PWRDF (The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund) 1999 Annual Report.

See and Hear the Call

GOD IS always `doing a new thing' (Isaiah 43.19). God is always calling us into the future. To see the new thing and to hear the voice that beckons, we need to know our history. A colleague of mine has said it well: "Since we live our lives forwards and understand them backwards, it helps us to make our journey if we have maps of the past to guide us." Last year, we celebrated 40 years of PWRDF. As we move on, I think of that forty-year story as a map enabling us to discern the path ahead.

First known as The Primate's World Relief Fund, its original mandate was support relief efforts for disasters in beyond our country. Later, another marker was reached when the word "Development" was added. Not just relief efforts, but encouragement of local communities in their search for right relation and well-being became central to the vision of the Primate's Fund.

A further landmark was reached when the federal and some provincial governments began to match funds. A recent milestone has been a concern to take seriously the Canadian International Development Agency's 1994 urging to see the Fund incorporated. The Council of General Synod has agreed to investigate this. The aim is to be able to see that the fourty-year journey of support for those suffering calamities, and communities needing assistance in their quest for justice, continues and is sthrengthened.

Looking back helps us see the way ahead. The well-travelled path makes possible courage to walk new roads. Please persevere in this journey, which has as its end nothing less than the vision and hope of the reign of God.

Yours faithfully,

Micheal G. Peers Archbishop and Primate

IN LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN

Healing Communities in El Salvador

The school I visited in the town of Santa Marta told a compelling story of the recent past--a mural done by children shows people fleeing across the Lempa River to refugee camps in Honduras while shots from helicopters picked them off one by one and the river ran with blood. It is hard for me to imagine how families can cope with such dreadful memories!

The personal story of Linda, the school's vice-principal, is one of horror overcome. She was nine years old when her father and grandfather were killed, and she and her mother and nine siblings escaped to Honduras. After 12 years in refugee camps she returned home. She works at a school for 1100 students, kindergarten to Grade 9. The El Salvadoran government does not fund the school and so ADES is doing the education. Linda is married and has two children, works at the school and goes to university on weekends. She is an example of a committed group of people working to heal their community. Our support to ADES is making a difference in the lives of people at the grassroots level who would otherwise be ignored.

Sue Mackay-Smith PWRDF Latin America/Caribbean Subcommittee

IN AFRICA

Hand in Hand in Burundi

In northeast Burundi I grabbed at Bishop John's invitation to accompany him to one of the farthest points in the Diocese of Gitega for a Service of Confirmation. Along with the bishop and his driver there was a young man going back to his work at one of the towns along our way.

We all loaded into the car--the bishop with his vestments, me with a camera and the third rider who placed a rather large box of freshly printed pamphlets into the trunk. I was struck by the title of the brochure that indicated it was the newsletter of ITEKA. I remembered the PWRDF committee meeting where we approved the grant for translation of this newsletter into Kirundi. And here it was, a publication that informed the most vulnerable people of the political conditions in the country and how they had a part in bringing lasting peace.

I am impressed and encouraged how, through our networks at home and abroad, PWRDF can take the hand of the donor in Canada and place it in the hand of a partner in Burundi, with the common cause being peace.

James Merrett PWRDF Africa/Middle East Subcommittee

WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

"We come from a Heart that has much to give and share"

We are a group of Anishnabe women.

We attended a workshop at Six Nations First Nation on herbology and Indigenous plants and visited two herbal gardens. In the spring we held a Permaculture visit for assistance with the garden soil, growth of plants, and organic seeds. One of our most valuable seeds was from the Southwest where the seed had been extinct for 800 years. It was recovered in the cliff dwellings and has since reproduced itself. At a Seed Fair with workshops on herbal remedies we made contacts in the Grey-Bruce area and created opportunities to learn tinctures and extraction methods for plants.

Our commitment is to value and assist each other, to link to community and cultural understanding. As mothers and grandmothers we are committed to the healing of children and the celebration of our culture. We are committed to supporting our children and grandchildren to walk in two ways: to be rooted in their First Nations identity and to be equipped with the tools to survive in a world beyond their community.

Neyaashiingming Aboriginal Women's Group Cape Croker, Ontario

WITH REFUGEES

The challenge to our local churches

There is the ready smile of Naomi Yangi, who provides leadership to the Women's Income Generating Program. We see refugee children provided with educational opportunities -- impossible in Cairo without the Joint Relief Ministry (JRM). We see the JRM staff attend to the physically abused and traumatized young man in need of medical attention for a brain tumour. We see students, both amateurs and professionals, engaged in a Fine Arts Program with opportunity available for displaying and marketing their work. We see students involved in a Woodworking Program and a Jewelry Making Program. We see a Women's Clinic for pregnant women, and other medical services available to refugees, pediatric and general.

When you consider JRM's ministry in welcoming refugees and enabling and empowering them to better meet some of the challenges they face, the challenge to our local churches is to continue supporting the work of PWRDE We need to ensure they are financially able to continue their commitment to JRM and the projects being carried out in refugee camps throughout the world.

Patricia and Walter Hammond, PWRDF Diocesan Refugee Coordinators, Diocese of Central Newfoundland

IN ASIA/PACIFIC

Living Partnership in the Philippines

On the island of Cebu, Edmund Laldin and I followed Tata -- the petite, energetic Executive Director of PWRDF partner FARDEC -- through a well-used soccer field and up a dry hill to meet with members of the Saragosa Farmers' Organization. We learned how these farmers, by organizing, had won from their absentee landlord concessions that reduced taxes paid on their land and produce. Joining them were several women and young children who had come from the neighbouring barangay to learn how to organize. Taxes consumed over half the profits on their produce and all profits from their coconut harvest. Throughout the presentation on Agrarian Land Reform, the Vice-Chair translated into the neighbours' dialect as they listened attentively, and eagerly posed their questions.

When the seminar concluded, the floor became our table and we shared a simple meal of cornmeal and vegetables. The farmers asked us to tell others their story and pray for them. These Saragosa farmers blessed us with the spirit of hope and shared that same hope with their struggling neighbours. Here indeed was partnership fully enacted with us and around us.

Marion Saunders PWRDF Asia/Pacific/Global Subcommittee

IN PARISH AND DIOCESAN PARTNERSHIP

Jubilee! Releasing the Vision

Of all the activities in which the PWRDF networks have recently been involved, the Jubilee program has been the most inspiring. Jubilee has provided us with the opportunity to work within our Anglican Church, as well as ecumenically, on a program grounded in the scriptural message that has been the basis of PWRDF's work-the call to justice for all.

At the Jubilee! Releasing the Vision conference in Peterborough, Ont., Anglicans from across the country, in all areas of our church work, came together. Some who attended had been involved for years in work inspired by the Jubilee vision. Others were new to the program, and some were not sure what to expect. Towards the end of the conference, someone who identified me as a member of the Joint Working Group that helped in planning told me how much he was getting out of the conference. He felt inspired and motivated to go back home and do something. It was great to see people come together around the vision, become enthusiastic about the possibilities, and depart committed to releasing the vision in their home parishes and dioceses.

Ron De La Hey PWRDF PDPP Subcommittee, Joint Angelican Working Group on Jubilee

GENEROSITY IN A WORLD OF ENOUGH

Jubilee reminds us that God's generosity provides enough for all. For most of us, the challenge is to learn what is "enough" then move towards living there as Jubilee people. PWRDF is a way for Canadian Anglicans to reflect and act on the issues of "enough" that challenge us globally.

* Over 70% of PWRDF's receipts, including donations and bequests, come from concerned individuals and parishes.

* This year 639 churches invited 95,968 envelope givers to make PWRDF part of their parish outreach through the Offering Envelope Program.

* The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), along with small contributions from the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Councils for International Cooperation, provide continuing confidence in and support of PWRDF with over 25% of our funding.

A message from the Director

Dear Friends,

IN MY first year as Director of PWRDF, I want to extend a special thanks to each and everyone of you for your generosity to PWRDF and commitment to the international ministry of the Anglican Church of Canada. Once you have read through the information in our annual report, I am sure that you will share our pride in the accomplishments of the PWRDF staff, our counterpart organizations in Canada and around the world, and the networks of faithful Anglicans who support our work in parishes across Canada.

Andrew Ignatieff Director The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund

PWRDF Diocesan Contributions: 1997 to 1999

                           1999         1998         1997
Algoma                  109,525      100,213       85,928
The Arctic               19,555       12,565        8,972
Athabasca                20,634       29,205       18,309
Brandon                  27,445       27,035       27,773
British Columbia        205,796      248,297      189,920
Caledonia                14,882       12,619       18,186
Calgary                 125,620      127,434       84,057
Cariboo                  32,354       36,275       27,384
Edmonton                 91,718      157,803       60,129
Fredericton             136,089      121,596       80,837
Huron                   397,585      359,432      280,999
Keewatin                 26,881       14,938       19,363
Kootenay                 80,565       80,952       69,598
Montreal                 62,461       77,363       64,320
Moosonee                 16,631       15,620       16,668
E.Nfld/Labrador          77,913       81,327       69,224
Central Nfld             65,908       64,034       67,534
Western Nfld             52,542       50,959       44,496
New Westminster         326,052      356,553      282,540
Niagara                 260,405      201,244      179,668
Nova Scotia             197,549      176,113      128,578
Ontario                 125,996      134,093      101,603
Ottawa                  214,973      239,345      208,869
Qu'Appelle               68,944       60,266       57,255
Quebec                   18,013       10,396       12,920
Rupert's Land            95,213       99,489       86,277
Saskatchewan             13,220       20,340       19,381
Saskatoon                44,024       29,139       32,138
Toronto                 276,956      339,390      337,916
Yukon                    17,785       19,868       17,330
Grand Total:          3,223,234    3,303,903    2,698,171

Primate's World Relief and Development Fund
Financial Statement 1999

Receipts                                    Actual 1999    % of Receipts

Parish/Individual Donations                   3,223,234            65.53
Bequests                                        306,694             6.23
Provincial Gov't                                 24,429             0.50
CIDA                                          1,239,000            25.19
Interest                                         32,429             0.66
Bequest Trust Interest                           89,576             1.82
Other                                             3,642             0.07

Total Receipts                                4,919,004              100
Balance brought forward                         249,161
Funds Available                               5,168,165

Expenses                                    Actual 1999    % of Expenses
Development & Relief
Emergencies/Refugees                            949,264            18.73
Canada                                          376,158             7.42
Global                                          379,549             7.49
Africa/Middle East                            1,047,247            20.66
Latin America/Caribbean                         631,214            12.45
Asia/Pacific                                    679,583            13.41

Sub-total: Development & Relief               4,063,015            80.16
Parish/Diocesan Partnership Program             589,906            11.64
Total Program                                 4,652,921            91.80
Operating Expenses
Fundraising/Promotion                           130,925             2.58
Administration not allocated to programs        284,886             5.62

Operating Expenses                              415,811             8.20

Grand Total                                   5,068,732              100

Carried Forward 99,433