Working on the MDGs

+Learn more

Click on a goal to find out more.

+Resources

• Joint statement by the Primate and ELCIC National Bishop
• Archbishop of Canterbury calls for greater co-operation to meet Millennium Development Goals
• Prime Minister asked to recommit to MDGs
• Letter from Canadian Anglican and Lutheran leaders calls for action on Sept. 25
• Bulletin cover and insert
• MDG Stations -- these stations include a MD Goal, an appropriate scripture reading and a short prayer.
  

+Pray

Use one of these suggested sources for prayer on a Sunday:

• Prayers of the People for the Fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals.
• A Bidding Prayer for an end to Global Poverty and Instability.

+Fast

Consider missing one or more meals, as you are able, to be in solidarity with this action and as a way of strengthening your prayer.

There are many resources, online and in print, to help you prepare spiritually and physically for fasting. Consult with your clergy, or start with this website.

 

+Witness

• Write to the Prime Minister.
  Read a letter sent to Prime Minister Harper by the General Secretary.
  
• Raise poverty as an issue with your MP.

Explore these websites:

• United Nations Millennium Development Goals
  The facts, project descriptions, monitoring various regions and progress toward achieving the goals
• UN Cyberschoolbus on the MDG's

Child/youth-friendly information on the MDG's

• Make Poverty History
  Election kit, fact and figures for Canada and the world, information and action
• TransFair Canada
• Anglican Appeal
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
• Primate's World Relief and Development Fund
  Resources for World Food Day “Fast for a Change”
• Canadian Lutheran World Relief
• KAIROS Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
  Resources for Week to End Poverty
• Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation
  More ideas on how to participate, how to make a difference
• World Volunteer Web: MDGs & volunteerism
  Download the MDG logos for posters, bulletin cover or newsletter
• TEAM 2007 conference
• Canadian Foodgrains Bank - Fast for Change
  On Oct.16th - World Food Day: Join thousands of Christians across Canada in a day of fasting on reflecting on how we are all connected to the 850 million people who will go to bed hungry tonight.

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Walk of Witness, September 25, 2008

A Day of Prayer, Fasting and Witness for the Millennium Development Goals

“The Provinces of the Anglican Communion call for a day of prayer and fasting and witness on 25th September 2008 when there is a special session of the United Nations to discuss the Millennium Development Goals.” — 2008 Lambeth Conference Reflections Document

Bishops march to support the MDGs at the 2008 Lambeth Conference

On September 25, world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York to re-energize the world’s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals.

On that day, Canadian Anglicans and Lutherans lead an ecumenical walk in Ottawa to witness for an end to the scandal of global poverty and hunger.

We were invited to join in solidarity with people of faith the world over in prayer and action.