A gift of food: PWRDF revives food aid project in South Sudan after $100,000 donation
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article41953
- Author
- Kidd, Joelle
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2018 December
- Author
- Kidd, Joelle
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2018 December
- Volume
- 144
- Issue
- 10
- Page
- 1, 11
- Notes
- "A $100,000 donation from a Canadian Anglican philanthropist has enabled the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), the Anglican Church of Canada's relief and development agency, to restart a food distribution project in South Sudan, a country facing severe hunger. Richard Bird, a retired Enbridge executive who worships at St. Peter's Anglican Church in Calgary, Alta., made the donation last March [2018] through the Ptarmigan Foundation, a charitable organization he runs with his family" (p. 1). "Bird requested the funds go toward restarting a food assistance program PWRDF had overseen in South Sudan in late 2017; and in September 2018, the agency began a new series of eight food distributions which will continue to April 2019. The program will see cereal, beans, lentils, vegetable oil and salt given to families in need" (p. 1). "The new country, which gained its independence from Sudan in 2011, has been embroiled in an ongoing civil war since 2013. Armed factions that had previously fought together against Sudan's central government are now fighting against each other and indiscriminately killing civilians" (p. 1). "Because of the country's political instability, Bird found one of the biggest challenges facing his attempts to help was in finding a 'reliable, trustworthy' way of getting food to people safely" (p. 11). "A number of partners are assisting PWRDF in the project. The United Church of Canada; ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency) Canada; Mennonite Central Committee and Presbyterian World Service and Development have also contributed money. The food is being distributed on the ground by ADRA South Sudan, which does joint assessments of food and other needs to respond to the communities' contexts" (p. 11).
- Subjects
- Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) - Charitable contributions
- Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) - South Sudan
- Bird, Richard (John Richard), 1949-
- Food relief - South Sudan
- Food relief - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- South Sudan - Politics and government - 2011-
- Adventist Development and Relief Agency