Category Archives: Uplift and outreach

Quaker Community in Southern Africa endorses SACC statement

Posted on 2 August 2021 by Admin

At their recent virtual meeting the Quaker Community in Southern Africa was made aware of the following statement of the South African Council of Churches. “The South African Council of Churches (SACC) is dismayed and perplexed by reports that Government … Continue reading →

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SAYM 2018 delegates’ pack available for download

Posted on 20 December 2017 by Admin

The Pack that will be distributed to Yearly Meeting attendees has gone to the printer. For those Friends who wish to read the contents in advance, please download the PDF file from the link below. SAYM Pack 2018 — PDF file … Continue reading →

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On Quaker outreach

Posted on 14 October 2017 by Admin

Words by Friends: Emily Provance | Friends General Conference On her blog Turning, Turning, Emily Provance of Fifteenth Street Meeting (and Interim Young Adult Field Secretary for New York Yearly Meeting until early November) explores an outreach model for Quaker meetings that is geared towards the experience … Continue reading →

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World Quaker Day at CWMM

Posted on 9 October 2017 by Admin

‘We invited a Muslim group to Meeting for Worship yesterday and ten members came from the Ahmadiyya Jama’at group in East Rondebosch. They are an unusual Muslim group and have experienced persecution by other Muslims in Pakistan where they originated … Continue reading →

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ZFRA Report

Posted on 6 May 2017 by Admin

Report from John Schmid. Visit the ZFRA website at www.zfra.org. Bulawayo, 21 April 2017 Yesterday we provided food to Mawusumane, a village in the Matopos Hills. After the unusually heavy rains earlier this year, there was water running everywhere and the baboons, … Continue reading →

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Phoenix Zululand: Restorative Justice Programme

Posted on 31 March 2017 by Admin

Update from Phoenix Zululand director Jane Argall: For the past fifteen years Phoenix Zululand has offered programme work to serving offenders in 10 correctional centres in KwaZulu-Natal. The work of the organisation is overseen by an active Board of Management, … Continue reading →

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FWCC news: three major meetings coming up

Posted on 22 March 2017 by Admin

FWCC is asking Friends to uphold three important gatherings that are taking place between now and 8 April. These meetings will guide the work of FWCC in the Americas and Africa, as well as at the global level. Click the … Continue reading →

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FWCC Arts Calendar 2018 to celebrate Quaker Peacemaking

Posted on 21 February 2017 by Admin

For the artists among us, FWCC is partnering with Linda Murgatroyd to produce an arts calendar for 2018 celebrating Quaker Peacemaking around the world. We are keen to include artworks reflecting Quaker peacemaking around the world, and of different kinds, in a … Continue reading →

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Friends of Monze update

Posted on 20 February 2017 by Admin

Deana went to Monze, a small town of 19,000, in Southern Zambia, where she lived within the local community doing much the same work as she did as a health visitor in Port Talbot. Seeing people in their own homes … Continue reading →

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Responding to forced migration

Posted on 30 January 2017 by Admin

Britain Yearly Meeting’s Quaker News number 97 covers the current migration tragedy being played out on the world stage. Click on the link to download the PDF version of Quaker News 97.

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