Diocese of Winchester

Join Mothers’ Union members in the Diocese of Winchester to hear news from Southern Sudan. One Mothers’ Union member from the Diocese of Winchester has spent several years living and working among the people of Southern Sudan, and she has offered to share her experiences with everyone who is interested in the region and it’s [...]

We have received  information about the Diocese of Masasi in Tanzania saying that it has been divided into two, with a new Diocese of Newala being formed in September 2009. The Diocese of Masasi remains one of the Diocese with which we are linked as prayer partners through the Mothers’ Union Wave of Prayer, and [...]

When do you pray? Some people pray occasionally, some in emergencies, some daily, some frequently each day. Everyone is different, but some patterns of prayer bind groups of people together. Mothers’ Union supporters have a pattern of prayer which makes them stop whatever work or meetings they may be undertaking together at mid-day, and they [...]

News from the staff at Mothers’ Union head office (Mary Sumner House) is that the Mothers’ Union family has now expanded to more than 80 countries: there are now Mothers’ Union members living out our aims and values in the Republic of Congo (otherwise known as Congo-Brazzaville or Little Congo) and Namibia. One of Mothers’ [...]

Mothers’ Union members around the globe have started to pray for members and projects organised by Mothers’ Union in the Diocese of Winchester, and the family of diocese to whom it is linked in our annual cycle of prayer. Winchester, Kitgum and Muhabura (both in Uganda), Masasi (in Tanzania) and Kajo-Keji (in Sudan) will remain [...]

Last week, Mothers’ Union backed calls from Churches in Sudan for peace and a respect for human rights to be upheld as the country prepares for national elections in April 2010 and crucial referendum in January 2011 on unity or independence for Southern Sudan. Mothers’ Union has families of Diocese stretching across the world who [...]

MASASI HEALTH CENTRE PROJECT – TANZANIA Sick people in Masasi currently have to travel 25 km (15 miles) to the nearest health centre and 16 km to the nearest dispensary just to buy drugs for pain or for prophylaxis treatment for malaria, which is among the top ten diseases in Tanzania. In addition to this, [...]

Kitgum is situtated in Northern Uganda and is one of the Diocese we form our regular international links through the Mothers’ Union Wave of Prayer. Together with Kitgum and Muhubura in Uganda, Masasi in Tanzania and Kajo-Keji in southern Sudan, we will be at the centre of the prayers of all Mothers’ Union members around [...]

Every family is formed by a network of relationships where some members have particularly close relationships, and the same is true of the Mothers’ Union family; each diocese which has Mothers’ Union members is linked closely with a small group of other Mothers’ Union diocese around the globe, so that they get to know each [...]

Mothers’ Union members in the Diocese of Winchester are linked with fellow members in specific regions of Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania. All these regions are now affected by devasting famine conditions across East Africa. Crops have failed for the third time in 12 months, livestock are dead or dying and families are spending all their [...]

Mothers’ Union has just launched its new all year round ethical giving catalogue: Global Village Fair Using the website Global Village Fair (click on the link) or leaflet you can choose from a range of ethical gifts for any occasion. Whether in memory of somebody, as a birthday present or for a wedding gift, your [...]

Mothers’ Union members are active in an incredibly diverse number of ways in their communities around the world. There are many development projects being resourced. Recent posts and our information pages detail some of them, including the Family Life Programme in Uganda, and the Literacy and Development Programme. Other projects run by Mothers’ Union worldwide [...]

East Africa is in the middle of a drought. In Kenya the problem is particularly acute: an estimated 10 million people are already living with starvation. Speaking to the ‘Church Times’ in August, Fiona Thomas (who works at Mary Sumner House, head office of Mothers’ Union) was quoted as saying: Mothers’ Union Kenya, had started [...]

Our next Information Day is on Friday 23rd October 10am – 2pm at St. John’s Underhill Centre, St. John’s Road, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 4AF We will be welcoming John Wilkinson OBE Secretary of Hampshire based charity Education Uganda John is one of a group of experienced educationalists who are improving primary education in Uganda [...]

A small charity has contacted us through this website with more information about Kajo-Keji in southern Sudan, which is one of our international links. “Actions in Truth” are working particularly with children’s education and orphan’s including those who have been displaced into northern Uganda, where of course we also have a link with the Diocese [...]