How the Diocese of Maryland Supports the MDGs

2009 Grants

The 2009 grants will go to seven different projects.  We were excited to recieve so many applications and regret that we are unable to fully fund all of them.

The Church of the Transfiguration in Braddock Heights sponsors a water project in Uganda. Global Mission recommended the diocese fully fund this project in the rquested amount of $2200.

St. Margaret's in Annapolis has been working the The Global Aids Interfaith Alliance (GAIA).  We are delighted to support their work in health education in Malawi with $2500.  This fully funds their request. 80,000 people die every year from Aids and related illnesses in Malawi every year leaving over 500,000 children alone and orphaned.

$4000 will be given to the Itipini Community Project, Umtata, South Africa.  We continue to applaud St. Peter's Ellicott Mills for their work with the African Medical Mission and only regret that we were unable to fully fund this important work.

  St. James' Monkon continues to work with El Hogar in Honduras.  The orphanage is now taking in girls as well as boys.  The Diocese gladly gives $4800 to assist in housing the girls in the neighborhood while the orphange buildings are expanded to house them.  This project is fully funded.

  Christ Church in Columbia brought the Christian Care foundation for Children with Disablitlies in Thailand's work to the committee.  We will support their education and rehabitation care and support with a grant of $3870 in 2009.  This grant will fund one teacher for a year.

Ghanian Mothers' Hope is building a clinic in Akramaman, Ghana, next to the preschool and playground.  We were able to support the building in the amount of $4000, only part of what was requested.

Our seventh project was brought to the committee by St. Albans Glen Burnie and Holy Trinity in Baltimore County.  Together they have been working building Buen Pastor, a school in the Dominican Republic.  The diocese is delighted to support this construction with a grant of $4056 in 2009 and only regret we could not give more.

We urge every person and congregation in the diocese to support these seven projects, both by remembering them in prayer and with financial contributions.  Money can be sent to the diocese, marked Globabl Mission on the memo line, or directly to any of the sponsoring churches.

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2008 Grants

In 2008 the Diocese awarded a grant of $2500 to El Hogar in Honduras for a water project for the orphanage.  This grant will be matched by St. James, Monkton.

Another grant of $5000 goes to Mbaikini School in Kenya for school renovations and a water tank.  The request for funding came from St. John's Day School in Ellicott City.    

The project is part of the outreach program of St. John's Church and Kenya Connect, a Maryland based program connecting school children in the United States with children in Kenya. 

         

We encourage other Episcopal schools and Sunday School programs to participate in this program as pen pals or as sponsors of scholarships.  The Rev. Rosemary Beales at St. John's can tell you more. 

St. Peter's, Ellicott Mills, brought to the Committee the Itipini Community Project, Umtata, South Africa.  This project is part of the African Medical Mission based in Henderson, NC.  St. Peter's has been assisting this community of approximately 3,000 people for many years.  Diocesan funds of $14,000 will help supply the community with nutrition for infants, mothers and children and pharmacy supplies.  Contact St. Peter's to learn how you can help the people of Itipini.

The final 2008 project again funds the Medical Mission to Nuevo Arenosa, Panama.  The Frederick Region Council of the Diocese also supports this project.  Diocesan funds of $6600 will be used for pharmacy supplies and home health kits.

Any remaining funds will be given, as was done in 2007, to Episcopal Relief and Development for mosquito nets.

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2007 Grants

The Diocese awarded its first grants in 2007.  $7800 went to Ghanaian Mothers' Hope for meals for the children at the preschool, teacher salaries, and a poly tank to hold water. An additional grant of $6642, from the unspent Panamanian Medical Mission money, was awarded to Ghanaian Mothers' Hope to fund, in 2008, meals for 100 preschoolers and salaries for four teachers, a cook and a kitchen helper. 

                  

Additional photos can be found at Ghanaian Mothers' Hope photos

$12000, adjusted to $6503.60, went to the Panama Medical Mission to supply the people of Nuevo Arenosa with pharmacy supplies and approximate 250 home health kits. This project was also supported by the Frederick Regional Council.

        

Additional photos from the 2007 Medical Mission can be found here and a blog here.

$2500 was given to the Marcala Honduras Chlorination Project for water decontamination kits.  The project was also funded by St. James Monkton.

The balance of the Diocesan 0.7% was given to Episcopal Relief and Development for mosquito nets.

Applications for Global Mission Grants are accepted through the end of July and the Grants are awarded in December.  The application form is available here. 

The Diocesan Christian Formation program, during Lent, sponsors Christian education and outreach programs linking Lenten practice with education about the MDGs.

In 2007, the children collected over $11,000 through Pennies for the Playground for a playground

and water pump at the Ghanaian Mothers' Hope preschool in Akramaman, Ghana. 

In 2008 we collected for Bread for Itipini, a project to supply the children of Itipini with their afterschool snack of bread for at least a year.

The 2009 Lenten Project will be Nets for Life cooperation with Episcopal Relief and Development.  Nets for Life provides insecticide dipped nets to protect sleeping families from malaria.  We hope to collect enough for one net to be sent to Africa from every family in the diocese.

[Join us in the Itipini Project: Bread for Itipini Week 1, Bread for Itipini Week 2,Bread for Itipini Week 3, Bread for Itipini Week 4, Bread for Itipini Week 5, Bishop Rabb's Invitation, ShoeBoxTop]

Around the Diocese - Supporting the MDGs in parishes and by individuals

Support for the MDGs comes not only from the Diocese through its budget but many parishes also contribute as a line item in their budget or through Outreach work and funding.   Many individual Maryland Episcopalians give both money and skills to support sustainable development.  click here for a list of what is happening in support of the MDGs around the Diocese. 

Let us know what your congregation is doing and what your parishioners are doing.  Send an email to Madeleine+ with the information.