Resources
Member Stories
Our members want to see flourishing lives and communities worldwide. Read their stories about their work and the critical questions they explore related to relief and development. Be encouraged and inspired!
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Centering Agency in the Pursuit of Social Justice
This year for IDW, Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ), World Renew, and International Justice Mission Canada (IJM) were invited to speak at Centennial College and Redeemer University. All three organizations are distinct, pursuing justice through varied avenues including national policy advocacy, community-driven development, and strengthening of justice systems.
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Centering Agency in International Development
Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s Humanitarian, Early Recovery, and Development program has focused on the intersection of humanitarian assistance and development activities through ten projects in Africa and Asia.
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Faith-based peace in an age of tumult
Peace might sound like a peculiar thing for a humanitarian and development organization to prioritize, particularly for a faith-based one. What does it mean to make this abstract (albeit nice sounding) virtue a reality in practice? Is it possible that peace is more than a feel-good sentiment on a Christmas card or something to wish for when blowing out your birthday candles?
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Creating a just peace in South Sudan
Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s Humanitarian, Early Recovery, and Development program has focused on the intersection of humanitarian assistance and development activities through ten projects in Africa and Asia.
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The world is changing and those living in the poorest countries are being hit the hardest
The past few years we have been trying to adapt our programming to the ever-changing weather patterns around the world, but we just can’t keep up. There has been a drought in Borena, Ethiopia for the past 3 years, people are digging holes the same height as themselves in fill up a coffee cup of water to survive. These are not humane living conditions.
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Caring for creation is grounded in the reality that we are made in God’s image
We are relational beings, lovingly made in the image of the triune God of grace. When we see and understand the world as God does, recognizing how much we depend on other creatures to eat, breathe, and flourish, then at a most fundamental level this affects how we relate to God, to others, and with the rest of creation.
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Seeking Justice: How long would you wait? Guest post from IJM Canada
The UN's World Day of Social Justice: The United Nations' (UN) World Day of Social Justice is annually observed on February 20 to encourage people to look at how social justice affects poverty eradication. It also focuses on the goal of achieving full employment and support for social integration.
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Global Heroes – Harnessing the Power of Collaboration
Recently, Kentro was featured in an advertorial in the Global Heroes section* of the Toronto Star (June 9), Globe & Mail (June 10) and National Post (June 10). As always, we were excited to use this amazing opportunity to showcase the wonderful things that happen when Kentro members collaborate.
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An Update from BethanyKids
The unexpected pause that the pandemic brought to many of us has meant that as an organization we have had time to better listen to our field teams and find ways to support their visions for the years to come.
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