$700K raised so far for Anglican Healing Fund

Notes: "To date, roughly $700,000 has been raised in 2017 for the Anglican Fund for Healing and Reconciliation, Council of General Synod (CoGS) heard November 10 [2017]". "This means fundraisers are well on their way to reaching the target of $1 million in 2017 for the fund ... If $1 million is raised for the fund, Thompson said, it should be able to support projects to the tune of about $200,000 per year over the next five years. This amount is less than the fund has spent annually in the past, he said, but it would allow continued support, especially for Indigenous language recovery programs, which are now the fund's main focus". The fund "was originally intended to disbursed the last of its money in 2019. However, by June 2017, it was almost entirely depleted, Healing Fund co-ordinator Esther Wesley told CoGS when it met last summer [2017]". "Since the Healing Fund began, it has funded more than 705 projects totalling just over $8 million".

Subjects: Anglican Church of Canada. Aboriginal Healing Fund; Anglican Church of Canada. Anglican Fund for Healing and Reconciliation; Thompson, Michael (Michael James), 1956-; Wesley, Esther; Indigenous peoples - Canada - Residential schools - Anglican Church of Canada; Healing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada; Indigenous languages - Canada