The ECW of Diocese of NC adopted the Millennium Development Goals as a mission point in 2007. We were integral to the success of the Diocese of NC’s 2011-2012 NetsforLife campaign, actively serving on its steering committee and donating $7,200 to the effort.
And now, with ECW Triennial, the focus is again on the NetsforLife Inspiration Fund, a program of Episcopal Relief and Development. Here in Indy, thanks to the generosity of Kathy MacLeod, Raleigh Convocation chair of the Diocesan ECW; the women of Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Charlotte; and the Diocesan ECW board, we gave $500 to help the National ECW reach the $12,000 goal of the Unified Gift. In all, more than $17,000 has been raised.
One specially treated bed net can prevent up to three people from the bites of malarial mosquitoes.
Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. James 2:15-17 (NIV)
The Mother’s Union, active throughout the worldwide Anglican Communion, is one of two primary women’s ministries in the Diocese of Botswana. The Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of North Carolina has unique relationships with both these groups as they focus on different things at different times. Based on its name alone, the MU, as it’s commonly known, is concerned with conventional family life and strengthening it in a Christian context.
The woman pictured here, carrying her son in the traditional way, attended the Diocese of Botswana’s annual MU conference in August of 2010. Mother and child had shy smiles and sweet dispositions, and both were endlessly patient with the long days of the conference, which ran nearly a week. Memories of them are such pleasant ones. But it’s people just like these who are the most susceptible to malaria: 90 percent of all malaria deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa (a zone that includes Botswana), and malaria strikes women and children disproportionately. According to the World Health Organization, an African child has 1.5 to 5.4 episodes of malaria fever every year. The NetsforLife campaign of the Episcopal Church, which the Diocese of North Carolina has joined through its parishes, mission, schools, and ministries (such as Episcopal Church Women), asks that we put our faith in action by donating to the cost of at least one $12 mosquito net. Each net will cover one bed, and one bed holds up to three people. Prevention is much easier than a cure.
The ECW of Diocese of NC adopted the Millennium Development Goals as a mission point in 2007. We were integral to the success of the Diocese of NC’s 2011-2012 NetsforLife campaign, actively serving on its steering committee and donating $7,200 to the effort. 