Advent News from the PWRDF
Hope in Action – Advent Resource
Beset with climate-caused disasters, it’s easy to feel helpless. But in actions both big and small we can find hope. This season of Advent you are invited to join Karri Munn-Venn – writer, climate activist and wool farmer – as she weaves together reflections, scripture readings and prayer. Formerly with Citizens for Public Justice, Munn-Venn brings a wealth of compassion and experience to this series of reflections. Subscribers to this free resource will receive an email each day that also includes a PWRDF story or video. Go to pwrdf.org/Advent2023 to subscribe.
Anonymous donor matches PWRDF World of Gifts, up to $110,000
World of Gifts is back! Visit pwrdf.givecloud.co/world-of-gifts or look for the gift guide in the Anglican Journal. This annual PWRDF gift-giving campaign allows you to alleviate poverty, promote sustainability, and support communities in need in Canada and around the world. There are 29 impactful gifts available for purchase this year; some familiar and many new. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, when you purchase any item from this year’s World of Gifts guide, your gift will be matched, up to a total of $110,000! (The match applies to all gifts except for support of PWRDF’s equity in the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, which is matched up to four times by the Government of Canada.)
Nurturing community in crisis: Renaud Thomas has hope for Haiti
The assassination of Haiti’s then-President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 plunged parts of the country into an ongoing crisis, but local development workers know that there is hope.
“The resource we have during crisis is community, and what we can do together,” said Renaud Thomas, Director of Rayjon Share Care in Haiti. Thomas visited Canada in September and during his trip, PWRDF welcomed him to the office in Toronto. Thomas was joined by his Rayjon colleagues, Program Director Debbie Austin and Program and Communications Officer Piera Spinelli Barrile, who was also born in Haiti.
