Can you spare $10 to $15 to help someone in Africa make a new life for his/her family? We think you can. (In fact St. Peter’s through a generous donor has made a $2,000 contribution already!)
Larry Duffee was a member of St. George’s in Fredericksburg when he received a call for the missionary after hearing Diocesan mission coordinator, Buck Blanchard speak. He started as a financial consultant for the Episcopal Church in Sudan (EPS) in 2010, managing inflows and outflows of money from many international partners. He had to learn to deal tactfully with many peoples from bishops to businessmwen. He is now the International Coordinator of the ECS. "In this I am responsible for managing all of the relations between the ECS and its many international partners, for presenting the ECS to the international community."
Larry has witnessed the joys of the formation of a new nation but also the struggles of a new nation engaged in providing the basic necessities – feeding itself.
The country has faced a border conflict with the Republic of Sudan to the north. The eruption of new fighting in 2012 has led to an ongoing migration from the north of upwards of 100,000 people. These new residents are “city-dwellers”, many from cities, such as Khartoum. They have few tools to get started in basic agriculture and fishing which employ over 80% of the population.
Region One of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is sponsoring a project by encouraging parishioners to support these new residents by “buying” them tools through a shopping cart. Your funds will be shipped to the Sudan and sent to the Bishop in Bentiu along the northern border. The diocese there will buy the tools from your funds and send evidence back to the US in the form of receipts and/or pictures that can be displayed. You will see directly how your funds are being used to build new lives.
Here are some background details. The border conflicts which have helped to create a refugee population are examined here. The wave of refugees is described here.
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- You can donate funds through this shopping cart. Print it out and send your card and check to the address listed.
- OR you can pay online saving printing and a stamp.
Either way we thank you for your gift of a new beginning for those coming to our newest world country