The campaign will be launched on September 5th to mobilise church members especially in the UK, US and Canada to lobby retailers and politicians to improve wages, safety and working conditions for Bangladeshi garment workers. There are 4,000,000 workers in the industry that produces 80 per cent of Bangladeshi export earnings.
“Four years ago, in every ten children we found three with problems of malnutrition,” said Alen, a member of the health committee in Mtumba, a remote village in the northern region of Lago District in Mozambique. “But when we visited the families [this year], we didn’t find any child with problems of malnutrition.”
There we prayed together and discussed a range of issues concerning the Anglican Communion and The Episcopal Church.
I haven’t had much opportunity to write about either the work I did or the trips I made in African this summer, but the Rev.
North Carolina and South Carolina are experiencing an economic boom but fears that the homeless will drive away business are resulting in some heartless policies:
On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Mark Silk suggests that it is time for religious leaders to put down the mantle of
Dean Gary Hall of Washington National Cathedral took part in the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Saturday, and then
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How can you tell if a program to increase girls’ enrollment really works?
Carolyn C. Brown reflects on children in worship at