A circle of benches sits outside in a community in northern Malawi. Not far away, wooden seats surround a local school. Over the past three decades, thousands of women, men and children affected by HIV and AIDS have accessed holistic support to have healthier, more abundant lives—right in their own communities. While the din in […]
Many people in South Sudan don’t have access to the food they need to live healthy lives. From August 2019 to April 2020, PWS&D was part of a response that helped families by providing food vouchers as well as tools and other farming supplies. Now, as prices for seeds remain high and COVID-19 further raises […]
Ainafe Gordon knew things would be different with her most recent pregnancy. For several years, volunteers in her community had been travelling from home to home, sharing important information for new and expecting mothers. This was the 30-year-old’s third pregnancy and while nothing had gone wrong with the first two, she knew things could have […]
Presbyterians across Canada are showing God’s love through creative activities in support of PWS&D’s work. Here are just three of the many ways Presbyterians are having an impact and providing hope in our world! Protecting Each Other A champion at St Andrews’s Presbyterian Church in Fredericton, New Brunswick, has been hard at work, sewing masks in […]
By Guy Smagghe, PWS&D Director There is so much turbulence in our world and so much uncertainty. By the time you read this, much will have changed again. Our global community is facing a common challenge and has been forced to take unprecedented measures to protect people’s lives. As with most sudden onset disasters, the world’s […]
By John Bannerman, minister at Chalmers PC in London, Ont. and PWS&D committee member I’m writing this just over a month after returning from a PWS&D monitoring trip to Malawi and yet it seems like so long ago now, as we deal with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. I worry that the coronavirus will […]
By Laura Hargrove, PWS&D committee member and teaching elder at First Presbyterian Church, Brandon, Man. In November 2019, after the end of the rainy season, I accompanied John Popiel, PWS&D’s program coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, on a monitoring visit to Nicaragua. While I have traveled a fair bit, I had mostly been […]
In 2019, a lovely refugee family from Syria moved in next door to me. They had six children, spoke no English and were in awe of the wonderful life we have here in Canada. Everything was new for them. They were excited, timid, joyous and apprehensive. I had so much to learn about their culture. […]
Watering cans come in all shapes and sizes: small tin ones to care for indoor plants, heirloom copper cans that haven’t seen water in fifty years, large green industrial tools to shower the whole garden. For families in Aweil, South Sudan, watering cans were part of a food security response that provided hope for a […]
Whether getting them dirty in the garden or scrubbing them squeaky clean in the sink, your hands can help you remember the meaningful work of PWS&D to support people around the world. Growing in the garden Do you have a green thumb? Use the time you spend with your family in the garden or caring […]