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I returned to the PWRDF office yesterday (Monday) to a warm welcome from my colleagues – a welcome banner, cake, flowers, the whole nine yards – and our twice-yearly cleaning day. Nothing like a little filing to get the post-Tour juices flowing! Many thanks to my colleagues for their wonderful, good-humoured kindness.

Today I spent a bit of time looking at the photos I took over the course of Le Tour de PWRDF. So many good memories of people encountered and places visited. And it reminded me of the many things I learned on this journey. Herewith a list of those learnings, some of them sublime others ridiculous, but all good to have learned.

Recently, Edmond Bayisabe, Youth Worker from the Diocese of Bujumbura, Burundi visited Canada to participate in the Diocese of Niagara Justice Camp and visit with the Dioceses of Montreal and Quebec. This visit was a continuation of an ongoing partnership between PWRDF’s jusgeneration.ca Program and the Diocese of Bujumbura.

Sheilagh McGlynn, justgeneration.ca Facilitator asked him to share some of his thoughts about his experience at Justice Camp. Click on this story to read some of his thoughts.

18 days, 1300 kilometers, a 50th anniversary, a bike named Olive, and a dedicated PWRDF staff member. These are the ingredients for “Le Tour de PWRDF."

Edmond is a PWRDF justgeneration.ca Youth Initiative Partner

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Naba Gurung, PWRDF's Humanitarian Response Coordinator is currently visiting Haiti to learn about the work PWRDF is sponsoring in the recovery effort from the 7.0 magnitude quake that devastated the nation on January 12. He is also exploring new opportunities for PWRDF to partner with local organizations for ongoing recovery and development projects. Here is his story of his visit with youth leaders in the village of Masson.

We visited the village of Masson where we were welcomed by the leaders of the local youth group. Working with the Christian Reform World Relief Committee (a partner PWRDF is working with in Haiti through the Action by Churches Together (ACT) Alliance,) the youth took charge of doing a door to door survey for the initial assessment of damages and needs. We met with affected families who are living under tents and tarpaulins (distributed by CRWRC/ACT) in the local soccer field. With many concrete houses and schools down, the removal of rubble appears to be a big challenge, for which CRWRC/ACT has provided tools such as wheelbarrows, shovels and hammers to the people in Masson.

How can having dinner help to address issues of poverty, peace, and the environment?

In June of this year, the leaders of the G8 and G20 (the G8 is the Group of 8: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the US, Russia, and Japan; the Group of 20 is a gathering of finance ministers and central bankers from 20 economies) will be gathering in Huntsville and Toronto, Ontario.

PWRDF is encouraging Anglicans across Canada to host an interfaith dinner, meal, or reception in your home communities, and to invite your Member of Parliament to attend that event.

This video, from ACT Alliance, shows some of the work of aid and reconstruction that PWRDF is undertaking in Haiti after the January 12 earthquake.