs.

3.4 Global

PWRDF has continued to support a number of global programs. Through the World Council of Churches and ecumenical coalitions such as Inter Church Action, PWRDF has supported programs in many parts of the world focusing on health and sustainable agriculture. PWRDF has also provided supported to south/south exchanges for information and learning through the Frontiers in Mission program. The Anglican Church’s participation in global campaigns such as the landmines campaign and the Fair TradeMark campaign have been supported through global grants.

3.5 Canada An exciting development over the last triennium has been the strengthening of the Canadian program. This program has focused on strengthening community development initiatives in aboriginal communities across Canada. A full time staff person was appointed, and in 1997, the budget for work in Canada increased and criteria for PWRDF support have been developed.


BrazilArgentina

PeruCuba

El SalvadorGuatemalaNicaragua

Mexico

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Exciting work has begun in partnership with the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Economic Development Corporation in British Columbia in an international partnership with Maori in New Zealand and Miskito in Nicaragua developing joint ventures in fisheries and forestry. PWRDF has supported Nets’enelu 97 - a women’s artisan group in NWT - to develop an enterprise incorporating traditional handwork into fashion clothing design. PWRDF has promoted a partnership between the Six Nations International Development Agency and the First Nations Technical Institute to develop both a policy think-tank on aboriginal issues and a newsletter and electronic communications to share the learnings from the think-tank with indigenous and non-indigenous organizations in Canada.

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Contributions from Individuals and Parishes by Diocese

1997 1996 1995

ALGOMA 85,928.12$ 97,990.92 67,453.66THE ARCTIC 8,971.66$ 11,679.38 11,014.22ATHABASCA 18,309.27$ 19,893.29 18,697.50BRANDON 27,772.60$ 30,689.01 31,616.14BRITISH COLUMBIA 189,920.33$ 155,742.11 207,588.42CALEDONIA 18,186.18$ 19,380.67 19,182.02CALGARY 84,056.54$ 84,789.16 71,561.19CARIBOO 27,383.61$ 30,321.81 24,620.82EDMONTON 60,128.99$ 64,417.04 53,837.41FREDERICTON 80,836.79$ 85,981.77 75,818.59HURON 280,998.79$ 291,614.25 302,305.41KEEWATIN 19,363.05$ 30,464.36 24,990.53KOOTENAY 69,597.69$ 57,799.23 57,174.03MONTREAL 64,320.28$ 85,026.89 59,855.06MOOSONEE 16,668.31$ 15,201.84 12,036.47E.NEWFOUNDLAND 69,224.07$ 59,841.66 52,494.47C.NEWFOUNDLAND 67,534.05$ 56,750.73 49,808.20W.NEWFOUNDLAND 44,496.31$ 39,713.84 37,920.86NEW WESTMINSTER 282,539.95$ 254,995.72 236,598.68NIAGARA 179,668.41$ 152,421.52 122,006.19NOVA SCOTIA 128,578.32$ 129,741.49 130,968.03ONTARIO 101,603.39$ 71,526.68 65,868.49OTTAWA 208,868.71$ 175,612.38 136,036.64QU'APPELLE 57,254.77$ 62,847.09 63,303.13QUEBEC 12,919.79$ 21,374.45 8,114.04RUPERT'S LAND 86,277.32$ 90,446.47 76,093.98SASKATCHEWAN 19,380.79$ 23,256.59 8,920.23SASKATOON 32,137.83$ 30,827.36 25,140.07TORONTO 337,915.55$ 225,789.82 192,470.33YUKON 17,329.55$ 19,334.60 11,392.20

TOTAL: 2,698,171.02 2,495,472.13 2,254,887.01

Special Appeals included in TOTAL: 104,289.00$ 78,844.00

TOTAL-Appeals: 2,593,882.02 2,416,628.13 2,254,887.01

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Primate's World Relief and Development FundFinancial Information: 1995 to 1997

Actual % of Actual % of Actual % of1995 Receipts 1996 Receipts 1997 Receipts

Receipts1 Dioceses 2,254,887 49.99 2,495,472 48.7 2,593,882 51.412 Special Appeals 143,631 3.18 - 104,289 2.073 Bequests 467,373 10.36 929,753 18.1 894,402 17.735 Total ACC Contribution 2,865,891 63.54 3,425,225 66.8 3,592,573 71.21

- 6 Provincial Gov't 20,255 0.45 20,585 0.4 23,482 0.47

- 7 CIDA NGO 1,302,786 28.88 1,184,140 23.1 1,093,061 21.668 CIDA IHA 30,000 0.67 95,235 1.9 55,711 1.109 CIDA PAC 174,439 3.87 141,000 2.8 130,989 2.60

10 CIDA Other 0.00 151,705 3.0 46,450 0.9211 Subtotal CIDA 1,507,225 33.42 1,572,080 30.7 1,326,211 26.29

- 12 Interest 80,017 1.77 49,725 1.0 57,807 1.1513 Bequest Trust Interest14 Sundry 1,406 0.03 2,685 0.1 7,259 0.1415 Project 35,500 0.79 56,917 1.1 38,000 0.75

- 16 TOTAL RECEIPTS 4,510,294 100 5,127,217 100.0 5,045,332 100.00

17 Balance BFWD 483,913 141,613 392,08118 Funds Available 4,994,207 5,268,830 5,437,413

Actual % of Actual % of Actual % of Expenses 1995 Expenses 1996 Expenses 1997 Expenses Development Program

19 Emergencies /Refugees 690,228 14.3% 559,926 13.1% 679,384 14.66 20 Canadian Develop. & Refugees 183,844 3.8% 140,969 3.3% 262,439 5.66 21 Global 410,702 8.5% 335,623 7.8% 349,519 7.54 22 Africa/Middle East 1,163,662 24.1% 1,050,453 24.6% 992,660 21.42 23 Latin America/Caribbean 662,654 13.7% 562,657 13.2% 589,543 12.72 24 Asia/Pacific 675,763 14.0% 628,029 14.7% 699,472 15.10 25 Subtotal -Development & Relief 3,786,853 78.4% 3,277,657 76.6% 3,573,017 77.11 26 Parish/Diocesan Partnership 488,122 10.1% 569,408 13.3% 605,578 13.07 27 Total Program 4,274,975 88.6% 3,847,066 90.0% 4,178,595 90.18

- Operating Expenses -

28 Fundrais ing 216,541 4.5% 227,045 5.3% 206,743 4.46 29 National Committee 57,469 1.2% 11,929 0.3% 4,941 0.11 30 Adminis tration Travel 4,754 0.1% 7,046 0.2% 9,927 0.21 31 Adminis tration Salaries 199,923 4.1% 117,578 2.7% 175,093 3.78 32 Admin Offices Expenses 43,221 0.9% 33,079 0.8% 24,243 0.52 33 A & F Costs 30,712 0.6% 33,005 0.8% 33,868 0.73 34 Operating Expenses * 552,620 11.4% 429,682 10.0% 454,815 9.82

- 35 GRAND TOTAL 4,827,595 100.0% 4,276,749 100.0% 4,633,410 100%36 Balance(Deficit) 166,612 992,081 804,00337 Strategic Plan 25,00038 Net Transfer to/from Bequest Fund ** -600,000 494,402- 39 Carried Forward $141,613 $392,081 $309,601

* Operating Expenses not allocated to program** Funds transferred from Bequest Trust to 1998 budget

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