Campaigner meets Prime Minister

15 July 2008

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Largest team yet completes British 10K

9 July 2008

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Global food crisis

17 June 2008

The average UK family now spends 20% more ... [read more]

Zimbabwe Update

11 June 2008

As Zimbabwe faces ongoing political ... [read more]

Burma Appeal Update

3 June 2008

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China Quake

15 May 2008

A rescue operation is underway to ... [read more]

Burma Appeal Launched

7 May 2008

As news of the devastation caused by... [read more]

Marathon runners raise over £2,000

15 April 2008

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Vice President Visits Grandparents

7 April 2008

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Kenya crisis - appeal for funds

1 February 2008

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President visits Uganda with MRDF

23 January 2008

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Kenya violence - over 255,000 without food or water

18 January 2008

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This Lent, don't just change your light-bulbs, change your life

4 January 2008

What does the Bible say about climate change? is a new Bible Study Pack for Lent and beyond from the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF). Climate change is a ... [read more]

Direct from Addis Ababa to the House of Commons

13 December 2007

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Remembering Zambia this World AIDS Day

16 November 2007

Shunned by her neighbours Easter Semya carries a heavy burden. Despite living with HIV/AIDS herself, she is responsible for caring for her ill mother and daught... [read more]

Conference celebrates going from strength to strength in Africa

16 November 2007

Supporters can get news first on the daily conference blog MRDF is holding its first con... [read more]

MRDF supports emergency relief in Mexico

15 November 2007

The Methodist Church has launched an emergency appeal for funds following the devastating floods that have swept through South Mexico in the wake of the ... [read more]

Save energy this week with MRDF!

24 October 2007

This week (22-28 October) is Energy Saving Week – during which people across the UK are being encouraged to think about the energy that they use and take active steps to make savings. ... [read more]

Give a small miracle this Christmas

24 October 2007

This Christmas, camels won't just be featuring in the nativity story - they are also among a range of alternative Christmas gifts available from the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRD... [read more]

Monsoon causes misery across Asia

13 August 2007

Emergency Situation   Over 25 million people have reportedly been affected b... [read more]

Giant 'carbon footprint' to spark debate at Methodist Conference

25 June 2007

MRDF will be using a red, two metre high 'carbon footprint' at this year's Methodist Conference to highlight the danger to developing countries posed by climate change. The charity will be chal... [read more]

Fun and fundraising for MRDF's 10k runners

18 June 2007

Five intrepid runners are braving the summer heat to run around London’s landmarks for the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF). William Barklam, Reuben Collins, John Craggs,... [read more]

MRDF provides aid for Darfur

29 May 2007

The violence and destruction in the Darfur region of Sudan is rarely out of the news.  The scale of this disaster is hard to take in: an estimated 200,000 peo... [read more]

Results for Miracle Marathon runners

23 April 2007

This year, experience met optimism as two very different runners ran the London Marathon for the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF). However different, they both had the same aim: to ... [read more]

Saving mothers' lives in Mali

13 March 2007

This Mother’s Day, the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) highlighted the fact that over one thousand women worldwide die each day in childbirth. The vast ... [read more]

Getting to grips with global issues: new schools website launched

12 March 2007

An exciting new web space aimed at teachers in Methodist State primary schools will be launched today at a teachers' conference in Chorley, Lancashire. World AIMS (Wo... [read more]

Indonesia earthquake - MRDF partners respond

7 March 2007

MRDF partners are responding to a powerful earthquake, rating 6.3 at Richter scale, which struck the coast of West Sumatra in Indonesia on Tuesday 6 March.... [read more]

More than 2,000 Bible verses can't be ignored!

5 January 2007

Methodist charity asks 'What does the Bible say about poverty?' MRDF has released a new Bible Study Pack for Lent and beyond, entitled 'What does the Bible say about poverty?',... [read more]

Methodist President honoured by 'untouchables'

11 December 2006

Rev. Graham Carter, President of the Methodist Conference, made a pre-Christmas visit to India this month to see how an MRDF project is helping to empower Dalit ('untouchable') women.... [read more]