Anglican Relief and Development Fund Accepting Myanmar Cyclone Donations
Source: Anglican Communion Network
Date: May 9, 2008
The Anglican Relief and Development Fund is accepting donations to pay
for relief efforts after the cyclone that caused devastation in Myanmar
May 34. Re****ts suggest more than 20,000 people were killed by the
storm with thousands more still missing.
Yangon (Rangoon) was among the areas hard hit by the storm. "Since the
cyclone came ashore, we have been unable to contact Archbishop Stephen
Than Myint Oo or any other church leader in Yangon or elsewhere," said
Bishop Henry Scriven, who recently attended Archbishop Stephen's
consecration on behalf of the Network and the Common Cause Partner****p.
"In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Anglican Relief and
Development Fund received a donation from Anglicans living on the border
of Thailand and Myanmar to help the people of the Gulf Coast and New
Orleans. They gave out of what little they had when we were in need. I
pray we show the same generosity to our brothers and sisters," said
Bishop Robert Duncan, moderator of the Anglican Communion Network.
Donations to the Anglican Relief and Development Fund will be collected
and then passed on to the Anglican Province of Southeast Asia for
distribution and oversight, said Canon Nancy Norton, executive director.
Since its founding in 2004, the fund has been active in Myanmar on
several occasions. In 2006, it sup****ted an effort to provide health
care to tens of thousands of people in the dioceses of Sittwe and
Toungoo by training 110 health care workers.
Forward in Faith North America, whose members form a non-geographical
convocation of the Network, work with the diocese of Pha-an, which is
establi****ng village primary schools and developing a community learning
program for adults using the school venues and equipment.
Forward in Faith is also helping to fund a tutoring program at the
diocese of Hpa-an's hostels, to assist Christian young people in
attaining the qualifications they need in order to teach in the
diocese's schools.
Gifts for relief work in Myanmar may be sent to:
The Anglican Relief and Development Fund
PO Box 3830
Pittsburgh PA 15230
Please write "Myanmar Cyclone Relief" in the memo line. An online giving
option will be available shortly at http://www.anglicanaid.net.
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