2021 Press Releases

Episcopal Relief & Development and Trinity Church Wall Street are continuing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic globally. The partnership, supported by a $1 million renewal grant from Trinity Church Wall Street, builds upon an original $1 million grant awarded last year that reached over 2.1 million individuals in 38 countries with expanded relief efforts and strengthened resilience activities.

Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas as it provides COVID-safe humanitarian assistance, such as transportation, food and medical care, to people seeking asylum in south Texas.

Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting the Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo (PEAC) as the province implements an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) program to build resilience in households that were impacted by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this year.

Episcopal Relief & Development is partnering with Christ Episcopal Church of Corning, NY, to provide emergency assistance to communities that were impacted by flash flooding after Tropical Storm Fred.

Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California as it provides emergency assistance in response to the wildfires in northern California.

Episcopal Relief & Development is partnering with the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem’s Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City as it provides critical medical care and humanitarian support to individuals and families impacted by the recent violence in the Holy Land.