Anglican Communion News Service

Communities which are still struggling and recovering from 2010 and 2011 floods were again recently affected by heavy rain, hill torrents and canal breaches. Bishop Leo Rodrick Paul from Multan Diocese, Church of Pakistan has asked for prayers and financial support to help the communities

First hand information on the emergency in Unity State, South Sudan has come from Bishop Gattek from the Benitu Area Diocese, of the Episcopal Church of Sudan.

After decades of conflict and displacement, returnees from Sudan to South Sudan are facing huge difficulties to restart their lives

The Anglican Alliance is calling for volunteers to take part in a distance learning course in community development skills is providing with Open University.

Exclusive pictures sent to the Anglican Alliance by Bishop Bahati Bali-Busane Sylvestre from the Diocese of Bukavu in DRC show the plight of displaced people living in Anglican churches and schools in inhumane conditions.

Calls for world leaders to increase access to finance and markets for poor people came at the end of the Anglican Alliance workshop in Nairobi.

Continuous heavy rains caused by the Southwest Monsoon and aggravated by Typhoons Saola and Haikui have left more than 2.4 million people affected.

People who manage church health services in developing Commonwealth countries can apply now on-line for a place on a Commonwealth fellowship scheme organised by the Anglican Alliance.

Thousands of people of the Democratic Republic of Congo are on the move following widespread conflict. The Anglican Bishop Bahati Bali-Busane Sylvestre from the Diocese of Bukavu, Anglican Church of Congo has appealed for prays and support for the internal displaced people who are arriving to his diocese and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance

Bishop John Gattek from the Diocese of Malakal, Church of Sudan is calling for humanitarian relief for communities in the Benitu area of Unity state in South Sudan.

Malawi is one of the world’s poorest countries in the world and is highly prone to natural disaster every year. The Anglican Diocese of Southern Malawi (ANGSOMA) is working to support the affected communities and would like to share their situation and also ask for help from brothers and sisters around the Anglican Communion.

The Anglican Alliance is looking for a dynamic and committed person spearhead its work in Asia as the regional facilitator.

Applications are now open for young Anglican peacebuilders in to take part in a unique workshop on conflict resolution in the UK in July.

UK Parliamentary recommendations on the Church’s role in education and peacebuilding have been welcomed by Anglican Alliance partners in the UK and South Sudan.

The Anglican Alliance is calling for applications from young Anglican peacebuilders in Pakistan and Sri Lanka to take part in a unique workshop on conflict resolution in the UK in July.

Archbishop Rowan Williams will take part in a “Justice for Women” service in London to mark two global days for women.

The Anglican Alliance is calling for applications from young Anglican peacebuilders in Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Zimbabwe to take part in a unique workshop on conflict resolution in the UK in July.

There’s a chance to make a difference to development in the Pacific as the Anglican Alliance facilitator based at the Anglican Church of Melanesia in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Young Anglican peacebuilders from countries damaged by conflict will get a chance to take part in a unique workshop being organised by the Anglican Alliance in July.

The Anglican Alliance, in partnership with the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil, is seeking a committed and dynamic person to work as a part-time Alliance facilitator for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Four Anglican Education administrators from across the Communion started a high-level fellowship study programme with a round of national education policy meetings in London this week.

Joe Takeli, who is due to come to the UK in January to take up a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, will be the first Solomon Islander to come to London on this type of programme.

The hardships faced by migrants and refugees forced to flee poverty and conflict is the focus for the first day of the Anglican Alliance’s Asia consultation which opens in Hong Kong (Monday Nov14th).

Four education administrators from across the Communion will start a fellowship scheme in London next year following the success of the Anglican Alliance bid for Commonwealth funding.

“Iumi go fowad tugeta” - travelling forward together - was the strategy agreed at the Anglican Alliance’s Pacific consultation which closed today.