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Canadians encouraged to embrace AIDS relief
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Elizabeth Hynd, a doctor working with AIDS orphans in Swaziland, shared with delegates attending the recent “AIDS in Africa” conference that in some villages, a generation of adults have died, leaving children to be raised by grandparents or to fend for themselves. (photo by Art Babych)
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GATINEAU, QC—At a recent conference focusing on AIDS in Africa, government, medical and ministry officials from Canada, the U.S. and Africa came together to discuss how Canadians have a significant role to play in addressing the pandemic.
Health Partners International Canada, a Montreal-based humanitarian aid organization, hosted “AIDS in Africa: Engaging Canadians” May 2-3 in Gatineau, Quebec. The event drew more than 100 medical and ministry participants, as well as government officials including Keith Martin, parliamentary secretary to the Canadian Minister of National Defence, and Peter Ogego, Kenya’s high commissioner to Canada.
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MEDA, like other Canadian aid groups, seeks to work with and build up local partners in the developing world.
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NGOs worry about how CIDA will disperse its dollars
Church-related aid groups are concerned that Canada’s new way of providing aid may not be the best way to help the world’s poorest citizens—or involve Canadians in international development.
That’s the sentiment being expressed by some Canadian aid groups following a decision by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to send more money directly to governments and local groups in the developing world, instead of channeling it through Canadian organizations.
“It makes sense in theory,” says Kim Pityn, vice president for International Operations for Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA). “But there is also the possibility that such an approach is ripe for corruption, fraud and misuse of funds.”
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Poor response scuttles men’s conference
VANCOUVER, BC—Promise Keepers (PK) Canada is blaming a “miscommunication”—and not a lack of interest—for a decision to shelve a men’s conference planned for Greater Vancouver in early May.
But others suspect that men today may need something different than what a typical Promise Keepers rally has to offer.
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Visual Bible in interim receivership
Patricia Paddey
TORONTO, ON—The company that produced The Gospel of John; a critically acclaimed, $20-million, word-for-word film adaptation of John’s Gospel, has been placed in interim receivership. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice made the ruling on April 13.
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Clitheroe joins Prison Fellowship Canada
TORONTO, ON—Eleanor Clitheroe, former CEO and president of Ontario’s Hydro One and past chancellor of the University of Western Ontario, is the new executive director for Prison Fellowship Canada (PFC).
Jack Kiervin, PFC board chairman, announced Clitheroe’s appointment in a recent letter to ministry supporters, saying the move came on the heels of “a thorough search over the past few months.”
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National House of Prayer dream becoming reality
Lloyd Mackey
OTTAWA, ON—One year ago Rob and Fran Parker pulled up stakes in Vernon, B.C. and moved to Ottawa.
During that time, their dream for a National House of Prayer (NHOP)—to pray for the House of Commons, among other things—has been turning into reality. The Parkers hope that by fall, NHOP will have a home a few blocks east of Parliament Hill. get the full story>
