Friday 5 March 2021 is the World Day of Prayer.
This is a global ecumenical movement led by Christian women who welcome you to join in prayer and action for peace and justice.
This year, the focus of the day is the Pacific country of Vanuatu. About 60 pe...
International Women’s Day on March 8th is about celebrating women, but also raising awareness against bias and challenging the attitudes and systems that lead to inequality.
The theme of International Women’s Day this year is #choosetochallenge, which we fe...
Despite recent political turmoil in Myanmar, life goes on for millions of residents. Please keep them in your prayers, along with our friends at Akhaya, as well as the leaders.
In September we finished our project working with Akhaya, supporting the Silver...
Our 2021 Lenten Reflections have arrived and are available!
This year our free Lenten Reflection is themed 'Colours of Lent'.
For Christians, colours can be important symbols. Colours are a way of subtly drawing attention to underlying truths and m...
We have been very fortunate over many years to have people of extraordinary talent and giftedness on our Board. These are the people who provide direction to AOA, often behind the scenes and without recognition. They do it as an expression of their deeply held...
Anglican Overseas Aid’s underpinning values capture the essence of what we stand for.
Along with justice, peace and reconciliation, we are also committed to acting in solidarity with the poor and marginalised, responding to their needs with compassion, and ...
On 30 June 2020, our partnership in South Africa with the Department of Social Responsibility (DSR), Diocese of Grahamstown, came to a close. Here, we look back on the years of partnership and the success of the work.
There are always mixed feelings whe...
Every year we make sure that our programs are effective and impactful, and one way we do this is to understand our reach in numbers. Although the real difference that your support makes can’t be measured in numbers alone, they do help to illustrate the reach o...
Amal smiles as she realises she has surpassed her own expectations of ever being able to cope in school.
She came to the Spafford Children’s Center in East Jerusalem with poor concentration, weak motor skills and the inability to hold a pencil and draw...
For women like Basanti, who lives in the slums of Kolkata, India, life means clinging to hope.
Basanti is one of many women who is learning embroidery skills as part of the Cathedral Relief Service training centre, which AOA supports. Being the mother o...
The story of the annunciation of Jesus’ birth is shocking and scandalous. It is little wonder that Mary was disturbed when the angel announced to her that she, a virgin, would fall pregnant.
BIBLE READING
“He has looked with favour on the lowliness o...
On Thursday 17th December, Category 5 Tropical Cyclone (TC) Yasa made landfall in Fiji, bringing with it gusts of up to 350 kmph and lashing rain. The winds flattened trees and crops, damaged and destroyed houses, and the rain has left severe flooding, which i...
The Sinakho Safe Community Network program was implemented by the Department of Social Responsibility (DSR) in the Anglican Church’s Grahamstown Diocese in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
Anglican Overseas Aid has been partnering with DSR since 1999 to pr...
Around the world, schooling has been disrupted for months; social distancing has caused classrooms to go online, with students studying from home. For some, learning has gone digital, throwing families into relative chaos. But what happens when you have li...
Violence has been escalating in the north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, a situation which has seen thousands fleeing for their lives. They are now refugees in their own country, heading south seeking safety and shelter. Communities are hosting the re...
Our 2020 Advent Reflections are available!
Advent is a festive time that helps us reflect more deeply on the choices and practices that sustain us in life.
The theme we have chosen for this year’s Advent reflection booklet is ‘A Christmas Menu’. As ...
Our partner in Gaza, the Ahli Arab Hospital (AAH), continues to run the Women’s Health and Wellbeing Program through the pandemic. Shutdowns temporarily closed the program during March, however they were able to reopen a month later with increased precautions ...
Thanks to your support through Anglican Overseas Aid’s Rapid Response Emergency Fund, our partner in Mozambique, the Missionary Diocese of Nampula, was able to help many in the aftermath of consecutive cyclones in the coastal African country in 2019.
In...
COVID-19: the transition and the new normal.
Recently we had an update from our partners in Kenya and Mozambique. They told us of how the pandemic has impacted them and the people they serve. Importantly, they told us how their work is continuing to help th...
Sometimes it is hard to speak up when something is wrong. It is even harder when there has been a disaster, and when you are already experiencing vulnerability in your community. We have been working with our partner, the Anglican Church of Melanesia, to reduc...
