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Change Begins with Us: Parenting for a World of Dignity for All
By Ernest Cajuste, Senior Program Officer, Trauma & Violence Prevention The other evening, my 13-year-old son asked me a question about fairnes...
By Ernest Cajuste
An Investment in Rural Women is an Investment in Long-Term Resilience
We partner with local leaders to empower Angolan women small-scale farmers, like Laura and Arminda, through livestock breeding training and community groups to build climate and economic resilience, enabling them to generate income, support their families and spread the program’s benefits within their communities.
By Episcopal Relief & Development
Bridging the Gap: Why Mental Health Care Should be Part of Long-term Disaster Recovery
At Episcopal Relief we’re finding ways to help bridge that gap, through an extensive network of local faith-based and other community-led organizations, volunteers and staff focused on a key priority area, disaster response work. In our blog, we’ll expand upon pastoral care, the significance of professional services and how working together can help survivors and those impacted by crises find ways to recover from trauma and other emotional distress.
Seeing Ourselves in the Story: Making Behavior Change Tools Work for Low-Literacy Communities
Through the use of culturally relevant, image-based tools, a community-led program in Kenya is helping low-literacy communities adopt healthy behaviors, as shown by one father who became a mentor after learning about positive parenting.
Skill Building Opportunities for Young People in Rural Ghana
By Episcopal Relief & Development Stories
Local Leaders and Lasting Change in California, Hawai‘i and North Carolina
Disasters often make headlines in the moment, but recovery takes time, trust and local partnerships. The Palisades Fire, Maui Fire and Hurricane Helene were devastating to the impacted communities. Ever since, Episcopal Relief & Development has been intentionally working with local leaders to help survivors establish a new normal.
