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In this update...

• May Voices of Hope/Voix d'espoir - Tanzania

The latest Alongside Hope News...

• Join our team! Watch the volunteer orientation webinar
• Solar Suitcases light the way to safer healthcare in Madagascar
• Delivering hope to new moms in Lesotho’s remote areas
• Volunteers are the heart of Alongside Hope

Resources and upcoming events

• Save the dates! Storytelling Study on the Seven Sacred Teachings begins May 4
• Praying with Alongside Hope - May 14
• Donate using e-Transfer!
• Plan a Refugee Sunday
• Request a "Mapping the Ground We Stand On" workshop
• Order or download our 2025 Annual Report

Voices of Hope can be shared in English or French in your parish as a bulletin insert, read as an announcement, or included in an e-blast.

This month, learn about Alongside Hope's work in Tanzania.

NEWS

Volunteers are the heart of Alongside Hope!

And now’s a perfect time to join.

Alongside Hope is currently recruiting volunteers for several meaningful roles, including Parish Representatives who help share our mission within their local communities. If you’ve seen the good work of Alongside Hope and want to do more, this is your chance to offer your time and make a real difference. Parish Representatives help spread the word, support parish events, and collaborate with their Diocesan Representative to strengthen local engagement.

Whether you enjoy organizing activities, maintaining a bulletin board, making announcements, or assisting with fundraising, the role can be as involved as you’re able to make it.

Read the latest news

• In 2025, Alongside Hope raised over $170,000 to bring Solar Suitcases— solar‑powered light and medical tools – to rural clinics in Mozambique and Madagascar. Installations in Madagascar are already transforming nighttime care.
• In remote parts of Lesotho, Alongside Hope helps expectant mothers safely reach care by providing maternal waiting homes, transportation support, and essential supplies. 
• National Volunteer Week celebrates the people who help Alongside Hope thrive. The stories of Heather, Tom, and Greg show that no matter how someone serves, volunteering is ultimately about connection.

EVENTS

Thursday, May 14, 1 p.m. EST

Join us for Praying with Alongside Hope

All are welcome to join our online parish. Hundreds have prayed with us from across Canada. This month, we welcome Archbishop Shane Parker, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada as our reflector.

Past reflections can be viewed on our YouTube channel here.

Mondays, May 4 through June 22 at 7 p.m. EST

Storytelling Study: Seven Sacred Teachings

As Alongside Hope continues its journey of Living into Right Relationships, please join us we are pleased to present an eight-week online Storytelling Study on the Seven Sacred Teachings.

Each session will last one hour and all sessions will take place on Mondays apart from Victoria Day when it will move to Tuesday, May 19, also at 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 20, 2026

Host a Refugee Sunday!

On June 20, the world will once again mark World Refugee Day, a time to remember all those uprooted from their homes by conflict, climate change and other disasters. To assist parishes marking a Refugee Sunday in June, or at any other time of the year, Alongside Hope invites you to take advantage of our resources.

RESOURCES

Book your Mapping Exercise workshop

Alongside Hope's Mapping the Ground We Stand On is available as an in-person or online workshop. Learn more at alongsidehope.org/mapping-exercise.

Donating by e-transfer!

Giving by e-transfer is a quick and convenient way to support our work.

Simply set up Alongside Hope as a payee in your online banking using the email address etransfer@alongsidehope.org, then select Alongside Hope and enter your gift amount. Be sure to include your full name and mailing address in the memo so we can properly identify your gift and issue a tax receipt—thank you for your support!

Read our 2025 Annual Report, now available in French

To order an Annual Report

in English or French,

please email info@alongsidehope.org.

2026 Annual Resources coming soon!

Please watch your email and parish mailbox in the coming weeks as we prepare to launch a new suite of informational resources to bring Alongside Hope into your parish or community. Order brochures, place mats, bulletin covers, cards, offering envelopes, and new this year, special prayer cards. 

Alongsidehope.org