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The Power of Neighbors: Lessons from Ghana
As the one-year anniversary approaches, we are checking in with select sites that were impacted by Hurricane Sandy, which struck the Caribbean and eastern US in late October 2012. On a recent visit to Episcopal Relief & Development’s New York City offices,
Episcopal Service Corps and Episcopal Relief & Development Partner for Disaster Recovery in Staten Island
As the one-year anniversary approaches, we are checking in with select sites that were impacted by Hurricane Sandy, which struck the Caribbean and eastern US in late October 2012. I decided to join the Episcopal Service Corps, kind of at the last minute. I saw a posting on
‘This is a gift’
“This is a gift.” That is what the 27-year-old Omar Isaias Lazo said to me in late August about the agriculture and environmental exchange program run by our partner, the Council of Protestant Churches (CEPAD), in Nicaragua. We were at his field in the community of Los Pintos, and I had
Partners Help Reduce Risk Through Disaster Preparedness Program
Today is International Day of Disaster Reduction; an annual observance by the United Nations to raise awareness of how people take action to reduce their risk to disasters. For Episcopal Relief & Development’s partners, however, it’s a reality that they are forced to observe far to
Plantain Cooperative Expands Economic Opportunities
The following blog was originally posted on the CEPAD (Council of Protestant Churches of Nicaragua) website.
Last week farmers in Nueva Guinea signed an agreement with the San Antonio bank to create a new cooperative plantain business that leader Yalena Hernandez
St. Francis Day- Giving A Gift for Life
On Friday, October 4th, a very peculiar saint will be honored throughout the Christian world. Although he was from a wealthy family, he chose to live in poverty. He preached to a Sultan in Egypt, a flock of birds in the trees, and a ferocious wolf. He founded orders for men and women, and in 2013