The Trinity Grants Program announces $1 million in funding
The Revd Dr. James H. Cooper, rector of Trinity Church-St. Paul's Chapel, in New York City, announced the distribution of grants totalling $1 million, with a special focus on building global partnerships among Episcopal dioceses in the United States and international partners within the 70 nation Anglican Communion.
‘These partnerships not only provide vital healthcare and economic opportunities,’ said Cooper. ‘They also spotlight deep connections between churches worldwide, demonstrating the deep affection that exists among partners in the Anglican Communion.’
The new Trinity Global Partners Initiative funds current or emerging mission relationships in community development or preventive healthcare that can serve as models of long-term deep partnership throughout the Episcopal Church. These projects are the product of companion relationships between the partners that often include reciprocal visits, volunteer opportunities, and regular inclusion in liturgical prayers. The Trinity Grants Program has made grants in 85 countries over the last thirty-five years, but these projects are the first that provide combined support for US and global churches.
Examples of these partnerships include:
-The dioceses of South Carolina and the Dominican Republic have been granted $12,675 over one year to expand the community health promoter program at the Clinica Esperanza y Caridad (‘Hope and Charity") in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. The funds will be used to link 30 new volunteer community health promoters to families in the urban neighborhood of Villa Faro to educate them on the prevention and management of diarrhea/dehydration, acute respiratory illness, HIV/AIDS, and women's health issues, as well as to provide vaccinations.
-The dioceses of Colorado and Haiti have been granted $19,000 over one year to support the Women's Resource and Education Center in Petit Trou de Nippes, Haiti. These funds will be used to train 60 women in the marketable skills of cuisine and tailoring. Upon completion of the program, each woman will receive a government-issued certificate and basic tools, such as a sewing machine, to help launch her future career. The dioceses of Central New York and El Salvador are receiving $15,000 over one year to bring medical care to the villages of San Juan de Letran and El Carmen, El Salvador. As medical care is currently unavailable in this isolated area, the funds will be used to train two local community health workers to provide primary and preventative care.
-The dioceses of Tennessee and Litoral, Ecuador have been granted $6,000 over one year to develop 12 two-day workshops throughout the southern, coastal plains region of the Diocese of Litoral Ecuador. These workshops will include information about the importance of potable water and sanitation, as well as practices to help prevent infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS.
‘The Church's mission is to reconcile us to God and one another,’ said the Revd Canon James G. Callaway Jr., deputy for Faith Formation and Development. ‘These grants celebrate critical signs of reconciliation for our world that are already bearing great fruit.’
For more information about the Global Partners Initiative and other grants awarded, visit Trinity's website.
Trinity Church-St. Paul's Chapel is one of America's oldest philanthropies and makes grants within four key areas: social transformation in metropolitan New York; the Church in the Global South; spiritual formation and development; and telecommunications within the Anglican Communion.
Article from: Episcopal News Service