Rochester Diocese’s Poverty and Hope Appeal 2024
Seal St P&P’s Church are focusing upon this project this year, hoping to fundraise by donations at our All Age Worship Harvest Thanksgiving Service on Sunday 13th October.
Peace Building and Conflict Prevention Initiative 2022-2025
The ’From Violence to Peace Project’, a Christian Aid peacebuilding initiative, operates across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), spanning the Dominican Republic, Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.
The LAC region faces severe conflict stemming from political, economic, cultural, and environmental tensions, resulting in human rights violations, environmental degradation, displacement, and economic downturns. Moreover, natural disasters and climate change exacerbate these challenges, with droughts and hurricanes affecting 24 million people with the poorest communities are the most exposed to these climate risks.
The initiative aims to reduce conflict by equipping leaders and community members with risk awareness and conflict sensitivity tools to help communities navigate difficult and repressive environments from governments. This will ensure sustainability beyond the project.
As part of this initiative, the ‘Communities Living Peacefully’ project works at the northern border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. With a focus on reforestation and community engagement, it is not just about planting trees; it is about planting seeds of trust and peace. From restoring ecosystems to fostering dialogue and cooperation, this initiative is transforming lives and reshaping futures.
Together, Haitians and Dominicans are proving that despite borders, they share a common humanity and a common goal for a better tomorrow. From young to old, a change of narrative is taking place.
Mr. Jose a leader of one of the communities’ groups shares with us, ’Personally, I feel more empowered to get involved in new environmental projects in the area, such as one that I am designing to sensitize the youth population about environmental protection.’
It is encouraging to see small seeds of change and we look forward to seeing them grow.
