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"If you give something small to a rural woman, she shares it with her family, her friends and her community. It has a big, multi-dimensional impact."

Farida Akhter is the Executive Director of UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative) in Bangladesh, an organization that works with rural and urban women. She also runs Nari Grantha Prabartana, the first and only feminist bookstore in Bangladesh. This bookstore has become an important meeting place for women.

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and representatives of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) paid a solidarity visit to the Anglican Church of Burundi last month.

Some moments of that visit have been captured in photographs by the Anglican Journal in photo diaries. Simon Chambers, PWRDF Just Generation Facilitator, has shared his reflections on the visit in a blog.

After 24 hours of air travel, and a time difference of eight hours, I find myself back in the beautiful land of Kenya with the red soil. Birdsong woke me up at 5:30 just before sunrise. Flowers are in bloom all around and windows are open. I ate breakfast in the garden – fresh mango, banana and pineapple, bread and omelettes.

I am attending the first of five PWRDF partner roundtables that will take place in 2009, during our 50th anniversary year. These sessions with our partners will create a dialogue on development work in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Indigenous communities in Canada.