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Last month we celebrated the beginning of a new year and a new decade. Anglicans were also celebrating the beginning of a new decade 40 years ago, and PWRDF (with the newly minted "D" in its name for "Development") was reflecting on its first 10 years of providing emergency and disaster relief, helping refugees, promoting sustainable development, and advocating for change. Our 1970s gallery, now online, reminds us of the work around the world that Anglicans in Canada, through PWRDF, supported during that decade.

A look through the library and archives has uncovered some treasures from the earliest days of The Primate's World Relief Fund. In our 1960's Gallery, you can view early photos of PWRF's work, letters from past Primates, promotional materials, and have a glimpse of what a dollar could do back then. In the early 1960's, Development hadn't been added to the organization's name yet, and much of the focus was on emergency relief and refugees.