Appeal did not have local blessing: word of caution on a group called HOPE Africa.A South African organization called HOPE Africa has solicited contributions from Canadian Anglican parishes, prompting a word of caution from Ellie Johnson, director of the partnerships department at the national church office in Toronto. In a message to dioceses, she recently wrote: "I have received several calls about a direct mail appeal from an organization called HOPE Africa. This is an initiative of the Anglican diocese of Cape Town The Anglican Diocese of Cape Town, South Africa, came into being in 1847 with the consecration of the first bishop, Robert Gray, and later expanded to become the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, now called the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. and has gone out under the signature of Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane The Most Reverend Njongonkulu Winston Hugh Ndungane is Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. External links Anglican Communion website biography Preceded by Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town , who is the bishop of Cape Town Cape Town or Capetown, city (1991 pop. 854,616), legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It was the capital of Cape Province before that province's subdivision in 1994. and the primate primate, member of the mammalian order Primates, which includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, or lower primates. The group can be traced to the late Cretaceous period, where members were forest dwellers. of the Province of Southern Africa-" Ms. Johnson said it appeared that the direct mail appeal had gone to all parishes in Canada and that the mailing addresses were obtained from the church's yearbook. She cautioned about sending donations to HOPE Africa. "The project is likely genuine," wrote Ms. Johnson, "but we have no information about it and have never had a request to fund it through our national channels, i.e., Partners in Mission and PWRDF PWRDF Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (Primate's World Relief and Development Fund). Further, the mailing that has gone out provides no information about how the funds will be accounted for, nor what structures are in place in terms of a board of directors and auditors, to ensure good stewardship of the funds." The organization's Web site, www.hopeafrica.org, describes it as "the social development initiative of the diocese of Cape Town." It lists an 11-member board and says it funds such projects as an AIDS support group, a child care centre and a vegetable gardening group. The Web site says HOPE Africa "works in partnership" with Episcopal Relief and Development in the U.S. and the Scottish Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization , among others. |
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