Hope in South Sudan
Anglican International Development (AID) was established in 2008, and began life sharing administrative services with Anglican Mainstream. The primates of the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa had requested Vinay Samuel with Chris Sugden and David Holloway to visit Juba to consult with then Archbishop Daniel Deng, on how Anglicans from the rest of the world could assist the Episcopal Church of the emerging new country of South Sudan in its work of relief and development through local churches.
AID’s first Christmas appeal through the Anglican Mainstream website was to provide bicycles for the pastors of Rumbek Diocese to visit their scattered congregations. £13,000 was raised.
The new state was formally created in 2011, and since then AID, now based in the north east of England, has continued to channel resources to support Anglican ministries in South Sudan, and has also expanded its work to other African countries.
AID’s new Christmas video can be viewed here
See also: Serving South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda, from BUILD Partners