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"A person with Ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed."
— Archbishop Desmond Tutu from No Future Without Forgiveness

What is the Ubuntu Africa Pilgrimage?

The Ubuntu Africa Pilgrimage is an ERD-sponsored trip, taking six participants (comprised of five women who are active in the Episcopal Church and one ERD staff member) on a 12-day visit to southern Africa. The group will witness and experience firsthand the crippling impact of HIV/AIDS by visiting joint programs of Episcopal Relief and Development and the Anglican Church of Africa. During the pilgrimage, which starts in Ondangwa, Namibia, and ends in Cape Town, South Africa, participants will visit programs and speak to beneficiaries in communities where we are actively fighting the disease and supporting vulnerable children and families left behind.

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How ERD is making a difference...

Countries
We lift communities out of poverty around the world in areas such as Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. We partner with local organizations in the Anglican Communion to ensure vulnerable people have healthy food to eat and get proper health care.

Domestic
We provide critical supplies to people through local dioceses after natural and human-made disasters. We partner with the dioceses to get life-saving aid to children and their families and stay with communities after the crisis to provide ongoing support.

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