PWRDF

Wildfires prompt PWRDF to start fund for Canada

Janice Biehn September 29, 2023

In this year of unprecedented wildfires from coast to coast, PWRDF (Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund) is establishing a fund specifically for in-Canada emergency ...

PWRDF gives to ’quake relief

The Anglican March 30, 2023

A day after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Türkiye on the Syrian border on Feb. 6, the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund allocated $35,000 ...

PWRDF accepting donations for Ukrainian relief

Janice Biehn April 1, 2022

PWRDF is supporting Ukrainians forced to flee their homes due to the Russian invasion. An initial grant of $20,000 issued to an ACT Alliance appeal ...

Support for PWRDF’s Indigenous programs strong in the diocese

Janice Biehn February 1, 2022

In August 2021, PWRDF launched a new program to support Indigenous-led organizations working to improve community health, take climate action, empower youth and ensure safe ...

Two trainees install a solar suitcase at a health clinic in rural Mozambique.

Diocese’s early support for PWRDF project lights the way

Janice Biehn January 1, 2022

Mothers and babies in rural Mozambique will get a better chance at a healthy birth, thanks to a PWRDF campaign that ran last year from ...

Women and children in front of a sign promoting aid work

When disaster happens, PWRDF responds

Janice Biehn October 1, 2021

The pandemic plunged many of PWRDF’s partners into crisis mode. Working in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities, they faced the challenges of social ...

A cyclist in a bright yellow vest stands with her bike on a country road.

Are we there yet?

Suzanne Rumsey February 1, 2021

Suzanne Rumsey recalls a cycling trip she took in 2010 and how some of the lessons she learned on the road can help us today. ...

Annual cycling fundraiser takes left turn

Janice Biehn September 1, 2020

For the past six years, volunteers across Canada have participated in the Ride for Refuge on behalf of The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund ...

Anglicans explore diocese on two wheels

Stuart Mann June 1, 2019

For the past two summers, a group of Anglicans have been going on cycling trips around the diocese, enjoying the great outdoors and raising money ...

Journey through Uganda

Janice Biehn April 1, 2019

In his 1908 book, My African Journey, Winston Churchill dubbed Uganda the Pearl of Africa for its rugged natural beauty and fertile land. More than ...

Grant improves lives of women, children

Janice Biehn April 1, 2018

In the past year, prenatal health in Burundi has improved, more babies were born safely in Rwanda, more people in Tanzania gained access to clean ...

A woman lying on a bed being examined by a medical professional.

$500,000 grant helps women, children

Stuart Mann December 1, 2016

The Diocese of Toronto is making a $500,000 donation to the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) to improve maternal, newborn and child health ...