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Debra Gill, Alongside Hope/PWRDF Representative, Diocese of Central NewfoundlandAlongside Hope

New Resources to Help Parishes Help Alongside Hope

To increase awareness and mark its new name, Alongside Hope has a number of new resources available for free to parishes. Colourful folders have been ...
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a group of Congolege refugees pose for a photograph at the Nyarugushu refugee camp
Dr. Doreen Helen Klassen, Alongside Hope/PWRDF, Western NLAlongside Hope

Alongside Hope Launches “Resilience Fund” to Counter USAID Cuts

Many of us remember the excitement of providing solar suitcases with medical-quality lights and fetal Doppler monitors for maternity wards without electricity in rural Mozambique. ...
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Debra Gill, Alongside Hope/PWRDF Representative, Diocese of Central NewfoundlandAlongside Hope

A History of PWRDF / Alongside Hope

Ever wonder how Alongside Hope/PWRDF got started? Here’s a little bit of history for you: 1958 A bump in a coal mine in Springhill, Nova ...
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an open Bible with the quotation “I believe that faith should lead to action, and there’s no better time than Lent to connect our spiritual practices with the needs of the world around us” written above it.
Jacqueline TingleMarch 2025

Living Into God’s Dream

The Lenten season is a period of 40 days and 40 nights, leading up to Easter. It’s a time of spiritual reflection, growth and renewal ...
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Dr. Doreen Helen Klassen, Alongside Hope/PWRDF, Western NLAlongside Hope

PWRDF Becomes Alongside Hope

For many people, the acronym PWRDF is virtually a tongue twister. Even clergy and PWRDF Parish Representatives often have difficulty saying the acronym or relating ...
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a listing of the partner organizations that work with PWRDF
Debra Gill, Alongside Hope/PWRDF Representative, Diocese of Central NewfoundlandJanuary 2025

Partnership Organizations

Alongside Hope (PWRDF) works with a variety of other agencies to fulfill its mission. While it is an Anglican organization, it works with ecumenical and secular ...
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Anglican LifeDecember 2024

New Name Approved for PWRDF

PWRDF is rebranding as Alongside Hope, with the French equivalent Auprès de l’espoir, following a decision at a special members meeting on October 15th, 2024. ...
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Dr. Doreen Helen Klassen, Alongside Hope/PWRDF, Western NLNews

Praying With PWRDF

PWRDF, the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, has numerous ways of informing us about its work and inviting us to participate in alleviating human ...
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Debra Gill, Alongside Hope/PWRDF Representative, Diocese of Central NewfoundlandCentral Newfoundland

Wild Ride

What began in 1958 with an outpouring of generosity to the community of Springhill, Nova Scotia, grieving after a mine disaster, grew into a demonstration ...
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Suzanne RumseyNews

PWRDF Board Sees Impact of Fiona and Reconciliation in Western Newfoundland

When Canada’s national housing crisis is in the news, the small coastal town of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland isn’t the first place that comes to ...
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