AT A GLANCE | MEMBER CHURCH NEWS AFRICA United Church of Zambia (UCZ) releases fourth pastoral letter on COVID-19 Following the Zambian government’s implementation of heightened measures to curb escalating cases of COVID-19, the United Church of Zambia (UCZ) has issued an updated COVID-19 advisory to its congregations. This pastoral letter by UCZ General Secretary Rev Chipasha Musaba explained that the government had proposed measures to limit frequencies and durations of religious meetings, as COVID-19 super-spreaders were large gatherings. While they continue their mission of witnessing for Christ, the church leaders agreed that they need to live cognisant of the reality of COVID-19, and the time and season they live in. Rev Musaba also reminded them of safe distancing and hygiene measures, and to continue to pray for healthcare workers on the frontlines. Detailed measures for worship services, fellowship group meetings, funerals, weddings and more can be downloaded in this letter: https://www.cwmission.org/ wp-content/uploads/2021/0 6/4TH-PASTORAL-LETTERON-COVID-19.pdf
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Appeal for famine response by Money for Madagascar Union of Welsh Independents (UWI) is currently raising funds for UK-based charity Money for Madagascar (MfM)’s emergency appeal, as a developing food crisis in Southern Madagascar which is facing its worst drought in 40 years, has pushed over a million people to starvation. For its Bicentenary Appeal 2018-2019, UWI had raised over £156,000 to support several projects in Madagascar, an island where two Welsh missionaries were sent by the London Missionary Society (LMS) over 200 years ago.
MfM’s famine feeding programme is run in partnership with ALT MG (Andry Lalana Toahana), a reputable Malagasy NGO who has run food security, education and emergency feeding projects in the South for over a decade. To date, MfM has delivered over £20,000, and is seeking famine aid to continue providing nutritious meals daily to all 650 children in 2 primary schools in Amboasary Sud.
For more information and to donate, please visit https://moneyformadagasc ar.org/famine-appeal/
PACIFIC Etaretia Porotetani Ma'ohi (EPM) continues call for emancipation for Maohi Nui
During the 136th Synod of the Etaretia Porotetani Ma'ohi (EPM), it called for the Maohi people to be emancipated from “the plundering of its resources, nuclear experiments and bribes of millionaires”, according to a report by RNZ (Radio New Zealand). The call for indigenous Maohi people to be free from enslavement is one that has been reiterated for at least a decade. In 2011, EPM affirmed its support of the re-inscription of Maohi Nui on the United Nations’ list of Nations to be decolonised.
EPM has also appealed to the United Nations Human
