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The work of Mothers’ Union and it’s members in the Diocese of Winchester and it’s partner dioceses will be at the centre of all prayers shared by Mothers’ Union members worldwide between January 21st -25th as it becomes for that period the focus of Mothers’ Union ‘Wave of Prayer’. There is much more information [...] Mothers’ Union members leading worship in a church in the Diocese of Yei, Southern Sudan Mothers’ Union members in the Diocese of Winchester are linked with members in the Diocese of Kajo-Keji in Southern Sudan, which neighbours the Diocese of Yei where Poppy, a Mothers’ Union member from Winchester, works for most of [...] Mothers' Union members working together in Muhabura Mothers’ Union is a large family with members in 81 countries around the world. As with any big family, keeping in touch is important, and we do this by having small groups of regions called diocese (because we’re based on the Anglican pattern of ‘government’) linked [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] A map of Uganda showing the location of Kitgum and Muhabura 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 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 [...] 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 [...] Hand washing stand at Lowero Model Home in Uganda (photographed August 2006) The government recently recognised the unique contribution that faith-based organisations like Mothers’ Union make in delivering development and connecting with community needs. As part of its white paper “Building our Common Future” the Department for International Development have said they will [...] Sudan/Uganda border Mothers’ Union members in the Diocese of Winchester have links with diocese in both Southern Sudan (Kajo-Keji) and Northern Uganda (Kitgum) and so this news story from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs offers a particularly interesting insight into the movement and return of refugees between the two regions: [...] |
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